HALLOWEEN weekend. ORANGE theme!

[SFgeckos]

Happy Halloween weekend everyone!

Photo 1: red stripe male
Photo 2: red stripe vs tangerine comparison
Photo 3: CT vs tangerine eclipse CT

Jon
eclipsegeckos.weebly.com

 

[SFgeckos]

Here's some other cool photos, enjoy!

Jon

 

[robin]

very cool! jon you have some amazing animals!

 

[gixxer3420]

I need to get some knob tails from you. I will be looking you up in the spring for some knob tails. Since the weather here in NY is to cold now. What type of knob tail is the one that looks like a levis levis?

 

[SFgeckos]

Thanks for the compliments!

Levis? You made me check my photos again, I don't see a levis levis...it's another species =)

Jon

 

[gixxer3420]

My bad I fixed my post what type of knob tail is it? Its a really cool looking knob tail.

 

[INDOTORTO]

Nice Geckos you have there Jonathan, love the 3rd pics, the one with CT, love them.:main_thumbsup:

 

[Kristi23]

They're all gorgeous! I love the ones in the third picture!

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

Very nice geckos. Ill gladly take your Deleani if you don't need it

 

[maggiee22195]

Those are really nice looking geckos!!!!!! My reptile show is coming up and I am going to try to get my hands on a red stripe! But I am also going to be getting 2 tangerines, a TUG sunglow and a mack snow tremper albino!

 

[maggiee22195]

How did the red stripe morph come about? Do you guys know?

 

[SFgeckos]

"Red stripes" were coined by HQ reptiles in Canada many years ago. I have some HQ red stripe bloodlines, but I've also done alot of selective crossing to introduce additional orange coloration and carrottail over the years. This was done by doing several years of red stripe x hypo tangerine/high percentage carrottail breedings and holding back any offspring that displayed desirable traits. Over many generations of selective breeding, consistent body stripes with varying degrees of orange coloration on the body, head and carrottail can be developed. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the polymorphic genetics controlling the above mentioned phenotypic traits, really nice red stripes bred together don't always produce really nice red stripes (but the percentage of doing so is higher). Please feel free to chime in with your experiences and opinions!

Body stripes can vary alot, here are some examples:

Photo 1: More carrottails, some have dorsal stripes
Photo 2 shows varying body stripes: red stripe, eclipse dorsal stripes

 

[SFgeckos]

Someone emailed me with questions about the drawing in the background of photo #2, so I'm sharing the info with others in case you were wondering. The N. amyae was drawn by talented friend and wildlife artist Roger Hall (website is http://inkart.net). The original animal belonged to Roman Moniz- one of the top knobtail breeders in the 1990's. Roger also drew one of my crested geckos about 10 years ago which is featured on his website. Very talented artist!

ps- What species of gecko is that in the photo? hint: It is in the Rhacodatylus family!

Jon

 

[porkchopp75]

Awesome geckos!

 

[Salt4Sam]

Beautiful geckos! I love the artwork in your picture, where did you get it?

 

[Suncharmers]

SUPER NICE all of them, beautifully colored. Also enjoyed the rest of the show, the lil geckos, awesome:main_thumbsup:

 

[SFgeckos]

Thanks for the compliments! I've always enjoyed the "living art" aspect of keeping leopard geckos.

Salt4Sam- my previous post answered some questions about the artwork, I copied/pasted it below. If you have other questions just let me know.

Someone emailed me with questions about the drawing in the background of photo #2, so I'm sharing the info with others in case you were wondering. The N. amyae was drawn by talented friend and wildlife artist Roger Hall (website is http://inkart.net). The original animal belonged to Roman Moniz- one of the top knobtail breeders in the 1990's. Roger also drew one of my crested geckos about 10 years ago which is featured on his website. Very talented artist!

ps- What species of gecko is that in the photo? hint: It is in the Rhacodatylus family!

Jon