What is this Mutation Called?

wake

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Hi, someone gave me this Gecko and I was wondering what the mutation (or I mean morph, sorry about the title) is called, just out of curiosity. I tried looking it up on the internet, but could not find one that looks exactly like it, mainly could not find one with a white tail and I am not sure of how variable some morphs can be.

Here she is.

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Thanks alot for your help.
 
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acpart

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It would be easier to tell if you had a picture from above. I'm guessing, from the small amount of brown on the tail that this is an albino. If so, it is a superhypo tang albino, generally called "sunglow" or "Hybino". If it was born with a stripe running vertically along the body and tail (as opposed to horizontal bands) then it is an "aptor" which stands for "albino patternless tangerine [something something --sorry it's really late and I can't remember the rest]

Aliza
 

wake

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Thanks alot. I have no idea how it was born, unfortunately. She does have a few white spots on her back where the spine is, if that means anything. I can try to get a picture from above later on. And yes, there is some brown/beige (however it could be described) on the tail.

Thank you very much for your help.

EDIT TO ADD: Thanks alot to everyone else who responded while I was typing this message originally.

I had seen pictures of Sunglows on the net, but they all seem to have orange on the tails. Is it different lines that have a different extent of orange? (sorry for the questions, I am new to this)
 
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Halley

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The orange on the tail is called Carrot-Tail, it doesn’t have to be present for a sunglow to be considered a sunglow, but it does qualify it as higher end, as most find it more desirable to have the trait present.
 

ieglove

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i'm soory guys but i think that is a enigma tremper albino..
the sunlow is a super hypo tangerine carrot tail albino and in this gecko there isn't carrot tail and the white tail is tipical of enigma's gekos, also the withe spot ond the gecko there aren't tipical of sunglow because it appears without spot or orange spot
sorry for my english!!!:)
 

Gekkon

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I don't think that is an Enigma. If you look closer to the eyes you'll notice that they're of albino. My choice - sunglow.
 

enigmaslim

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I would say enigma, just from the white tail, and lack of carrot-tail. But I'm a newbie and could be wrong
 

Neo.Reptiliac

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Sunglow imo. Those are albino eyes. And Ive seen plenty of white tailed sunglows. There is a variety of quality. The carrot tail really depends on the parents. If the super hypo in question was lacking carrot tail then the offspring would lack it too.
 

StopperExotics

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I also think it's a sunglow, if it were an Enigma it would show other characteristics, like strange patterning, smaller "speckle" like markings, etc etc. This one just looks like a tremper with a white/light tail.
 

cassadaga

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I don't think it's an Enigma, although I think it looks a lot like one. The tail isn't pure white, it has a very faint jungle pattern, which isn't common in enigmas. I think it's likely from Sunglow or Aptor lines.

Can we get some different angles?
 

wake

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Thanks everyne for your help. Here are the diff. angles some of you asked for.

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And I'll throw this one in, just 'cause I love her eyes :)

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I really appreciate your help. Just one more question though, what is the diff. between Sunglow and A.P.T.O.R?

ANyways, regardless of what she is, she is gorgeous and such a sweet little girl. :)
 

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