green AND blue leopard geckos????

Darcpixie

Darcpixie

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I think it's a descriptive term. There are retained bits of pattern which have the saturation of melanin removed, leaving blue-ish and green-ish markings. While I would prefer to know that those pattern remnants are there as opposed to a patternless critter, I do think mayhap marketing is going a little far.

It's ok, we weren't going to breed for those, right?
 
Golden Gate Geckos

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I think blue may be a possibility. If you look at the eyelids of young geckos, it often looks like they have blue eyeshadow on. Blue (like red and yellow) are primary colors. No two other colors make up those three. Orange, violet, and green are secondary colors. They are each made up of 2 primary colors. When we see secondary colors on our geckos, it is really a combination of primary colors, usually in the layers of pigment in the skin. Since yellow is a 'default' body color, any combination of other primary colors will appear to be secondary colors:

yellow + blue = green
yellow + red = orange

Green and lavender coloration on leopard geckos is an illusion based on the natural wavelength of light in our optical spectrum. So, I would think blue would be a greater possibility; green (yellow + blue), or lavender (red + blue).

Now, my brain hurts.
 
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rickmoss95

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Golden Gate Geckos said:
I think blue may be a possibility. If you look at the eyelids of young geckos, it often looks like they have blue eyeshadow on. Blue (like red and yellow) are primary colors. No two other colors make up those three. Orange, violet, and green are secondary colors. They are each made up of 2 primary colors. When we see secondary colors on our geckos, it is really a combination of primary colors, usually in the layers of pigment in the skin. Since yellow is a 'default' body color, any combination of other primary colors will appear to be secondary colors:

yellow + blue = green
yellow + red = orange

Green and lavender coloration on leopard geckos is an illusion based on the natural wavelength of light in our optical spectrum. So, I would think blue would be a greater possibility; green (yellow + blue), or lavender (red + blue).

Now, my brain hurts.
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agreed, 100%
 
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CarrotTail

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Hi,
I can tell that for now green or blue color morph is impossible for this species. Pigmentary coloration require specific pigment cells and their special arrangement for pure blue or green color like some others reptiles eg. Anolis, Phelsuma etc. For now leopard geckos in most color morphs have the same arrangment of pigment cells in the skin on all body. Only difference is in synthesis of pigments. For blue and green leopard geckos have to thin skin and layer of iridophores. Sometimes people see green color above eyes on head. This is because skin at this part is so thin that eye color "shines" and makes somelike green color. Its depends on individual feature and health (age and fatness), not genetic mutation. Like in people, thin people have visible ribs or veins(green too :) ) but fat not.
So named this is little not fair for taking more money for normal not green gecko.
For more information I invite to read scientific article about this topic in leopard geckos which should be avaible for about 6 months (in this journal its minimal queue after acceptation article for print) in one of journal about zoology.
For now I cant tell more details (my copyrights).
For sure I'll link this here on forum to meet all green projects projectors arguments.
 
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