Pls help me confirm ID or morph of this leopard gecko. They say she is a sunglow. I think she is but there is more I guess.
Thank you.
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This gecko is not a sunglow. Also there’s some issues with what is posted there.
Sunglow is a combo of traits. Albino, super hypo, tangerine and carrot tail.
This gecko is a high yellow albino.
Also, there is no such thing as het tangerine. Tangerine is a polymorphic trait.
The poss het Ember in the pairing is also very confusing because Ember is another combo. Not a gene.
Ember is a Murphy Patternless RAPTOr. A super hypo tangerine albino with the eclipse gene and the m. Patternless gene.
If this gecko was listed as a Sunglow, I would be suspicious about the pairing info as well
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That is what confuses me too. I think that sunglow would be an upgraded tangerine with intense orange to red orange body coloration. And don’t have much idea on the ember gene. And do you think this has some bandit gene in her? What do you think?
This is a good example of a sunglow. Again, A super hypo carrot tail tangerine albino.
Bandit is a line bred trait. It’s not something that is guaranteed to pass on like albino. Typically they only have 3 or 4 markings on the head. Yours looks like 7 from that photo.
The morphipedia is a great help for picking up which genes are recessive or dominant instead of polygenic.
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Yeah. That is what I was thinking also for a sunglow to look like. Again, thank you for the information.
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