# Buckskin

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**Rarity:** Common  
**Inheritance:** Polygenic  
**Category:** Base color  
**Typical adult price:** $60 to $180

**Definition.** A Buckskin crested gecko is a crested gecko whose ground color is a warm tan or leather brown.

Warm tan or leather-colored base, a classic "starter" color with pleasant earthy tones.

Buckskin describes a warm tan, leather-like base color. One of the more common base colors and often produced in pet-quality lines. Excellent canvas for moderate pattern and many find the warm tone visually appealing even without heavy pattern.

**Key features:**
- Warm tan or leather base color
- Common and beginner-friendly
- Works well as a base for a variety of patterns

**Lookalikes and how to tell them apart:**
- Chocolate (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/chocolate): Chocolate describes a deeper brown base; both appearances can lighten when fired down.

**Often combined with:** Harlequin, Flame, Dalmatian, Pinstripe

**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 | 15 | $100 | $150 | $200 |

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