![]() Note these are not pied geckos as some have marketed. "High White" Eclipses can even display into the neck and body. High White markings: Nose, feet, and tail are most common.Can be present in het eclipses as well as visuals. Seems to be randomly associated with eclipse yet can be line bred away from showing up as often. Patternless Stripe - A very confusing aspect of Eclipses.This is another very dishonest approach to breeding and/or selling geckos. A lot of breeders have been making crosses of various morphs while continuing to label the offspring as one specific line (usually the better of the two). Although these names are geared towards marketing they do represent specific lines of geckos and should be honestly represented. This doesn't mean you cross a Pastel Raptor with a Extreme Emerine and you produce Pastel Raptors. In this case to apply the name pure you must have animals that are 100% from that line. For instance, pure Firewater, pure Solar Raptor, pure Pastel Raptor, pure Bandit, etc. The second example of labeling a gecko as "pure" is when applying it to a specific line of gecko. Fortunately these "breeders", if you can call them that, usually don't last too long. This is a dishonest (or ignorant) practice, and only causes more problems down the road. Even being so, they still will sell offspring as "pure" without test breeding it for themselves. All too often someone will buy a gecko from a breeder and not know what other hets the gecko might carry. This means that you have test bred the line thoroughly, or it comes from a VERY reputable source that has a proven track record of testing their animals. This means if you have a pure Eclipse for example, then it should only be Eclipse and not het (or homozygous) for any other genetic traits. The first instance where pure is used is an animal that contains no other hets besides the visual appearance. First, there seems to be two definitions that have emerged for the meaning of "pure". These days we see this label being dropped all too often without thinking much about the true meaning. I wanted to start off with a little thought on the meaning of "pure".
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