Crested Gecko morph

Recessive

Superstripe

Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)

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What Superstripe looks like

Recessive; dorsum completely filled with pattern, thin base-color stripe down center

Creates pinstripe-like raised scalation across entire body (not just dorsal). Appears to follow recessive inheritance but may be complex. Limited breeding data available. Homozygous expression produces extensive striping.

How to identify it: Superstripe animals show widespread raised scalation resembling multiple pinstripes.

How Superstripe is inherited

Superstripe follows a recessive inheritance pattern, carried on the Superstripe allele (locus s).

What does het superstripe mean?

Because Superstripe is recessive, an animal needs two copies of the allele to show the trait visually. An animal with a single copy is called het superstripe (heterozygous). A het animal looks normal but carries the gene, so pairing two het superstripe animals produces, on average, one in four visual superstripe offspring.

Predict Superstripe pairingsOpen the Crested Gecko calculator preloaded with a het x het pairing.Identify a Crested Gecko morphUse the morph identifier to match photos to visually identifiable traits.

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