Pics pics and more pics

[ChristinaM]

You can tell what I've been doing tonight LMAO.

Here's some pics of my leo's. I have 2 normals, 1 patternless, and 1 unknown at the moment.
http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/4sum.jpg

all of my babies.

http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/4sum2.jpg

http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/albinornot.jpg

The above collage is one leo. She was supposed to be an albino, but the bets are inconclusive as to whether she is or not.

http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/patternless.jpg

http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/patternless2.jpg
http://www.linkd.net/~cmarvin/public/lizards/patternless3.jpg

more to come in part 2 :D

[Youkai]

The one looks to me like a dark tremper albino.

[bob_thesnowman]

to tell you the truth it looks like a pastel to be...guess you'll just have to wait until it gets older!!!nice pics

[Youkai]

It is deffinately a dark tremper.
I hope Hilde (DragonDrop) doesn't mind me posting her photos here.

Anyway, for you to compare:

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/321cleo2ta-med.jpg

Those are ALL albinos. I couldn't find a suitable juvie photo for you to compare, but as you can see, some albinos have the potential to be quite dark.

[CDN-Cresties]

Nice leos and great collage.

-Steve-

[Icefire]

Youkai
on the pics you posted, the 2 on the right looks like very normal
to me no? they are black and yellow and Albinos "should" lack
of melanine (sp?) no? left one clearly show no black....

[Youkai]

Albino leopard geckos are tyrosine positive. Tyrosine is an enzyme instrumental in creating melanin.

T positive animals still produce it, but it's inhibited. Dark color, especially in tremper albinos, can still happen. It will not be black, however. This is especially true of animals incubated at low temps, or raised at cooler temps, or raised under stress, etc. Anything that would cause darker temp in a normal albino will create a darker, sometimes called 'chocolate' albino.

Albino does not just mean white animal with red eyes. It is much more complex than that.
Albino leos are much more similar to carmel (t + albino) ball pythons. There is not an albino leo comparable to a t- albino ball python.

As for the picture. No, there is no black on the left one, or on the one bicheraddict posted. There is no black on the other two leos in the picture I posted either - they are dark brown/pink/nasty color. But still albino.

[Clownfishie]

Nice leos :) Your "unknown" is indeed an albino -- just a dark one :) Some albinos end up quite "brown", and others don't...

[ChristinaM]

Thanks folks :)