Leopard Gecko morph
Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
Homozygous recessive at the Bell Albino locus (bell/bell). Distinguished from other albino strains by ruby-red to deep pink eyes. The most reliable diagnostic feature. Body color tends toward softer pastels with lavender, light brown, and gentle orange tones. Spots are brown to light brown. Overall appearance is often lighter and more pastel than Tremper Albino. Discovered by Mark Bell in 1999. The distinctive ruby-red eyes make Bell Albino highly desirable for eye-focused combo morphs.
The Bell Albino locus is one of three independent albino loci in leopard geckos. Homozygous recessive (bell/bell) animals display reduced melanin with a distinctive appearance: ruby-red to deep pink eyes are the hallmark of Bell Albino and the most reliable way to distinguish it from the other two albino strains. Body coloration tends toward lavender, light brown, and soft orange with brown spotting. Bell Albinos often have a cleaner, more pastel appearance compared to Tremper Albinos. The ruby-red eye color makes Bell Albino highly sought after for combo morphs where eye color is a selling point.
How to identify it: Bell Albino (bell/bell): Ruby-red to deep pink eyes are the KEY diagnostic feature. This is the most reliable way to identify Bell Albino vs the other strains. Body color is often softer and more pastel than Tremper Albino, with lavender and light brown tones. Spots are brown to light brown. Overall appearance can be lighter and more washed-out than Tremper. Hatchlings show banded pattern with softer brown bands. Heterozygous carriers (Bell/bell) appear phenotypically normal.
Bell Albino follows a recessive inheritance pattern, carried on the Bell Albino allele (locus BellAlb).
Because Bell Albino is recessive, an animal needs two copies of the allele to show the trait visually. An animal with a single copy is called het bell albino (heterozygous). A het animal looks normal but carries the gene, so pairing two het bell albino animals produces, on average, one in four visual bell albino offspring.
Mack Snow Bell Albino
Combination of Mack Snow with Bell Albino. The Snow gene reduces yellow and the Bell Albino reduces melanin, producing a pale, pastel gecko with the distinctive ruby-red eyes of Bell Albino. The reduced yellow from Snow enhances the lavender pastel tones that Bell Albino tends to produce.
Super Snow Bell Albino
Combination of Super Snow (homozygous Snow) with Bell Albino (homozygous). Super Snow removes all yellow and adds bold speckling, while Bell Albino removes dark melanin and contributes ruby-red eyes. The result is a pale white to lavender gecko with ruby-red to pink eyes and minimal spotting. The Bell Albino ruby eye combined with the Super Snow white body is a highly sought-after look.
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