Place to learn the morphs

[JosefMistal]

i have been putting off asking this because i'd rather not sound like a newbie with 20+ years of herp experience. A month later and i admit im a leo newbie. I'm trying to learn which traits are co dominate, which are recessive and so for. And also for definitions of what truely passes as what. I see alot of morphs that vary so much. My questions about my personal gecko first i guess.

1-I have a Male Sunglow - Is that a tremper albino hypo tang?

2-What is a Emerine? is it a recessive ? and what is the visual aspects?

3-Is the eclipse morph purely a pupil mutation of some sort? and what kind of dominance is the gene?

I could ask a thousand more like this. But here is a start. I would love a book or site with a list of the morphs and definitions.

 

[LeopardShade]

Go to Leopard Gecko Wiki. They feature articles on virtually all the leopard gecko morphs out there, excluding a few here and there. Ron Tremper's big book also has a great section on morphs, although I don't know if he has any for sale at the moment. He is said to be revising it, so you may have to wait if you want to purchase one.

1. Sunglow is a combination of one of the three albino strains (Bell, Tremper, or Rainwater) and the SHTCT morph. An easy way to tell the albino strain of your Sunglow is by the eyes. So, to answer your question, a Tremper Sunglow is short for Tremper Albino SHTCT.

2. The Emerine morph was first pioneered by Ron Tremper. They are tangerine geckos that show a greenish hue to them. From what I've seen and heard, they are polygenic, meaning that they can be improved by line-breeding. For example, taking the greenest Emerines from a clutch, pairing them together, getting greener Emerines, and so on and so forth. There are lots of breeders that work with Emerines, HISS has some great ones!

3. The Eclipse morph is a recessive mutation that affects the eye pigmentation. I could be wrong, but I believe it can manifest in three ways. There is first the pure Eclipse eye, which is solid black, Snake Eyes which are partial Eclipse eyes (one half is black, the other regularly pigmented), and red eyes, which are albino Eclipse eyes. Someone could probably tell you much more about the Eclipse than I'm telling you.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

Go to Leopard Gecko Wiki. They feature articles on virtually all the leopard gecko morphs out there, excluding a few here and there. Ron Tremper's big book also has a great section on morphs, although I don't know if he has any for sale at the moment. He is said to be revising it, so you may have to wait if you want to purchase one.

1. Sunglow is a combination of one of the three albino strains (Bell, Tremper, or Rainwater) and the SHTCT morph. An easy way to tell the albino strain of your Sunglow is by the eyes. So, to answer your question, a Tremper Sunglow is short for Tremper Albino SHTCT.

2. The Emerine morph was first pioneered by Ron Tremper. They are tangerine geckos that show a greenish hue to them. From what I've seen and heard, they are polygenic, meaning that they can be improved by line-breeding. For example, taking the greenest Emerines from a clutch, pairing them together, getting greener Emerines, and so on and so forth. There are lots of breeders that work with Emerines, HISS has some great ones!

3. The Eclipse morph is a recessive mutation that affects the eye pigmentation. I could be wrong, but I believe it can manifest in three ways. There is first the pure Eclipse eye, which is solid black, Snake Eyes which are partial Eclipse eyes (one half is black, the other regularly pigmented), and red eyes, which are albino Eclipse eyes. Someone could probably tell you much more about the Eclipse than I'm telling you.

+1

Just wanted to add that Eclipses also have white noses and white feet

 

[RampantReptiles]

This site is a good start to just scroll through, but it doesnt have the newer morphs. http://www.leopardgecko.co.uk/documents/leopard-gecko-morph.htm

This site is the best that I know of to find info on morphs http://www.leopardgeckowiki.com/index.php?title=Category:Morphs


All of what was mentioned about Eclipses is true. All to partial pigmentation in the eye, white nose, white feet/legs. There are also a couple other subtle differences. Eclipses tend to have lots of little spots on their tail. Some have a blue spot between their eyes. A non albino eclipse eye, the non pigmented part, is lighter in color than a normal eye.

 

[JosefMistal]

thankyou everyone