Help with morph

pelon87

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Hi im going to buy this female but im not sure about the morph the breeder says it a raptor it has ruby eyes
 

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acpart

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It's a Tremper albino eclipse. Many people call these raptors, so technically the breeder is correct. In my opinion, a raptor should be a patternless stripe because that's what the "p" in "raptor" stands for, but most people use "raptor" to refer to any Tremper eclipse.

Aliza
 

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I find that geckos that have broken bands (i.e. aberrant, jungle, stripe, reverse stripe, patternless stripe) seem to have the potential for patternless stripe. It was originally described as a combination of a stripe and a reverse stripe that cancelled out, but I don't think anyone really understands what's going on with stripes. If you say it's "het for patternless stripe" then you're implying that there's a simple recessive gene that causes the patternless striping and I don't think it's that simple. So, you can say that it may have the potential to create patternless stripes. I have gotten 3 excellent patternless stripes this season from a patternless stripe female and a banded Tremper albino male.

Aliza
 

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I doubt you'd definitely get a patternless gecko from 2 banded geckos, but if the banded geckos have the stripe gene in their history it is possible.

Aliza
 

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