What morphs are my 2 adult geckos? Also, is one a giant?

[mandypandyjack]

I have two Leopard Geckos, both of which were purchased from pet stores so I have no idea where they originated from, what genes they carry, what their parents were, etc. I was just wondering what their morphs might be. I tried to get as realistic-in-color-photos as possible as well as close ups of their eyes (I got as close as my phone camera would focus).

First up is my female, Chloe. I've had her for about 18 months now so I'm guessing she's probably around 19-20 months old. Here are pictures of her colors and a close up of her eyes:


Next is my male, Kato. I've had him for about 14 months, so guessing he's about 15-16 months old. Here are pictures of his colors and a close up of his eyes:


Any ideas on what their morphs might be?

Also, I (finally) got a (cheap, maybe slightly inaccurate) scale today and Kato is 83 grams and Chloe is 123 grams. Is it possible that Chloe might be a giant or super giant? What is typically the "weight" range for normal, giant, and super giant. Everything I've seen online is different for these ranges, but I was just curious if Chloe might be a giant as well.

Thanks so much!!

 

[Music City Geckos]

Well, she deffinitely weighs enough to be considered giant but, how long is she? Most of the Giants are 10 inches long and over. Also, she would be considered an hypo carrot tail. Kato is one of the three strains of albino. It wouldne difficult to say which one without test breeding. Good looking geckos. Enjoy

 

[mandypandyjack]

Well, she deffinitely weighs enough to be considered giant but, how long is she? Most of the Giants are 10 inches long and over. Also, she would be considered an hypo carrot tail. Kato is one of the three strains of albino. It wouldne difficult to say which one without test breeding. Good looking geckos. Enjoy

I measured her length just now and she is 10 inches exactly

 

[Viking666]

The 1st one looks like a hypo carrot tail and 2nd one looks like a bell albino looks a bit like my male

Hey hey hey ....... Your gonna have a great day enjoy

 

[geckolabs]

Both are albino, but which of the three types is purely guesses regardless of who is guessing.

And yes, your female certainly weighs enough to be in the giant range, but she doesn't (to me anyway) appear to have the body structure you will see in giants/super giants. They are typically more slender, and very lengthy animals. But given the tail kink in yours, it may just have had stunted growth so she grew wide instead of long.

The female is indeed hypo carrot tail, and albino as well.

The male again, is albino.


There are three strains of albinism in leos (Tremper, Bell, and Rainwater.) But they are not compatible (meaning one paired to another does not give you more albinos), and should not be crossed. A few years ago, more educated guesses could have been made as to which of the three types your animals are, but with how much line breeding has changed the appearance of the animals, there is no way of saying, with 100% certainty, which type an albino is, without parental information.

 

[Kristi23]

Giants are giants by genetics and not weight, so unless you know the parents, you really can't know for sure. Same way with the albino strains and many other morphs.