"Hypo gene = (co)dominant test breeding" - the next generation (pics)

Hi Dan,

those geckos are all amazing!
Too bad that the "Hypo x Redstripe"crosses did not work out so well for you.

Well from my experiences the orange on the tail passes to some of the offspring.
This is a better shot of the females' tail from pictures 3 to 5 (which is the offspring of a "Super Hypo x Wild caught"-pairing, done in '05):

But like I said: it's not a real Carrottail-color. It's just a bit orange and there are spots between the orange. So no carrottail at all.


Thank you very much Dan, for posting your experiences,
Greetings from Germany, Johannes

Looks good to me. Thanks for sharing your experience. God forbid that our "leopard" geckos should have some spots... lol.

He just had his next shed.
He has to be the super form...he has to! Look at those few spots on his head:





Ok..but: "Why is this crazy german guy freakin' out because of a plain old Super Hypo hatchling?"

I'm sorry if I'm annoying you all with this topic and all those pictures. I know everyone is working with Macks now, so my project is not that interesting.

But first: I decided to work on that project and to find out about the genetic background of the Hypos, so I will bring this to an end.
And secondly: Every student of my age-group has to write an article about any project he worked on. So I decided to write about my Hypo-project because I'm working on it either way. But we have to present our articles in about three weeks.
My first clutch of eggs from "Super Hypo x Hypo"-pairing went bad; the clutchmate of this little fella died in egg;all those other eggs need the longest time ever to hatch...

So: This little hatchling is my last chance to come to a result in my article.
Of corse I can invent some result. But I don't want to
So I realy hope that this little hatchling turn out as a Super Hypo.I'll have to prove him out next season...so the project is not finished with this school article. But it would be good if I could present somekind of a result.

Thank you all so much for helping me,
Greetings from Germany, Johannes

streber...mehr möchte ich dazu nicht sagen

someone had to step up and prove it, without a doubt and you followed through and did it! you're awesome!!!

can you please post pictures of some of the non-hypo offspring you produced from the hypo mother X normal father?

can you please post pictures of some of the non-hypo offspring you produced from the hypo mother X normal father?

Yes. Those are pictures from last years first hatchlings, from "Hypo x Normal"-pairing, some days after hatching.
Both non Hypos turned out High Yellows (father was a High Yellow):





the Hypo siblings:




Here a pic for comparing the color of the bands. The geckos above are the Hypos and the ones below the High Yellows. Although one of the Hypos was a very dark Hypo a clean difference can be seen:

And some other Normals that were Hypo siblings:










Some turned out ugly,some turned out nice. But as you can see altogether "normal Normals"

Greetings from Germany, Johannes

Soooo......are you in to exporting????

I forgot to say thank you for this nice compliment:

someone had to step up and prove it, without a doubt and you followed through and did it! you're awesome!!!

Thx Chad
But I have to correct something. Untill now I did not find out anything. I just did some test breedings with some interestig results. But I did not find the Super form yet. The new Baby may be the super form. But it is too small to tell for sure yet. I will post new pics after it had the next sheds.

Soooo......are you in to exporting???

No sorry. But you'll find (Super) Hypos all-over the world

das ist sehr gut Johannes! wo wohnst du in deustchland?

jon