Crested Gecko morph
Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
Homozygous Cappuccino morph. Visually striking. Often jet-black, monochrome, or translucent with solid black eyes. Associated with significant health concerns: reduced nostril size, breathing difficulties, and poor thriving. Breeding to produce Super Cappuccino is not recommended. Lower incubation temps (69-71°F) reduce but do not eliminate structural issues.
Produces lighter, coffee/tan coloration. Heterozygous animals show intermediate tan coloring and are healthy. Homozygous Super Cappuccino exhibit significant genetic health issues: reduced nostril size causing breathing difficulties, and poor overall thriving. Part of allelic complex with Sable. Breeding for Super Cappuccino is not recommended.
How to identify it: Cappuccino (het) animals appear lighter and more tan/coffee colored, with healthy and normal thriving. Super Cappuccino (homozygous): extremely light, nearly cream, often jet-black monochrome or translucent appearance with solid black eyes; visually striking but frequently exhibits reduced nostril size, breathing difficulties, and poor thriving.
Super Cappuccino follows a incomplete dominant inheritance pattern, carried on the Cappuccino allele (locus CAPP).
Super Cappuccino (homozygous CAPP/CAPP) is associated with significant and consistent genetic health issues. Documented concerns include: reduced nostril size causing chronic breathing difficulties, poor overall thriving, and failure to grow at normal rates. A breeding study of ~100 Super Cappuccino animals (Korea/US/UK programs) found approximately 11% exhibited structural nostril reduction; breathing difficulties and poor thriving were noted across a broader proportion of the study population. Lower incubation temperatures (69-71°F) reduce but do not eliminate these issues. Heterozygous Cappuccino animals are healthy and have no associated risks. ReptiDex does not recommend intentionally breeding to produce Super Cappuccino offspring due to these welfare concerns. Source: Foundation Genetics Part 2.1 (Anthony Vasquez, Tom Favazza, collaborative international study).
Frappuccino
Compound heterozygote combining Cappuccino tan tones with Lilly White cream/white base.
Sorak
Advanced coffee/white blend requiring homozygous Cappuccino (Super Cappuccino) with heterozygous Lilly White.
Highway Cappuccino
Compound heterozygote carrying Highway and Cappuccino at the same locus (SA/CAPP/HWY allelic complex). HEALTH NOTE: some Highway x Cappuccino compound hets have documented nostril reduction and associated breathing complications. Severity varies. Community naming is still forming -- "Highway Cappuccino" is a working descriptor. Source: Omni Geckos (omnigeckos.com/highway/).
Luwak
Sable x Cappuccino compound heterozygote. NOT a single allele. Allelic complex expression from two different mutations at the same locus.
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