Just curious

[marineman26]

Hi,

I have been thinking today and it hit me all of a sudden but does anyone know if leos are color blind or can they see colors? I dont know why lol but that thought came up today. thank you in advance...........Shaun

 

[blightedchemist]

Thats a really good question. I wonder if there is a way to test their vision. One thing I noticed with my fat tail gecko, when she gets crickets she goes after the dusted ones. possibly because it is much easier for her to see the bright white(ish) cricket than the non dusted brown cricket that blends in very well to her bedding. Maybe those clean crickets are hard for her to see?

 

[Leonardo]

interesting observation ken, but my leo also goes for the dusted ones more readily and she is on white kitchen roll.
my guess is the smell or the recollection of the taste?
i had thought it would be the same for me but visa versa, the darker ones seem like they would be easier to see but she'd rather have the dusted ones.

 

[Stevie]

Many reptiles use their coloration for signalling (for instance crotophytus, many chameleons, etc) and it's not unthinkable that color vision in reptiles is present. Studies on the retinas of many diurnal geckos posses cone shaped light receptors, which are associated with color vision. These cones are also found on the retina of different nocturnal geckos (no real research in this field is done on leopardgeckos)! It's therefore thought that many nocturnal geckos (like leopardgeckos) can distinguish color, even at low light intensities, but some real research has still to be done in this field.

Greets,

Stevie

 

[marineman26]

Thanks guys on the replies very helpful.......Shaun