# Brindle

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**Rarity:** Uncommon  
**Inheritance:** Polygenic  
**Category:** Pattern  
**Typical adult price:** $180 to $450

**Definition.** A Brindle crested gecko has irregular, broken or reticulated dark transverse pattern, a descriptive appearance that overlaps with tiger.

Heavier, more irregular banding than tiger, often described as "broken" or "marbled" tiger.

Brindle commonly describes broken or interconnected dark banding. It is not defined only by stronger contrast or by whether markings reach the flanks. Observe direction, interruptions and branching together.

**History.** Recognized alongside tiger as breeders noted both patterns appeared in the same lines at different expression levels.

**Key features:**
- Broken or interconnected dark markings
- Irregular band widths, spacing and continuity
- Terminology overlaps with tiger

**How to identify it:**
- Follow branching and interruptions across the back and flanks

**Lookalikes and how to tell them apart:**
- Tiger (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/tiger): Tiger usually emphasizes recognizable transverse bands; both can have irregular edges and flank markings.

**Often combined with:** Tiger, Extreme Brindle, Red Base, Olive, Chocolate, Harlequin

**Current asking prices (Geck Inspect Price Index, 2026-10-06).** Asking prices on public crested gecko listings, converted to USD, not sale prices. Full dataset: https://geckinspect.com/data/price-index.json

| Market | Listings | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 213 | $100 | $150 | $300 |

**Notes.** This is a visible-feature description. A sale label or photograph alone does not establish genotype. Breeders use some names and inheritance models differently.

**Sources:**
- https://lmreptiles.com/fg-pt2-1/

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