I guess I should begin with some back-story on this project that we purchased from another breeder who unfortunately had to give up the hobby for personal reasons. The previous breeder bought a dark female and in 2006 she produced a clutch with a pastel male. An odd looking female came out of the egg, which he dubbed the mother an "Espresso".
Original Mom:
Here's the odd female produced:
With clutchmates:
Here she is now all grown up:
He was never able to reproduce the combo and even we tried with the same parents. We got the daughter to breed with a Mojave and got 4 so/so eggs that I swear weren't going to go full term which they did! We got 2 Pastaves in the clutch and 2 other surprises...
Espresso male: (Resembles a Cinnamon, only further breeding will tell.)
Espresso x Pastel x Mojave - "Pastavo":
Looks like we got more questions to figure out than answers lol.
Thanks for looking!
Matt @ The Brass Gecko
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