Breeding Possibilities

I've had my Lavender Harlequin for about a year now, and I absolutely adore her. I just purchased a new enclosure for her, and got to thinking. Being that its a bit bigger I could add another to it, but I was thinking about adding a male. I'm not that up to date with all the CG forms, so I don't know what the best pairing would be. I honestly bought her on a whim at a show. I think I made the guy mad because he had other high end ones that were more pricey, but I was most impressed with my lavender harlequin lol. What could I produce with her?

Well it all depends on what you breed her to and what is in the genes. Likely, you'd get some harlequins and flames for starters. You can also get some random things lol.

If you want the best odds to make more like her I'd suggest a lavender harley male with good structure (and for me pinstriping is a huge plus).

Now although the cage is bigger, you will still need a cage to put the male in once you seperate them. Plus, caging to house all them babies ;)

Hope that helps!

Ok, thanks for the info!

Also!

How exactly do the genetics of Cresties work? I was looking at the pinstripes and really like them. How exactly do you determine what the offspring will be if i combine mine with a pinstripe?

Certain traits like pinning, knee caps, leg fringe, and dal spots seem to be more dominant and are passed on with higher frequency. When pairing up two adults you've never bred before it's hard to know what to expect but it would seem you'd have the best chance of producing what you are looking for with both parents exhibiting the desired traits.

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Originally Posted by bad-one

Certain traits like pinning, knee caps, leg fringe, and dal spots seem to be more dominant and are passed on with higher frequency. When pairing up two adults you've never bred before it's hard to know what to expect but it would seem you'd have the best chance of producing what you are looking for with both parents exhibiting the desired traits.

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OOO ok. So there genes aren't like bp's?

Yeah, their genes are not like bps where you can predict exactly what the odds are going to be.

I put a female flame with a male flame (who had dal spots) and got:
2 buckskins
2 flames
2 flames with dal spots (one has more spots already than the sire, odd coloration as well)
1 oddly colored flame

My other female (a harley w/ some part. pin) with the same sire consistently produced harlequins with partial pinning, one 80% pinstripe, a couple flames, and some of her hatchlings had dal spots.

Ohh wow, thats awesome!!

I am a huge noob when it comes to breeding Rhacodactylus, but it is definitely becoming a new obsession of mine. I would like to get a nice little breeding group going by the end of this year of them, and leachies as well. How do you suggest getting acquainted with breeding, and the gene types? And can you give some examples of high end cresties, and low end?

**Hey we have the same amount of posts !!**

Sorry for late reply, my internet has been horrible lately!

Low end- animals with terrible structure, buckskins (imo)

High end- animals with good-excellent structure and excellent markings/colors for whatever morph it is. Typically high end describes designer morphs like red harlequins, pinstripes, super dalmations, extreme harlequins and other traits/appearances that are carefully bred for.

Hope that helps!

These guys are really fun to breed, just make sure you have lots of space for hatchlings ;)

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Originally Posted by Animals As Leaders

OOO ok. So there genes aren't like bp's?

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Anyone who's taken basic high school biology should shudder at this sentance. However, I understand what you're trying to ask :P

The genetic traits that are bred for in crested geckos are, for the most part, polygenetic. It's not like you have one particular dominant trait that causes a CG to display the harlequin pattern, another that causes flames, another that causes pinning etc. I believe that in fact all three of those 'morphs' are pretty genetically intertwined.

With breeding crested geckos, think of it like breeding dogs or breeding horses.. but put yourself back a few thousand years, as gecko 'breeds' haven't been as well defined yet as horses or dogs. Think about what traits you want in offspring, find some adults that best display those traits, breed them, and keep back the best offspring that display those traits even more strongly to be the next generation.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

Anyone who's taken basic high school biology should shudder at this sentance. However, I understand what you're trying to ask :P

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I must have been sleeping during that class when they explained Crested Gecko gene's :D