# Soft Scale

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**Also called:** SS  
**Rarity:** Uncommon  
**Inheritance:** Incomplete dominant  
**Category:** Structure  
**Typical adult price:** $400 to $1,000

**Definition.** Soft Scale is an AC Reptiles trait associated with subtle differences in skin texture and appearance; it can be difficult to identify from photographs.

Subtle scale and texture differences requiring close comparison and lineage.

AC Reptiles describes differences in scale spacing, texture and coloration, with a more conspicuous Super Soft Scale form. Ordinary photographs, eye color or a smooth-looking drawing are insufficient to establish the trait.

**History.** Developed by Anthony Caponetto at AC Reptiles from animals held in the early 2000s.

**Key features:**
- Subtle scale-spacing and texture differences
- Expression varies with the animal and other traits
- Use documented lineage and close comparative photographs

**How to identify it:**
- Compare detailed photographs with documented examples
- Do not infer gene dosage from apparent smoothness alone

**Lookalikes and how to tell them apart:**
- Super Soft Scale (https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/super-soft-scale): The super form is described as more pronounced, but visual assessment alone can be difficult.

**Often combined with:** Super Soft Scale, White Wall, Lilly White, Cappuccino, Axanthic

**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 | 168 | $219 | $340 | $500 |

**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://acreptiles.com/new_store/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=55

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