# Albino

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**Also called:** Amelanistic, Albino crested gecko  
**Rarity:** Very rare  
**Inheritance:** Recessive  
**Category:** Color modifier

**Definition.** An Albino crested gecko is a crested gecko with no black or brown pigment (melanin), so it has red or pink eyes and shows only its yellow, orange, red and cream colors.

The newest crested gecko color gene: no black pigment and red eyes. The first healthy albino hatchlings were announced by Eureka Exotics in March 2026.

An albino crested gecko lacks melanin, the black and brown pigment, so the animal shows only its yellow, orange, red and cream pigments, and its eyes are red or pink instead of dark. For years albino crested geckos were treated as a myth: the albino-looking hatchlings reported before 2026 were weak, deformed or did not survive, and most "albino" sales were pale animals or edited photos. That changed on 5 March 2026, when Eureka Exotics (Nicole Cullen, Newberry, Florida) announced the hatching of what appear to be the first viable albino crested geckos: babies with no visible melanin, red pupils and normal, robust health. Albinism is recessive in essentially every reptile where it has been worked out, so the crested gecko version is expected to be recessive too, but that still has to be shown by breeding the first albinos and their siblings. Until then, treat any "het albino" offer with caution.

**History.** Albino-like crested geckos were reported several times before 2026, but none were healthy enough to breed. On 5 March 2026 Eureka Exotics announced the first apparently viable albino hatchlings. As of October 2026 the trait is still being worked: the next milestone is producing albino offspring from those animals, which would confirm how it is inherited.

**Key features:**
- No black or brown pigment (melanin)
- Red or pink eyes instead of dark eyes
- Yellow, orange, red and cream pigment still show, so albinos look warm and bright
- First healthy hatchlings announced 5 March 2026 by Eureka Exotics
- Expected recessive, like albinism in other reptiles, but not yet proven by test breeding

**How to identify it:**
- Reduced eye pigment is a clue; flash, reflections and edited photographs can mimic red pupils
- No dark pattern, dark dorsal or dark spots, even when fired up
- A pale or "white" gecko with dark eyes is not albino (see Moonglow, Lilly White and Cream)

**Lookalikes and how to tell them apart:**
- Moonglow (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/moonglow): A pale body alone does not establish albinism; eye pigmentation and documented lineage matter.
- Lilly White (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/lilly-white): A Lilly White has white markings but keeps dark eyes and dark pattern; an Albino has no dark pigment at all.
- Axanthic (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/axanthic): Opposite pigments: an Albino keeps yellow and red and loses black; an Axanthic keeps black and loses yellow and red.

**Often combined with:** Axanthic, Lilly White, Moonglow, Harlequin, Pinstripe

**Notes.** Albino plus Axanthic is the combination keepers have waited for. Albino removes black pigment and Axanthic removes yellow and red, so a gecko carrying both should have almost no pigment left: a true white animal, the long-theorized Moonglow. Nobody has produced one yet, but with albinos now hatching, it remains a hypothesis until actual offspring and inheritance are documented. Be wary of any seller offering albinos, het albinos or albino combos before the founding breeder has proven the gene.

_Source: Geck Inspect Morph Guide. Updated 2026-10-13. Cite https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/albino_