What Is a Leopard Gecko Morph?

Morph (n.): A heritable variant of a well-established species. An example of this would be a leopard gecko color morph.

Leopard gecko morphs are genetic color and pattern variations that have arisen over time due to selective breeding of the original wild type leopard gecko. Selective breeding is the practice of mating individuals with specific desirable traits to produce offspring with those same traits. This process has led to the development of a wide variety of leopard gecko morphs, with different color combinations and patterns.

Some of the most popular leopard gecko morphs include:

- Normal: The original wild type leopard gecko, with a tan or beige body and brown or black spots.

- Albino: A leopard gecko with a lack of melanin pigment, resulting in a white or cream body with red or orange eyes.

- Blizzard: A leopard gecko with a white body and blue or gray eyes.

- Hypomelanistic: A leopard gecko with a reduced amount of black pigment, resulting in a lighter-colored body and fewer spots.

- Super hypomelanistic: A leopard gecko with a very reduced amount of black pigment, resulting in a nearly white body with few or no spots.

These are just a few examples of the many different leopard gecko morphs that are available. With new morphs being developed all the time, the variety of colors and patterns available in leopard geckos is constantly expanding.