Marble Eye Leopard Geckos! (Not Eclipse)

[Uroplatus80]

I stumbled onto this article online and thought I should share it.
I am very excited about this new mutation.
Subtle but very cool to cross into other morphs.
http://www.geckotime.com/new-leopard-gecko-mutation-the-marble-eye/

 

[tlbowling]

I saw that article too

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Yes that's the new eye mutation that Matt found a bit ago. It's like the shatter eye mutation that Letkey was working on.

 

[Northstar Herp]

Not just to be different, but the more stuff like this that comes out, the less excited I become about leos. There's just too many different morphs, and every one added makes it even more confusing, not that they aren't cool to look at. Several different mutations that are easily confused in one animal is not my idea of fun.

 

[Uroplatus80]

Have any been put on the market yet?
I have not seen any for sale.

 

[Uroplatus80]

I feel the opposite way. I love all of the Slight variation in leopard geckos.
It makes for some fun when you cross them. Often crosses with two Similar traits give you totally different results.You never know what you are going to get and that is very exciting to me.

 

[Northstar Herp]

Yup, to each his own.:main_thumbsup:

 

[Quantumhigh]

pretty cool. The morph combinations will be endless. It would be neat to see a breeders cup one day. Normalize to a extent what a ideal example morph X should look like. Kinda like dog and cat breeders do.

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Only 1 pair that I know of has been released in a trade. They are priced pretty high in the couple thousand dollar range due to a new recessive eye mutation. I think it warrants the price tag if it were pure but they are all poss het Trempers which is at most worth 1.5k for a male at that point. Maybe 1k for a female.

 

[Jorgevill]

Have any been put on the market yet?
I have not seen any for sale.

Yes, Matt put on pair on sale, the price was $5,500 for a pair.

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Not just to be different, but the more stuff like this that comes out, the less excited I become about leos. There's just too many different morphs, and every one added makes it even more confusing, not that they aren't cool to look at. Several different mutations that are easily confused in one animal is not my idea of fun.

I take it you're not a fan of the Corn or Ball market then? Considering there are 100's of different combinations and new ones are coming out every year.

 

[Quantumhigh]

Wow. Guess it will be awhile before we see bells and rainwater marble eyes. He might be working out the tremper before a general release I am guessing.

 

[Northstar Herp]

I take it you're not a fan of the Corn or Ball market then? Considering there are 100's of different combinations and new ones are coming out every year.

Not really. I enjoy different morphs within a species. The thing that is increasingly annoying to me about leos is that there are several all white leos, several albinos, several eye morphs...

When you have SEVERAL similar looking morphs within the one species, it just makes a mess. The more of this kind of stuff pops up, the more threads that start with "what is my leo" are gonna end with "you'll never know unless you know what the parents were"

Just my IMO, and what appeals to me may not appeal to you either. :main_thumbsup:

 

[roger]

Not really. I enjoy different morphs within a species. The thing that is increasingly annoying to me about leos is that there are several all white leos, several albinos, several eye morphs...

When you have SEVERAL similar looking morphs within the one species, it just makes a mess. The more of this kind of stuff pops up, the more threads that start with "what is my leo" are gonna end with "you'll never know unless you know what the parents were"

Just my IMO, and what appeals to me may not appeal to you either. :main_thumbsup:

I agree pakinjak.There are certain white morphs with red eyes that look identical and the only way u know is by the lineage or what the parents are

 

[Jordan]

im kinda looking forward to marble eye morph, i wonder if it does anything to the body and pattern when its purely JUST homozygous marble eye. like eclipse does.

shame it will be a while until theyre readily available in the UK

 

[Wild West Reptile]

The marble eye is awesome. It is the coolest looking eye I've seen. They are rare, rare, RARE! Think I might just have to get a couple.:main_evilgrin:

 

[Adinar]

Pat had one with him at the last Hamburg show, was thrilled to get to see it up close. So cool!

 

[Wild West Reptile]

Pat had one with him at the last Hamburg show, was thrilled to get to see it up close. So cool!

:main_thumbsup:

Couldn't agree more. His are beautiful. They are gonna rock the market when they get released into other morphs in a couple of years.

 

[rickmoss95]

i am getting a couple from craig at the urban gecko pretty soon, as soon as they are ready! and they do look totally wicked jordan, look at the urban gecko website and look at his collection pics of his, those are PURE marble eyes, NOT combos! they are killer looking and i cant wait to get mine! there is more to this than JUST the eyes! i cant wait to combo these into my white and yellow stuff...imagine a marble eye, with RED marble eyes!!! i cant wait to have these in my collection!

 

[rickmoss95]

these are pure marble eyes, not combos(according to craig)...these pics are from the urban gecko and are used with permission to me from craig.