DARK.....look!

[jonesaaron]

DARK LEO


I produce this guy last year. and the other gecko in the pic was incubated in the same incubater as the dark gecko egg. He was produced from a virgin shtct bred to a A++ quality vms line shtct male. This gecko was a little dak as a hatchling but not abnormal the only thing that was really different was that instead of having the classic white feet of a shtct his were almost all black. I currently have eggs incubating from breeding him back to his mom and another unrelated shtctb and a dark tremper albino.

What do you guys think.


Thanks Aaron Jones

 

[Emyo101]

that's really cool!!!

 

[GeckoStud]

That's insane, its so incredibly dark!

 

[Lena]

This is what I would imagine a true hyper melanistic would look like.

 

[malt_geckos]

Freakin awesome! That's so cool! Hope the pairing works out well...you could incubate for female too so if another dark leo doesn't show up, you can breed a female back to the male that produced this male here to see if it was the sires line...

 

[Wreptile]

You want to know what I think?
I think that's my new dream Leopard Gecko.

 

[whkrazyk]

how freakin awsome, keep us updated ill be looking, congrats on such an awsome gecko, and g/l with the offspring

 

[thestack510]

Very cool. I hope you can produce another one like that. Awesome Leo!

 

[KnECritters]

Sign me up for babies!!! That's INSANE!

 

[leoman777]

thats awesome! cant wait to see the babies!!

 

[Wreptile]

Sign me up for babies!!! That's INSANE!

I second that.
:main_thumbsup:

 

[Ehatcher]

that gecko is amazing! I want one. It looks like he was standing behind a big diesel truck and got a good smogging!

 

[jonesaaron]

Freakin awesome! That's so cool! Hope the pairing works out well...you could incubate for female too so if another dark leo doesn't show up, you can breed a female back to the male that produced this male here to see if it was the sires line...

YES. thats what the first group of eggs are cookin for all females.

 

[rawson5084]

very pretty

 

[Halley]

What do you guys think?

That we need 1 thread instead of 3... :main_laugh:

http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36276
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36280
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36274

 

[marissashubby]

I couldn't see the gecko, I think he's hiding behind that shadow
Super dark gecko! I'd love to see some natural light pics as suggested in your other posts. :main_yes:

 

[liljenn]

That we need 1 thread instead of 3... :main_laugh:

http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36276
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36280
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=36274

great project you've got there...Still waiting to see some natural light photos....

 

[snowgyre]

That's really fascinating that a dark gecko like that emerged from a hypomelanistic line. I think that's a really good sign of a possible recessive trait, since you wouldn't expect a hypermelanistic animal to appear in line-bred hypomelanistic animals unless there was some underlying genetic 'trigger' to cause it.

If he progressively turned darker as he aged, maybe it's possible he's got an increasing-melanin gene, like we occasionally see in ball pythons?

I can't wait to see what the F1 offspring will look like. Keep us informed!

 

[shawn97]

Amazing! That is the most beautiful leo I've ever seen!

 

[Gecko Euphoria]

If the project proves out my e-mail is always availible for you to tell me the price of the offsprin unbeleivable>

I couldn't see the gecko, I think he's hiding behind that shadow
Super dark gecko! I'd love to see some natural light pics as suggested in your other posts. :main_yes: