THIS IS WHAT A NORMAL LOOKS LIKE

[robin]

ok this is what a normal phase leopard gecko looks like

yeah ok its not the best photo and a bit washed out. she is actually a bit darker. NO SHE IS NOT a melanistic gecko just a NORMAL

 

[LeosForLess]

SWEET ROBIN!!! She isnt w/c is she? I mean you may ahve to prove her out to be a normal now, lol

 

[Gregg M]

Wow!!! What a cool new morph that is... How many seasons of line breeding did it take for you to get all those spots???

 

[Ian S.]

That is one rare breed now a days!
Little beauty though.

 

[robin]

LOL guy. no she is cb. she is several years old but not too terribly old. actually she is het for RW albino but her color and pattern is that of a normal looking leopard

 

[eyelids]

Nice one Robin! Thanks for posting!

 

[robin]

no problem hehe

 

[Select Gex]

LOL guy. no she is cb. she is several years old but not too terribly old. actually she is het for RW albino but her color and pattern is that of a normal looking leopard

I knew it couldn't be a NORMAL!! I just knew it. :main_rolleyes:

Nice gecko, Robin! :main_laugh:

 

[robin]

mathew you turd

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Love that non-bling!

 

[robin]

THAT IS SO NON BLING!!!

 

[marula]

wow! i never see a gecko like this!!! is a new special morph? :main_laugh:

 

[Kotsay1414]

Very nice! I've got 3 Normals that are 10 years old in my collection.

 

[Gazz]

ok this is what a normal phase leopard gecko looks like

yeah ok its not the best photo and a bit washed out. she is actually a bit darker. NO SHE IS NOT a melanistic gecko just a NORMAL

Very nice but i'd say that's one example of a normal.Apart from (E hardwickii) captive leo's hold the blood of (E,m,fasciolatus/E,m,montanus/E,m,afghanicus) And very likly (E,turcmenicus) & (E,angramaininyu).And all these speices & sub'speices of leo's have differant ideas on what is normal and when you throw all these differant bloods into are typical captive leo's which are only known as Eublepharis macularius because we don't know there ancesery and where there wild ancesery was collected from.

Look at the link of the differant speices sub'speices you can see all these traits in are leo's today.

http://bornova.ege.edu.tr/~bgocmen/home14.html

 

[robin]

i have been to that link and know it very well. i am saying this is what a normal leopard gecko looks like in captivity. no a wild caught gecko

 

[Gazz]

i have been to that link and know it very well. i am saying this is what a normal leopard gecko looks like in captivity. no a wild caught gecko

Yes but when you think that a captive leo has the blood of most of them speices sub'speices in that link.Don't you think it put a differant spin of whats normal (E turcmenicus) for example look like you more typical reduced normal some may even call hi-yellow and yet that patternling is farly normal for the speices.

 

[nightseer00]

gorgeous!

 

[robin]

Yes but when you think that a captive leo has the blood of most of them speices sub'speices in that link.Don't you think it put a differant spin of whats normal (E turcmenicus) for example look like you more typical reduced normal some may even call hi-yellow and yet that patternling is farly normal for the speices.

what we are dealing with here is integrates ans sub species cross, the geckos we have today. admit it they are muts. but it doesnt put a spin on whats normal but rather what is normal for a certain subspecies, a true full blooded animal from a particular species, whether those be wild caughts or wild animals.
in the beginning "leopard geckos" (wild caughts) were just put together to breed. no one paid attention to the particular subspecies or species. this photo of a normal was what a standard "normal" looked like for a captive bred gecko. now there are still some people who have locality and species and subspecies but those are hard to get your hands on. we the US no longer import from the countries that leos are living in and the ones we will do trade with are closed to reptiles/animal exports. however there are some countries out there in which still trade with those countries we do not and i am sure some people in some countries have some awesome locality and pure blod subspecies and no crosses. NOW those to me are the true gems of the trade. i dont care about the color of them but rather the rarity of pure subspecies.

 

[Kotsay1414]

NOW those to me are the true gems of the trade. i dont care about the color of them but rather the rarity of pure subspecies.

I completely, 100% agree with you Robin, I'd rather have a pure blood than any other Leopard Gecko.

 

[robin]

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