Some news about my Blackie-project

[Lottiz]

I just have to show how one of Blackies offsprings (Black velvet, hyper melanistic) turns out after a few weeks. Blackie was hatched normal and turned darker after every single shedding. So does her daughter "Spirit" BVf1:

Pics from hatch day untill today, interesting development:

 

[bro paul]

Very nice progression! What size is she now? I'll look forward to updates on this girl as she gets darker Also, what kind of trait do you believe this to be? Line bred, recessive...?

 

[eyelids]

I really hope she does keep getting darker for you...

Last year I had a few babies do the same thing, but they eventually lightened back up... They weren't from a dark beauty like yours though so I wish you the best!

 

[yellermelon]

Wow, super cool!

 

[MHGeckos]

This girl is Super Nice! I hope she'll get darker and darker for you:main_yes:

 

[Lottiz]

Konrad thought it's a co-dom gene but he isn't sure ant longer. I'm going to do the first sister-brother pairings this winter to find out the genetics aout co-dom or not.
I've got a lot of colors, from line bred smow-white to this dirty looking grey/green.

This is some other brownish dirty looking olive green offsprings:

 

[marula]

this is a really interesting project!
keep us update and congrats for the good job

 

[DanTheFireman]

That's very cool how the neck band and jaw fill in with the black spots. It looks like it's still a very young animal. Congratulations!

 

[Lottiz]

Yes, yes. She is still young

 

[Lizard Lair]

LOTSA LUCK LOTTI!

I sincerely hope this project goes well for you - I'd love to see a "Black Velvet" morph! :sunny:

 

[Geckoreo]

really nice geckos,
I hope that melanistics are possible,
heres a really dark gecko I hatched, it looks like its red but its just a little translucent,
Im hoping it stays this dark

 

[malt_geckos]

Cool project! I like the dark color. Interested to see how it all goes as well. Keep up the good work!