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- "Tremper Giant" Albinos.......In 1999, I had a leopard gecko male reach nearly 11" total length by 9 months of age and he has turned out to be an albino het!! In 2000, I bred him back to his mother, a 10"+ albino herself, and his aunts. He is now with many gene carriers and by July 2001 I should fully know if the first genetic giants have been produced. Remember, if you can make a Chihuahua you can make a St. Bernard! Learn more about the results of this project at Giant genetics. = Debuted at the Daytona Expo in August 2002.
- Carrot-Head Albinos......I have only let out 3 of these so far and in July 2003 I'm taking this mutation a step farther. I will release a Giant Jungle Phase Carrot-head Albino in June '04! The body will be marbled in light bluish gray and bright gold edged in tangerine. = The Carrot-head, Carrot-tail, Tangerine, Jungle Giant Albino debuted in 2004.
- Patternless Hypo Orange (=tangerine) Giant Albinos......this has been a goal of mine since 1998. I've been improving it each season and this year I should have albinos with bodies that are entirely bright orange with good amounts of orange on the head and tail, as well. I may let some out in 2004. = The A.P.T.O.R. debuted in November 2004.
- Snow-White Albinos......by using my own patternless genes I will hatch a number of white albinos with bright red eyes that stay white as adults. Debut is set for 2007 if things continue on track genetically.
- Blue Albinos........Update 12/03/05 - After three years of test breeding the "blue spot" female (pictured in my new book), the results of which have proved fruitless as to being able to duplicate a hopeful new mutation, the mystery has been solved by José V. Torres, Ph.D., Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California - Davis.
In his words,"........On page 169 you have pictures of a female albino with blue on her tail and suggest that it could be the foundation for a new morph. However, it looks to me that this animal has a blue hemangioma. This condition is fairly common in humans and sometimes appears as a poorly-defined, slightly raised, blue subcutaneous nodule with normal overlying skin. The blue color is due to the accumulation of de-oxygenated blood. Most of the time it is a benign vascular malformation. Grossly, cavernous hemangiomas are blue, soft and spongy. I suspect this is the case since the three sections of the tail involved are larger than the normal surrounding ones."
To put it simply, the blue spot is a leopard gecko birth mark of sorts. So the quest for a blue leopard still eludes us.
- Some new morphs are on their way, but please do not ask me prices and availability questions until the "release" date. Good things take time. Thanks! -RT-
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