What would you call this?

darkridder

darkridder

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Its a standard nearly full pinstripe (but calling it just a pinstripe is fine since it is only missing 2 scales to be a full pin), color wise it doesnt fall into any group. The dorsal is too yellow to be a blonde or a halloween so that is where the "standard" falls in, they are geckos that just dont really fall into a color name but are relatively common. The problem is some dont have a dark enough base, others have more yellow dorsals than others, so making a made up name doesnt really work since there is no "standard" along the standards lol.
 
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He is a harlie however the term harlie or flame is dropped if it is a pinstripe as only harlies and flames can be pinstripes.
 
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darkridder said:
He is a harlie however the term harlie or flame is dropped if it is a pinstripe as only harlies and flames can be pinstripes.
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Ooh okay.
Are pinstripes recessive?
If hes a harlequin with pinstripes, and hes bred with just a harlequin - there will be no pinstripes?
Morphs confuse me.
What makes a flame? A reddish body?
 
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There is no dominate/recessive traits with cresteds, and their genetics are a shoot and hope you score. The face is depending on his line and the female, you could put him in with a harley female and just get harlies, you could get full pins, partial pins. There is no 100% with these guys which is why many breeders are now purchasing animals who are coming from long lines of the particular look they want. There is still the randomness, like 2 clean animals producing dals when the grandparents were clean also, just as I had 2 blondes produce a red once. These guys are not 100% and easy to figure out as leopards or balls.
 
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darkridder said:
There is no dominate/recessive traits with cresteds, and their genetics are a shoot and hope you score. The face is depending on his line and the female, you could put him in with a harley female and just get harlies, you could get full pins, partial pins. There is no 100% with these guys which is why many breeders are now purchasing animals who are coming from long lines of the particular look they want. There is still the randomness, like 2 clean animals producing dals when the grandparents were clean also, just as I had 2 blondes produce a red once. These guys are not 100% and easy to figure out as leopards or balls.
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Very helpful! Thank you.
Its kind of exciting actually, surprizes are fun.
 
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They can be fun however if you have a goal it is rather frustrating. Myself I would pair him with another pinner, or at least a really nice harley. Since he is still a week one, his colors could change, he could go halloween, he could go blonde, or he could just stay a standard lol. Myself depending on what I really wanted I would either consider in the future a really nice blonde female, or a really nice halloween, and not another standard. If she is a full pin then sure a standard is great, however they are pretty easy color wise to come across, blondes and halloweens are more sought after.
 
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Is there a guide to this sort of thing? I'm just getting into the hobby of breeding my cresteds and have no clue what to look for once I get hatchlings (as far as color goes). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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