Cave geckos - had something strange pop up, need opinions! :)

[SnakeyJay]

Hi everyone, I've posted this on a few groups over Facebook but can't seem to get any opinions really on what's actually happened. Hopefully I can get a better feedback from you guys.. here goes.

I've been breeding cave geckos (hainanensis and kuroiwae) for a few years now and this year I've had an anomaly pop up. G.kuroiwae are born black with orange bands either going horizontal or vertical down the body, these will normally turn yellow or gold as an adult against the dark background.

However this year I've had 5 out of 8 hatch out with completely white markings, along with no red pigment in the eyes... These 5 are now 7 months old and staying white it seems... There's no morphs so far within the G.kuroiwae so I've not got a lot to go off to find what's actually going on.

Incubation was 80-90 days at 22-24c.. all 8 hatched out and shed within the first day or 2 (most shed while in the incubator still) and they all started feeding within the first 2-4 days.

Any input or opinions are appreciated, I'll try and attach a couple of pics but my phone doesn't match well with this site for pics. 😀👍