Piebald Crested Gecko

OH MY GOSH. I am so excited about this thread over on Pangea I just have to post it here so you all can see :D This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a very long time.

http://www.pangeareptile.com/forums/...ad.php?t=54958

Crested gecko genetics just got a little more interesting! :O

Very interesting to say the least. It is about time that a stone was thrown into the crested pool. All this time everyone has been waiting for something... anything. I am actually a little taken that it's pied. Hopefully it proves, would LOVE to see what a halloween pied would look like.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the link! That is way cool!

Your welcome! :) I would love to see it be reproduced, though some are already saying that it could just be a freak of nature, an incubation issue, or some random thing like that. Let's just hope it's genetic!

Had to share so nobody would miss seeing such an awesome thing!

I think there is so much more to crested then there is at the present. This thread goes to prove it. Genetics in cresteds is already exciting and difficult enough, this makes it even better. I love these sticky little creatures!

Thanks for sharing, it's nice to see another Pangea user.

Very interesting. i want to see the offspring since it has reproduced.

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

Very interesting. i want to see the offspring since it has reproduced.

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He said the offspring are pretty, but normal in appearance? So maybe they are actually het pieds? If it works like that it will shake up the crestie world! So many people never thought things like this were possible. Genetics and genes can always surprise us, there are probably SO many that we don't know about.

I don't recall there being any proven simple recessive genes found in cresteds yet. Everything seems to be co-dom/dom. I think its interesting that even though an offspring can look nothing like its parents, that the third generation has proven to carry the grandparents influence. Hereditary traits of the rhacs are definately not as clean cut as balls and red-tails for sure, which makes it very mind boggling, and dare I say "fun" for those who love callenge and thrive to make sense of it all.

The truth can only be found in proving this "pieds" offspring. I am hopeful it proves just as I am that the trait is found among other rhacs. If I could find this trait in my gargoyles or Nuu Anas, I'd be dancing something serious!:banana:

Hi,

Here is the video he posted on youtube of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksWVwSiy_g

Big congrats to Whsreptiles for owning the little star. :salute:


dr del

Sad he already has it on kingsnake.com for sale for like $35k