Super Stripe
Type: Recessive
Issues: N/A
First Produced In: Unknown
Availability: Average
Last Updated: 2023-04-23
About
A Super Stripe crested gecko will have a cream line along the middle of the laterals, this does not have to be a full line to qualify. This gecko will have a thick stripe like pattern along the middle of the dorsal, this will usually match the base colour, while the dorsal edge will remain cream. The pinstripe can be full or pin dashed. [1]
History
No History Yet.
Appearance
Body
Superstripe is a pattern morph that appears to be interacting with the structural and horizontal forming pinstripe trait. The dorsum is completely filled (color ranging from orange to cream to higher whites) with a stripe down the center of the dorsum. The stripe color will be whatever the base color of the animal is. This thin line, of base color, is where the name superstripe comes from and is the defining feature of this morph. [1:1]
Tail
A perfect superstripe will have a dorsal stripe in addition to quad stripes and 100% pinstripe . However, there are cases where a superstripe is produced that has dashed quad striping and even a few missing pins at the base of the animal’s tail.
In several animals, the thickness of the stripe in the trait seems to fade or thin on the lower quarter of the dorsal towards the base of the tail and retreats to the edges of the pinstripe .[2]
Controversy
The trait behaves like a recessive to incomplete-dominant trait in that a heterozygous animal will show little hint that a superstripe could be produced when paired to another Het. [3]
Emptyback animals have been occasionally produced, however, it has not been determined if this is a qualifying trait that is required to create the morph. Some speculation could be that EB is part of the morph making it a combo. EB is something that has been produced amongst all superstripe collections that have collaborated to produce the work in this document. The phenotypic explanation is that superstripe could be a recessive epistatic mutation or an EB combo. More breeding and tests amongst various collections need to take place as this is a complex phenotype involving several heritable traits. [4]
Proven Lines
No known proven lines.
Related Traits
No known related traits.
