Crested Gecko morph
Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
Homozygous ChoCho morph displaying age-dependent color shift from vibrant orange hatchling to maroon adult. Dark red head stamp, lighter grey/blue eyes, pink/tangerine tail with grey tip. Opposite aging pattern from Red Base. Simple recessive. Source: Ruby Reptiles (community.morphmarket.com/t/request-to-add-new-gene-chocho-crested-gecko-done/51978), TikisGeckos (YouTube).
Simple recessive trait affecting red/tangerine pigment display and age-dependent color change. Hatchlings emerge extremely vibrant/radioactive orange and darken dramatically with age. This is opposite of normal Red Base animals which hatch brown and gain color. Adults show maroon body coloration with distinctive dark red head stamp and pink/tangerine tail coating. Not related to Cappuccino despite superficial color similarities. Operates through a different genetic mechanism.
How to identify it: ChoCho hatchlings are extremely vibrant orange (radioactive appearance), darkening with age. Adults show maroon body, dark red head stamp, lighter grey/blue eyes, and pink/tangerine tail coating with grey/darker tip. Key distinction: opposite aging pattern from Red Base animals (ChoCho darkens, Red Base lightens).
ChoCho follows a recessive inheritance pattern, carried on the ChoCho allele (locus cho).
Because ChoCho is recessive, an animal needs two copies of the allele to show the trait visually. An animal with a single copy is called het chocho (heterozygous). A het animal looks normal but carries the gene, so pairing two het chocho animals produces, on average, one in four visual chocho offspring.
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