Tricolor Crested Geckos: Tri-color Harlequin Breeding Project

The newest project we are working on at Moon Valley Reptiles is our Tricolor crested gecko project. Although not a true morph, the “tri-color” harlequin combination makes for a very striking gecko. We are pairing up 3 outstanding males for the 2012 season, with even bigger plans in 2013, to provide genetic variation over the next few years, incorporating new tri-color genes as necessary.

2012 Tri-color Breeders

Our pairings for 2012 include Fandango as our centerpiece male, paired with Hänsel to bring more cream to the harlequin pattern. Bento may be paired with him later in 2012. Awesome-O and Sienna should produce white-tipped crests to be combined with other Tricolors and Pinstripes to produce full pinstripe tri-color crested geckos in the future!


View at Picasa Fandango and Hänsel - Tricolor crested gecko pair breeding in 2012 at moonvalleyreptiles.com18-Feb-2012 03:56, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 400	View at Picasa Crested_Gecko-IMG_6869-2012-02-1818-Feb-2012 03:58, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 400	View at Picasa Tiny - Dark harlequin crested gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com19-Feb-2012 03:57, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 400

Tri-color Crested Gecko Babies

We hatched and acquired a number of baby tricolors in 2011 and early 2012. Time will tell if the holdbacks are going to go back into the project, but there are many outstanding offspring and new lines to cross in the future! New geckos added are: Turbo & Barleycorn from Rhactastic Rhacs and TV’s Frank, Gypsy, Cambot & Tom Servo from Gekkotas.com. The Living Palette also provided us with Liption, a beautiful tri-color female.


View at Picasa Barleycorn - Tricolor crested gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com20-Feb-2012 22:27, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400	View at Picasa TV’s Frank - Tricolor crested gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com20-Feb-2012 01:03, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 400	View at Picasa Karma - Tricolor crested gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com12-Feb-2012 00:15, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 11.0, 100.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 400
View at Picasa Enio - Juvenile Tricolor Crested Gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com03-Nov-2011 18:24, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 4.5, 50.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 800	View at Picasa Halcyon - Juvenile Tricolor Crested Gecko from moonvalleyreptiles.com03-Nov-2011 18:02, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 4.5, 50.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 800	View at Picasa Mork - Sweet harlequin crested gecko from tricolor project at http://moonvalleyreptiles.com06-Mar-2012 20:35, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 5.6, 100.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 100
View at Picasa Murry - Sweet harlequin crested gecko from tricolor project at http://moonvalleyreptiles.com06-Mar-2012 20:22, Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, 5.6, 100.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 400

2011 Tri-color Breeders & Offspring

Our breeders from 2011 and some older shots of the offspring.

Unfortunately, we lost Lucas and Scaramouche last year to separate health issues so our plans have been delayed but not deterred.

: Fandango, Michael Pannone

: Scaramouche, AC Reptiles

: Bento, Ridge & Valley Reptiles

: Baby 5, 2011

: Baby 13, 2011

: Baby 6, 2011

: Baby 11, 2011

Fandango X Scaramouche

Fandango

Scaramouche

Lucas X Bento

Lucas

Bento

AWESOM-O X ???

AWESOME-O

Fandango & AWESOM-O come from Michael Pannone. Bento comes from Gary Hamann (Ridge and Valley Reptiles). Scaramouche is an AC Reptiles girl. Lucas comes from Keith Hillson.