Eclipse Leopard Gecko

Recessive morph

Inheritance
Recessive
Super form
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Allelic with
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Also called
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How Eclipse is inherited

Eclipse is recessive: a leopard gecko needs two copies to show it. Animals with one copy look normal but are "het Eclipse" and pass the gene to about half their babies.

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Visuals have solid or partly black eyes ("snake eyes").

Breeding outcomes

Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.

Eclipse × Normal

  • 100%Normal · het Eclipse

Eclipse × het Eclipse

  • 50%Eclipse
  • 50%Normal · het Eclipse

het Eclipse × het Eclipse

  • 75%Normal · 67% poss. het Eclipse
  • 25%Eclipse

Eclipse × Eclipse

  • 100%Eclipse
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