2010 was our first year breeding and mostly our project focused on yellow tiger crested geckos. We continued the project in 2011 and have gotten some great yellow tiger babies this year as well!

The male we used was El Tigre, a brilliant yellow tiger with black stripes from AC Reptiles.

In 2010, we bred him to three females, only one of which was a yellow tiger of similar quality with orange/red stripes. We learned a bit about crested gecko genetics from these pairings, but we decided to only pair El Tigre with Zest in 2011 to focus entirely on yellow tigers in this project. The genetics are pretty strong, and only tigers with varying shades of yellow or orange have been produced. The black tiger stripes tend to dominate the red tiger stripes, so it would be interesting to find a yellow tiger male with red stripes to pair with Zest.

This pair have had 3 offspring this year, with a few eggs still incubating. As they develop, we’re taking note of any orange stripes. It appears that black is dominant, but we’re holding back to see if this changes as they mature.

Yellow Tiger Crested Gecko Offspring (Tigre X Zest)

More to come as new eggs hatch!