Eclipse

What Eclipse looks like

Solid red/black eyes, often with white nose

The Eclipse locus is a recessive trait that primarily affects eye coloration. Homozygous Eclipse (ecl/ecl) geckos have solid-colored eyes. The entire visible eye surface is one uniform color with no visible iris pattern. In non-albino Eclipse geckos, eyes are solid black. When combined with any of the three albino strains, Eclipse produces solid red or ruby eyes. Eclipse can also produce "snake eyes". A partial expression where only a portion of the eye is solid-colored, creating a striking split appearance. Eclipse is a key component of the RAPTOR combo morph and its derivatives. In addition to eye effects, Eclipse can subtly influence body coloration, sometimes reducing head spotting.

How to identify it: Eclipse (ecl/ecl): Eyes are solid black in non-albino animals. No visible pupil/iris distinction, entire eye surface uniformly dark. With albino, eyes become solid red to ruby. "Snake eyes" (partial solid eye) can occur in homozygous Eclipse animals as variable expression. This is NOT heterozygous expression but rather incomplete penetrance of the solid eye phenotype. Body may show reduced head spotting. Heterozygous carriers appear phenotypically normal with standard eye appearance.

How Eclipse is inherited

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

Combo morphs with Eclipse

• Mack Snow Eclipse

  Combination of Mack Snow (heterozygous) and Eclipse (homozygous). The Snow gene reduces yellow and increases white on the body, while Eclipse produces solid dark eyes. The result is a high-contrast black and white gecko with solid black eyes. A visually striking combination that serves as a foundation for more complex combo morphs.

• Super Snow Eclipse

  Combination of Super Snow (homozygous Snow) and Eclipse (homozygous). Both the Snow gene and Eclipse gene contribute solid dark eyes, and Super Snow already produces dark eyes at the homozygous state. The addition of Eclipse ensures fully solid eyes across all lighting conditions. Body is white to pale gray with bold black spotting. One of the most dramatic black-and-white leopard gecko phenotypes.

• W&Y Eclipse

  Combination of White & Yellow (dominant, one copy) with Eclipse (recessive, homozygous). The W&Y trait provides increased white coloration and reduced spotting, while Eclipse contributes solid dark eyes. The result is a clean, high-contrast gecko with bold white sides, reduced pattern, and striking solid black eyes.

• Nova

  Nova is Enigma combined with RAPTOR (Tremper Albino + Eclipse). The Enigma gene adds its distinctive random pattern to the RAPTOR base. The result is a gecko with solid red eyes, orange/red body coloration, and the scattered Enigma pattern. First debuted in 2007 by A&M Geckos. HEALTH WARNING: Carries Enigma Syndrome neurological risk. See Enigma allele entry for full health documentation.

• Dreamsicle

  Dreamsicle is Enigma + Mack Snow + RAPTOR (Tremper Albino + Eclipse). The combination of Snow (reducing yellow), Enigma (random pattern), and RAPTOR (red eyes, reduced melanin) produces a white and orange gecko with scattered pattern and solid red eyes. One of the more complex leopard gecko combos. HEALTH WARNING: Carries Enigma Syndrome neurological risk.

• Giant RAPTOR

  Combination of Giant (incomplete dominant) with RAPTOR (Tremper Albino + Eclipse). A larger-than-normal gecko with the RAPTOR phenotype of solid red eyes and orange body. The Giant gene adds impressive size without altering the RAPTOR color and pattern. Super Giant RAPTOR (homozygous Giant) is even more dramatic in size.

• Diablo Blanco

  Diablo Blanco is a combination of four traits: Blizzard (recessive), Tremper Albino (recessive), Eclipse (recessive), and Patternless Stripe (line-bred). Created by Ron Tremper in 2006 by crossing his whitest Blazing Blizzard female with a RAPTOR male. The result is a pure white gecko with solid red eyes. One of the most visually dramatic leopard gecko morphs. The name translates to "White Devil" in Spanish. Note: Patternless Stripe is polygenic and tracked in description only.

• Ember

  Triple homozygous for Murphy Patternless, Eclipse, and Tremper Albino. Essentially the Murphy Patternless equivalent of RAPTOR. Where RAPTOR uses Blizzard/Patternless Stripe for pattern removal, Ember uses Murphy Patternless. The result is a solid yellow-bodied gecko with solid red eyes. The yellow body color comes from the Murphy Patternless warm yellow phenotype combined with Tremper Albino melanin reduction.

• RAPTOR

  RAPTOR stands for Red-eye Albino Patternless Tremper Orange. It is a combination of Tremper Albino (homozygous), Eclipse (homozygous), and Patternless Stripe (line-bred/polygenic). The result is a gecko with solid red eyes (Eclipse + Tremper Albino), orange body coloration, and reduced pattern from the Patternless Stripe influence. RAPTOR is one of the most iconic and commercially successful leopard gecko combo morphs. Note: Patternless Stripe is a polygenic trait not tracked as a single allele. The genetic requirements here cover the two single-gene components. True RAPTORs should show the Patternless Stripe phenotype (reduced dorsal pattern, possible dorsal stripe) in addition to Tremper Albino and Eclipse.

• Super Snow RAPTOR

  Combination of Super Snow (homozygous) with RAPTOR (Tremper Albino + Eclipse). The Super Snow removes all yellow and the Tremper Albino removes dark melanin. Eclipse produces solid eyes. The result is a white-bodied gecko with ruby-red solid eyes. Similar to Diablo Blanco but achieved through Snow genetics rather than Blizzard. A highly sought-after combo.