What morph is this?

laurahlove

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I work at a pet store, and I've always wondered what morph this big guy is. It was hard to get good pictures of him because I was supposed to be working, lol, but I tried:

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He's got three black spots toward his tail. His coloring is so interesting in person though! He looks like a pale purple, but his scales are yellow, but his tale is almost pink.

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Oh, and then his eyes are pitch black which are super cool

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And he's so chill, he's my favorite one to hang out with and hold while I'm at work. I always let all the little kids hold him :)

Anyone have any ideas?

(He's 40$ if anyone's interested [emoji6] )

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It appears to be a blizzard to me :) Paradox spots (like the little black spots on him) are very common to blizzards. As far as I'm aware, blizzards can also aquire the eclipse eye (solid eyes) trait, and it is a random mutation.
 
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Dinosaur! said:
It appears to be a blizzard to me :) Paradox spots (like the little black spots on him) are very common to blizzards. As far as I'm aware, blizzards can also aquire the eclipse eye (solid eyes) trait, and it is a random mutation.
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That's awesome.

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Just an update, I found out what morph it is! Its called a leucistic leopard gecko. Super cool :)

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I'm sorry, but luecistic isn't "really" a morph in leopard geckos. No true leucistic leo has ever been made. Some people get confused, or are new to leos and assume that their geckos are leucistic, and sell them as such when they techinically aren't.
I don't mean to be rude or anything, I just want to make sure that your leo is labeled properly for sale lol :D

I still stand by my earlier diagnoses of a solid eyed blizzard, but some other opinions would be great guys!

but here is a link to a blizzard description :) ----> Blizzard - Leopard Gecko Wiki
 
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He isn't even mine, he's for sale at my work lol. I saw one for sale at a reptile store and showed the guy the picture of this one and he said that that's what it was. I've never heard of a 'leucistic' Leo myself. But I also know what a blizzard looks like, and I don't think he looks like one, you know? I know he has the black eyes though, but the body colors stand out as something different.

Oh well, lol. Thank you! :)

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You know, a blizzard and a 'leucistic' look a lot a like, which is really confusing

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As someone else has already said, there are no true Leucistic Leopard Gecko. That was an incorrect term that was used many years ago to describe the Blizzard when they were first introduced and for what ever reason a few people still use it. I would say that the gecko is likely a Blizzard or some sort of Blizzard cross. That being said when dealing with unknown genetic lineage/history... all answers you get are simply guesses at best.
 
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SCGeckos said:
As someone else has already said, there are no true Leucistic Leopard Gecko. That was an incorrect term that was used many years ago to describe the Blizzard when they were first introduced and for what ever reason a few people still use it. I would say that the gecko is likely a Blizzard or some sort of Blizzard cross. That being said when dealing with unknown genetic lineage/history... all answers you get are simply guesses at best.
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Thanks for explaining that term to me, makes more sense now. I'll refer to him as a blizzard cross now if someone at work asks now.

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laurahlove said:
Thanks for explaining that term to me, makes more sense now. I'll refer to him as a blizzard cross now if someone at work asks now.

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You might want to mention that it's just a guess though. Since you don't know the genetics, it's hard to say for sure. I'm leaning towards blizzard, too, but some murphy patternless have been labeled as leucistic, too. Maybe say that you think it's a blizzard, but you can't be sure. That way someone doesn't come back and say you sold him something labeled incorrectly.
 
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