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Lavender Crested Gecko
A Lavender crested gecko is a crested gecko whose ground color is an unusual purple-gray, seen most clearly when it is fired down.
Lavender is a sought-after polygenic base color showing a distinct purple-gray tone. Expression is strongest when fired down, fired-up lavenders often look more standard brown. Considered challenging to maintain across generations.
Inheritance: Polygenic. Category: Base color. Rarity: rare. Typical adult price: $400 to $1,000.
Key features
- Unusual purple-gray base color, most visible fired down
- Challenging to maintain across generations
- Often paired with extreme harlequin for high-end visual impact
How to tell it apart
- Axanthic: An Axanthic has no yellow, red or cream at all; a Lavender's purple-gray base can still carry warm pattern.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Lavender crested gecko?
A Lavender crested gecko is a crested gecko whose ground color is an unusual purple-gray, seen most clearly when it is fired down.
What does a Lavender crested gecko look like?
A typical Lavender crested gecko shows these features: unusual purple-gray base color, most visible fired down; challenging to maintain across generations; often paired with extreme harlequin for high-end visual impact.
What is the difference between Lavender and Axanthic?
An Axanthic has no yellow, red or cream at all; a Lavender's purple-gray base can still carry warm pattern.
How is Lavender inherited?
Lavender is classified as polygenic. Trait controlled by many genes working additively. Cannot be Punnett-squared. Improved through selective breeding over generations.
How much does a Lavender crested gecko cost?
A typical adult Lavender crested gecko sells for $400 to $1,000. Quality, sex, age and lineage move an individual animal within that range.
What other morphs combine with Lavender?
Lavender is often combined with Harlequin, Extreme Harlequin, Cream, Dalmatian and Pinstripe.
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