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Crested gecko morphs.

Crested gecko morphs work differently from snake morphs. Most of these 12 traits - Harlequin, Extreme Harlequin, Flame, Tiger, Dalmatian, Pinstripe, Tricolor, Halloween, Cream and Red - are line-bred: many small genes selected over generations, not one switch you can chart on a Punnett square. Two are exceptions. Axanthic is a simple recessive, and Lilly White is co-dominant. Cresteds also fire up and down through the day, so the same animal can look like two different geckos by morning and evening, and hatchlings rarely predict the adult. That makes this group better for keepers who choose the animal first and the label second. The trade-off: Lilly White has no viable super form - two copies are lethal in the egg - so breeders work the trait as a single copy and pair Lilly White to normal-gene geckos. That card is flagged.

Crested gecko morphs
⚠️ One card here is marked "welfare". Lilly White is co-dominant with a lethal super form: pair two Lilly Whites and, on average, about a quarter of the eggs carry the double copy and do not survive. Many breeders therefore only pair Lilly White to a normal-gene gecko. Read the profile before buying or breeding, and talk to a reptile (herp) vet if an animal shows problems.

🦎 All 12 crested gecko morphs Mostly line-bred traits rather than simple genes - harlequin, dalmatian, pinstripe, lilly white and more, layered into combos.

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