weird colored hatchling

[wakageckowaka]

guys can you help me identify the morph of my new hatchling?

it seems weird because its face is colored black and 60% of its body is dark/black
when it was hatched its not black.. i thought its a black eyed enigma because of its black eyes but after a week its skin got black pigments...
its parents are tangerine enigma x tangerine enigma

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

Looks like a dark tangerine enigma. The darkness may fade or get darker...only time will tell

 

[matt1134]

cool looking hatchling. does he show any of the enigma symptoms.

 

[Matt K]

Its probably also just a tangerine enigma, but it may be darker red or brighter orange/red than the parents. I have simetimes had my Emerines hatch out dark or black, only to become very vivid colored adults. I have a photo around here somewhere.....

 

[Desdemona]

Can you guys tell me exactly what about the hatchling clues you in to the enigma gene? The information I've found about enigma's online is usually pretty brief and not completely helpful.

 

[Dimidiata]

The spotting.

 

[lillith]

The symmetry of body pattern and the high-white tail.
Usually, enigma tails have a reduced pattern, beginning very close to the base of the tail.

He has a whitish nose, too. No eclipse in either parents' backgrounds, is there?

 

[Matt K]

I meant to ask earlier.... does it not stress the littel one out to have it in a bin of meanworms ??? I feed my hatchlings after 3 days or so (after first shed) and then its just a couple / few at a time...... seems like they are quicker to start a healthy appetite if I start them with less. Just a thought/ question.

 

[Pinky81]

that is actually a really great way to feed young leo's (putting them in a tub with wormies in it.)
Nice lil enigma!!!

 

[Matt K]

That feeding method does not work for me...too many food items too early and they wont eat any, just sit stressed out for days. :/

 

[wakageckowaka]

updated picture of the hatchling after a few days

is it very rare for a person to have a gecko like this? is this "good rare" or "bad rare" in any sort of way?

i think it a BEE because it has black eyes - till now it never changed..

 

[PhoenixCoconut]

Nice dark little gecko!

 

[Dimidiata]

There was another thread a while back where some one hatched out a darker gecko. It was a MP i think. It stayed pretty much grey i belive.

 

[wakageckowaka]

what is the suitable term of description for this gecko?

.... this little buddy is really cute every time i take pictures of him he loves lookig straight into the camera unlike other lg's -- he loves being photographed

 

[wakageckowaka]

what is the suitable term of description for this gecko?

.... this little buddy is really cute every time i take pictures of him he loves looking straight into the camera unlike other lg's -- he loves being photographed

 

[Dimidiata]

I see yellow tones coming in. Lets give him a month or so and see what happens XD.

 

[lillith]

Looks like he's going into shed. I would call it a BEE if you could confirm or deny eclipse genetics in either parent. It looks like it's eclipse to me...that would also explain the darkness of the tangerine, if it's a patternless stripe eclipse enigma.
BEE= Black Eyed Enigma (from eclipse).

So...eclipse parent(s)?

 

[wakageckowaka]

both parents have eclipse genes

 

[Dimidiata]

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=82147 Heres a thread to what i was talking about.

 

[lillith]

My bets are on eclipse enigma/BEE, then.
He should lighten up a lot. If not, I will be delighted to be wrong.
Any other hets?