Super Harlequin

What Super Harlequin looks like

Homozygous Harlequin morph (HQ/HQ) displaying maximum flame/pattern concentration. Extreme pattern coverage approaching 80%+ of body. Pattern connects dorsal to lateral regions and can form full saddles. Also called Extreme Harlequin. NOTE: "XXX" is a marketing descriptor coined by Matt Parks (Pangea Reptile) for phenotypically extreme Harlequin animals, not a genetic designation. XXX animals are not necessarily proven homozygous. Source: ReptiDex (reptidex.com), LM Reptiles (lmreptiles.com/fg-pt2-1/), Pangea Reptile (pangeareptile.com), MorphMarket Morphpedia (morphmarket.com/morphpedia/crested-geckos/extreme-harlequin/).

Concentrates dorsal pattern into flame-like or high-contrast patches. Heterozygous animals show intermediate pattern concentration; homozygous show maximum concentration and contrast. Interacts with Tiger to create visible pattern breaks and "portholes." Antagonistic with Empty Back.

How to identify it: Harlequin animals show concentrated pattern flames, especially on dorsum. Super Harlequin shows maximum flame concentration.

How Super Harlequin is inherited

Super Harlequin follows a incomplete dominant inheritance pattern, carried on the Harlequin allele (locus HQ).

Combo morphs with Super Harlequin

• Brindlequin

  Five-allele combination requiring Yellow Base + White Pattern + Harlequin + Pinstripe + Tiger at specific expression ratios to create tri-color brindle pattern.