a few questions..

[mainelygeckos]

1. What exacly is a fasciolatus?

2. What exactly is an afganicus?

3. What cross exactly makes a Snow? I know what makes a SS

4. What would I get if I cross a High yellow with a Bell or Tremper Albino?

5. What is aberrant?

Hmm I think thats it for now lol if I have more will post them here. I am studying genetics and whatnot a lot lately but the first wo questions are animals i have just recently been hearing about but confused about what exactly they are. Thanks to anyone that takes the time to answer these for me as I am trying to get all education about leos that I can

 

[stewy84]

1. to me its a different name for normal
2. same as one
3. ?
4.a normal high yellow het for bell or tremp
5. a broken pattern acourding to leopard gecko wiki witch are vary common to me hatch a lot of them every year
If im wrong about 1 and 2 some one please correct me with some pics and facts.

 

[Wandering Paddle]

1.Eublepharis macularius fasciolatus are one of the subspecies of the leopard gecko. I believe they are a pakistani native
2.Eublepharis macularius afghanicus are one of the subspecies of the Leopard Gecko. Their Range includes South-Eastern Afghanistan alongside the Kabul River and its tributaries and also adjoining Pakistani North Eastern Provinces
3.The snow genes are a genetic mutation (axanthism) characterized by incomplete dominate (mack) and dominate(tug, gem)traits. The "cross" to make a snow would have to involve a snow.
4. you would get a "normal" gecko with one allele for normal melanin and one allele for amelanism. in other words all the offspring would be het(erozygous) for that strain of albanism, which is better clasified as amelanistic
5. aberrent is characterized as an atypical patern, similair to a jungle pattern, but generally broken.

 

[stewy84]

so they are normals? The name just describes witch reagon they came from? Thanks for the info, wandering paddle

 

[acpart]

As I understand it, the leopard geckos which are the product of breeding geckos that have existed in this country as captive bred for many generations (of gecko) are probably a combination of various subspecies. More recently, wildcaught "pure" subspecies geckos have been introduced and are named according to the subspecies they are.

Aliza

 

[Wandering Paddle]

They are "normal" in a sense. not normal like what you see at chain petstores, but normal for what you see in a specific geographic region in the wild. They are prized by many breaders and hobbiests because their genetics and blood lines are far more diverse than the captive morphs.

 

[stewy84]

so what makes them any different than a normal in a pet store? If you breed one to a albino you will still get hets and then breed the offspring you would get albinos, right? Not trying to argue but dont understand what really sets them apart from a normal. And if they are a different morph than a normal someone should to add them to the leo wiki and explain there genetics. The way it sounds they are the closest to a wild caught we have in the states.

 

[acpart]

You could call them normals, but they do have somewhat different markings that many people like.

Aliza

 

[mainelygeckos]

wow thanks for the responses def gets my brain working this morning lol so they are a "normal" in a sense just from dif regions with slightly dif looks..ok got it..aberent is broken patterns ..got it...Snow umm my question I guess is where did they come from what was bred to get them? thats my question or was it normals with less yellow and just keep breeding the yellow out? ...sry to confuse about this one...Great info for my records tho

 

[acpart]

The snow was a mutation. It just showed up and then bred true.

Aliza

 

[mainelygeckos]

oh ok sweet ty again