| No one who breeds animals as a profession, and few | | | | That makes for an all-around light-colored animal, |
| people who breed animals as a hobby, does so | | | | which can then be line bred over successive |
| randomly. The whole point is to carefully choose | | | | generations to get a morph that is a really pure white |
| which adults to breed with a view to producing | | | | all over. |
| offspring with desirable traits. So to it is with breeding | | | | 'RAPTOR' stands for 'Ruby-eye Albino Patternless |
| leopard geckos, where amateur and professional | | | | Tremper Orange.' The RAPTOR has eyes where the |
| breeders alike strive to create striking 'morphs' - that | | | | pupil and iris can't be distinguished because it is a |
| is, visually distinct leos with unique combinations of | | | | combination of other morphs that includes the Eclipse |
| patterns, background colors, and even eye colors. | | | | morph, which has solid black eyes (the solid eyes of |
| In the world of leopard gecko breeding, the Diablo | | | | the Eclipse is a recessive trait). It has specifically red |
| Blanco morph is a relatively recent triumph, with the | | | | solid eyes because of its albinism, which affects eye |
| first being born in late 2006. It was done by the | | | | color as well as skin pigmentation. |
| famous (in the leopard gecko world) Ron Tremper, | | | | To produce the Diablo Blanco, Ron Tremper crossed |
| the creator of the first albino strain - the Tremper | | | | the whitest possible female Tremper Albino Blazing |
| Albino - back in 1996. | | | | Blizzard morphs with RAPTOR males, then bred their |
| The Diablo Blanco has pure white skin, no patterns or | | | | offspring together. The result was a morph that |
| spots anywhere on its body, and all-red eyes where | | | | expresses albinism, being patternless, and solid red |
| the pupil and iris can't be distinguished. Considering | | | | eyes. Not bad for a day's work! |
| that leopard geckos as they are found in the wild | | | | Note that Diablo Blancos have unique genes, which |
| have a cream-to-yellow back ground color, black | | | | means that two of them can be bred together to |
| spots like a leopard, and normal, dark-colored eyes, | | | | produce Diablo Blanco offspring; there's no possibility |
| you have to say that this morph is a triumph of | | | | of getting Tremper Albino Blazing Blizzard or RAPTOR |
| leopard gecko breeding. But how did he do it? | | | | offspring from Diablo Blanco parents. |
| Creating the Diablo Blanco | | | | Conclusion |
| The creation of the Diablo Blanco morph was only | | | | So that's the whole story on the Diablo Blanco - |
| made possible by the existence of two other | | | | when it comes to breeding leopard geckos this would |
| morphs: the Tremper Albino Blazing Blizzard and the | | | | have to be one of the greatest achievements to |
| RAPTOR. | | | | date. It makes you wonder what's next; maybe an |
| The Tremper Albino Blazing Blizzard is itself a cross | | | | all-black morph with solid red eyes? It's hard not to |
| between the Blizzard morph, which is patternless, and | | | | think a 'Diablo Black' must be just around the corner! |
| the Tremper Albino, which has no dark pigmentation. | | | | |