Crested Gecko morph
Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
Homozygous Sable morph expressing full dark saturation. Extremely dark, nearly melanistic coloration. Result of pairing two Sable-carrying parents.
Produces darker, more saturated coloration. Heterozygous animals show intermediate expression; homozygous express full Sable phenotype. Part of allelic complex with Cappuccino at the same locus. Sable x Cappuccino crosses did NOT produce Super Cappuccino, proving these are separate alleles despite occupying the same gene locus.
How to identify it: Sable animals appear darker and richer in coloration. Het animals show subtle darkening. Homozygous Super Sable extremely dark, nearly melanistic.
Super Sable follows a incomplete dominant inheritance pattern, carried on the Sable allele (locus SA).
Highway Sable
Compound heterozygote carrying Highway and Sable at the same locus (SA/CAPP/HWY allelic complex). Distinct phenotype from either Highway/+ or Sable/+ alone. Community naming is still forming -- "Highway Sable" is a working descriptor. No documented health issues. 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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