Recent Web Updates
May 18  -  Hidden Gene Zero Update ~Scroll down~
May 17  -  Bold Hyper Xanthic ~Scroll down~
Feb 26  -  White Out Zulu morph ~Scroll down~
Feb 25  -  Time lapse videos added to media page
Aug 9  -  Hidden Gene Zero ~Scroll down~
Aug 9  -  White Out Axanthic ~Scroll down~
July 26  -  Black Pearl x Charcoal ~Scroll down~
July 26  -  Co-dom Snow White and Yellow ~Scroll down~
July 26  -  White Out Zulu Caramel ~Scroll down~
Apr 28  -  Paradox Chimera Salmon Snow Corn Snake pics

     Pictured are hidden gene stingers, this is an update to show the progress of this new trait, how it's influencing other morphs when combined, our progress with the morph, and to tell how we came about this new color / pattern enhancing gene. The original hidden gene was a wild collected fat tail that didn't look far from a normal but had gravelly pattern and some nice contrast. We bred it to some normals and kept the offspring back to start a new project to see if anything would come of the new odd looking fat tail. As we bred the offspring back to each other and back to the original parent we did not see any real difference in the babies other than some had nice highlights and a few had gravelly looking background color. We actually dismissed the project as just being a nice looking line bred trait and gave up on them.

     We took the offspring from our breeding's and bred them to some nice zeros in our collection. After a few eggs hatched we seen a really intense crazy patterned zero that developed into a strikingly ghostly looking zero with a ultra wide stripe down the back. As more eggs hatched from the group we produced a few other zeros that ended up having extra wide stripes, hazy bright colors, and distorted body pattern. We realized the new zeros we were hatching came from the project we gave up on and mixed into the zero breeding group. What was strange was how these new fat tails when combined with zeros resulted in producing such crazy looking bright ghostly looking fat tails when they have very little orange on them. Since the new trait that has such a big influence on zeros and stingers does not look like anything real special and it doesn't look far from a normal we decided to refer to the project as hidden genes. So far we have bred hidden genes into zeros and stingers, we will be breeding them into white out zeros later in the season.

     This is a bold Hyper Xanthic from our pure hyper xanthic line.

     We've been sitting on this morph update for a while (sorry!), but here are some pictures of some White Out Zulu geckos! We have produced enough White Out Zulus this breeding season to offer some for sale. There is a lot of variability with this designer morph especially in the striped version.

     This is a new project we are working with, crossed into our zeros. When they fire up they look better than Ghosts and they display large stripes that fade into their background color. All of them have wavy erratic patterns that are variable from each individual.

     Pictured is a 38 gram male. The White Out Axanthics are looking nice, we will post more photos soon.

     Hatched April 5, 2011. This is the world's first White Out Ghost, a combined recessive and co-dominant mutation. This designer morph should go through some nice color changes as it matures. The background is a off-white cream color with faded lavender bands laying on top. As it matures we are predicting more white will show up and the bands will become more of a purple color. We will post photos as he gets older.

Update: 4/26/11
Below is an updated photo, the gecko has come out of its second shed.

     This is a new project we are working on with the Zero. At the moment we are keeping the genetics to this zero combination a secret until we release some for sale.

     Pictured is a Red Stripe Bell Albino Het Radar. We are working with Red Stripe Bells, Trempers, and Rainwaters; the goal for these projects is to get defined stripes with a good balance of contrast. This male is a good example of one variation of red stripe we like to see in our Bell Albinos. We will have more updates on other Bell Albinos in the near future.

     The Zulu White Out is a co-dominant and recessive designer morph. We were really pleased to see how these two traits interacted; the picture speaks for itself. The Zulu pattern mutation shows its typical aberrant characteristics along with the White Out trait adding outstanding color and contrast. This is a really impressive combination with a lot of potential.

     These are some pictures of the first Caramel Zero Fat Tail gecko to be hatched, one of them along side a Zero for comparison. There is a lot of potential in this project, we will keep you updated as things develop.

     We started with a small collection of imported aberrant patterned fat tails in 2006 and we have been line breeding the aberrant trait for more distorted broken up pattern and lighter colors ever since. Pictured are young adult aberrant fat tails that are fourth generation. The aberrant trait is a line bred (polygenetic) trait, and it is a variable trait; over time with line breeding it has become more consistent in producing unusual patterns and color. We will be producing fifth generation Aberrants in 2011 and will be offering a limited number of them for sale.
     Check out our Aberrant Fat Tail Gecko page for more pictures.

     The characteristics of the White and Yellow trait are high white sides, a large white band on the nape of the neck, bright high contrast colors, dorsal striping, bright white tails, faded and reduced spotting, and sometimes connecting irregular head patterns.  The trait varies a lot and also seems to be a genetic hypo melanistic trait.  The morph originates from Europe and is still scarce in many countries.
     In 2009 we acquired a 1.2 White and Yellow trio.  We bred our trio in early 2010 and have concluded that it is a dominant trait.  We have done test breeding not only within the trio, but also breeding the male with other unrelated females of various color morphs.
     Check out our White and Yellow Leopard Gecko page!

     Pictured is our first hatches of Axanthic White Out Fat Tail Geckos!  One of the photos also shows a normal White Out for comparison.

     These are pictures of the first Caramel White Out to be hatched!   This is a recessive co-dominant designer morph with a lot of possibilities.   The hatchling picture is from 9/17/10, and the other picture is the same gecko several weeks later on 11/20/10.

Update: 4/26/11
Bottom right photo added; taken on 4/26/11.

     These are some pictures of our Zulu hatchlings, including the first Striped Zulu to be hatched.   The Zulu morph is a simple recessive trait.

     The Carmelizer is a new corn snake morph, a Carmel Terrazzo! These pictures are of the first Carmelizers to hatch.