Since 1970, leopard geckos have been researched a lot by scientists and much more has been found out about them.
Back 30 years ago, these creatures were captured and imported into the United States into our pet trade.
These lizards are sorted into many different species and subspecies.
Geckos that are morphs are described as different in size, color, or genetics from other leopard geckos.
Color and pattern are two different traits that are usually passed from generation to generation.
Geckos that are considered morphs ended up being a genetic fault which made them quite diverse.
Predators can easily find them because they stick out in the wild like a sore thumb.
The different amount of leopard gecko morphs that you can find today is massive.
There are the Murphy Patternless and Blizzard morphs which are recessive, and the dominate morphs like Enigma and Macksnow.
One type of combo morph is called R.
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Another morph that is poly genetic is called S.
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The final morph, which is co-dominant, is called the Giant morph.
Geckos that have a trait called carrot tail are normally found in Albey's Tangerine line and R.
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They have been found in several different morphs.
Many other leopard gecko species possess this trait.
It is called the carrot tail trait because the lizard has more orange pigment in the tail that normal.
The coloring usually is at the base of the tail, but it can also take up 90 percent of the coloring in the tail.
In order for one of these animals to be classified as being a carrot tail, it must have a tail that is at least 25 percent orange.
In rare cases, this trait can make the tail turn completely orange.
This is called a line bred trait, which means that breeding two of these specific geckos together would give the offspring a great chance of possessing the same trait.
Sometimes, lizards with this trait will also have orange spots on their head.
This usually is only the case with Tremper Albinos.
Breeding your own leopard geckos takes a ton of responsibility, patience, and time.
You need to have the right amount of resources and space if you are going to take on this task.
Make sure you can be in charge of all these aspects before even considering breeding them.