Talking About an Albino Leopard Gecko

In 1991 when the first designer leopard geckos hatched, many people were excited and fascinated by this new patterns of mutation which were causing unique colors. Leopard gecko variations including the leucistic, high yellow, and albinos.

When referring to albino leopard geckos, there are three variety of strains the Tremper, Rainwater the Las Vegas city& Bell. The trio of albino varieties are each the result of a recessive genetic trait. This means that if you bred a Tremper albino with a Rainwater or Bell albino, the offspring would not be albino, they would be normal. Recessive traits happened because certain genes that control specific aspects of an animal mutate for some reason. These traits are normally found out randomly, so there is nothing that can be done to increase the probability of discovering a new recessive trait. One has to rely greatly on luck while this particular specie is bred.

It is generally quite hard to distinguish among the three varieties of albino leopard geckos. Normally, it is an educated guess as to which strain an adult albino leopard gecko is. The Tremper strain is the most commonly seen of all the albino leopard geckos. To be seen, they were the first of the albino strains. Often, albino geckos are sold as “mocha Strain”, as they have a brown color. In addition, they could exhibit a vivid white or pink hue. The lightest eyes are lighter than a non-albino leopard gecko’s eye to bright red in color. Depending on the temperature during incubation, geckos may vary in hue on their skin along with their eye color. When the incubation temperature is maintained higher, the chances of breeding a leopard gecko that is darker in color is greater.

Rainwater albinos are the second most common of the three different types of albinos. While they are believed to be more pink in color compared to the different varieties, this isn’t necessarily the case. The rarest of the albino leopard geckos is the Bell strain. Unlike other albino strains, they have much darker, high-contrast pink areas. The Bell variety of albino leopard gecko possesses the most vivid red eyes of any of the 3 types. The Bell albino’s eye color normally remains red, or pink, even into adulthood. Within the three strains of albinos; all show a sensitivity to bright light. Albinos don’t care for light which makes them less lekely to eat during the daylight hours.

Due to their easy to care for nature, as leopard geckos continue to gain in popularity, the possibility of different color variations grow. The number of known dominant recessive traits could increase in the period ahead. The breeding of mutations with mutations will accelerate the rate of variation making these animals which are already unique to be even more unique.