Lemon Frost Leopard Gecko
Co-dominant (incomplete dominant) morph
- Inheritance
- Co-dominant (incomplete dominant)
- Super form
- Super Lemon Frost
- Allelic with
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- Also called
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How Lemon Frost is inherited
Lemon Frost is co-dominant: one copy produces a visual Lemon Frost, and two copies produce the Super Lemon Frost. Breeding a Lemon Frost to a normal gives about 50% Lemon Frost babies.
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Associated with iridophoroma (skin tumours).
Health notes
⚠️ Prone to iridophoroma (skin tumours).
⚠️ Super Lemon Frosts have an especially high tumour rate.
Breeding outcomes
Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.
Lemon Frost × Normal
- 50%Lemon Frost
- 50%Normal
Lemon Frost × Lemon Frost
- 50%Lemon Frost
- 25%Normal
- 25%Super Lemon Frost
Super Lemon Frost × Normal
- 100%Lemon Frost
Research mentioning Lemon Frost
- Genetics of white color and iridophoroma in "Lemon Frost" leopard geckos.
PLoS genetics · 2021
- Iridophoroma associated with the Lemon Frost colour morph of the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius).
Scientific reports · 2020
- The dynamic behavior of chromatophores marks the transition from bands to spots in leopard geckos.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
- Genetics and biology of coloration in reptiles: the curious case of the Lemon Frost geckos.
Physiological genomics · 2023
- Melanistic coloration does not influence thermoregulation in the crepuscular gecko Eublepharis macularius.
Biology open · 2023
- Candidate genes underlying hypomelanistic morphs in squamate reptiles.
Genetics · 2026