Thad Unkefer
It is an exciting time to be an African Fat Tail Gecko (AFT) breeder. AFT breedings have been producing new morphs/genetics over the past 5-6 years and the excitement is starting to build. There are many combination morphs that have not been tried and breeders haven’t hit all the visual forms of the combinations they have produced.
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Below is a list of current African Fat Tail gecko morphs and their genetic make up.
| MOPRH | GENETIC | |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Banded | Wild Type |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Stripe | Dominant |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etc |
Albino/Amel | Recessive |
 photo courtesy of The Urban Gecko |
Caramel Albino | Recessive |
 photo couresy of Gecko Babies |
Patternless | Recessive |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etc |
Ghost | Recessive |
 photo courtesy of The Urban Gecko |
Anery/Oreo | Recessive |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etc |
Zulu | RecessiveThe back pattern looks similir to an arrow. |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Super Stinger | Recessive and allelic with Patternless |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Super Zero | Recessive and allelic with Patternless |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
Stinger | The back bands are connected. The bottom band comes to a point which resembles a stinger on an bee or wasp.Not proven: allelic with PatternlessThis is a newer morph and was originally thought to be co-dominant with the super form being a super stinger. Super Stingers/Zeros have since been proven to be recessive. The stinger/zero form has been thought to be a heterozygous marker similar to highly speckled leopard geckos that are het for the simple recessive traits of patternless or blizzard. |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Zero | The back bands are connected.Not proven: allelic with PatternlessThis is a newer morph and was originally thought to be co-dominant with the super form being a super stinger. Super Stingers/Zeros have since been proven to be recessive. The stinger/zero form has been thought to be a hetrozygous marker similar to highly speckled leopard geckos that are het for the simple recessive traits of patternless or blizzard.*for a more complete discussion of this morph, follow this link: http://geckoforums.net/forum138/thread91685.html |
 photo couresy of Gecko Babies |
White Out | Co-Dominant |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
Super White Out | Co-DominantSo far the super form has been proven to be lethal. All babies that have hatched have died within a couple of hours. |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
Aberrant/Jungle | Polygenetic/Line Bred |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
Starburst | Polygenetic/Line BredBlushed head with a tint of orange, blushed bands, orange at the base of the tail and light background coloring. |
 photo couresy of Gecko Babies |
Granite | Polygenetic/Line Bred |
| COMBINATION MORPHS | ||
 photo couresy of Gecko Babies |
Albino/Amel:Fatal with other morph combinations | |
 photo couresy of Gecko Babies |
White Out Patternless | |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etc |
White Out Ghost | |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
White Out Anery/Oreo | |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
White Out Caramel | |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
White Out Super Stinger | |
 photo courtesy of Ohio Gecko |
White Out Super Zero | |
| No pics available | White Out Stinger | |
 photo courtesy of The Urban Gecko |
White Out Zero | |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
White Out Zulu | |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
White Out Zulu Caramel | |
 photo courtesy of JMG Reptile |
White Out Patternless Anery/Oreo | |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etcc |
Caramel Anery/Oreo | top: oreo middle: caramel anery/oreo bottom: caramel |
 photo courtesy of The Urban Gecko |
Caramel Zulu | |
 photo courtesy of Steve Sykes – Geckos Etc |
Ghost Patternless |
Thanks for providing a quick reference to the AFT morphs, Thad. Well done.
My cousin is going to collage, and he has a fat tailed gecko. He knows how many hours I spend researching reptiles and amphibians daily, and decided to let me “babysit” for 4 years. Yep that’s what normal 6th graders my age do in their spare time. Knowing my cousin I know I’ll end up keeping him, but let me get to the point-
He got this gecko from a pet store, and he dosnt know what morph. I spent a couple hours today looking into it, but I’m left empty handed. Can anyone help me?
We would need a picture to tell for sure, though I suspect that if he got it from a pet store it’s probably a normal. If it has bands of brown and darker brown, it’s a normal and if it has a white stripe from head to tail, it’s a striped normal.
Hi, my friend recently gave me a gecko and isn’t sure if it’s an AFT or a leo, is there any way that i can tell for sure? I’ve been researching for a few weeks but i can’t find anything definitive. Any response would help a lot 🙂
A picture would help a lot as well. Send me one at [email protected] and I’ll tell you which it is.
I can’t figure out what morph my gecko is. He is solid yellow-grey. It is an African fat tailed gecko, at least that was what I was told. I adopted him from someone who couldn’t take care of him anymore. If anyone has any ideas that would be great.
We can’t tell you anything without a picture. You can send me a picture at [email protected]