Black Night
Type: Polygenic
First Produced By: Ferry Zuurmond
Issues: Weak Health
First Produced In: Unknown
Availability: Common
Last Updated: 2022-01-21
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About
The Black Night Leopard Gecko, an extremely hypermelanistic (very dark) leopard gecko has generated a lot of interest since it came on the market. [1]
Issues
Due to the inbreeding in the genes they are slow growers and bad breeders.
Females tend to lay bad eggs and the good eggs don’t seem strongly fertile and tend to die or hatch with kinked tails.
For best results, it’s a good idea to outcross them responsibly in order to keep them as healthy as possible. [4]
History
The Black Night Leopard Gecko is a line bred trait with over 15 years of work from Ferry Zuurmond. [2]
Appearance
Body
Black Night produces full black leopard geckos with no pattern.
When a Black Night hatches it can show pattern. However the pattern does seem to be swallowed up by blackness. Furthermore the darkness is very influenced by heat. [3]
Controversy
Untrustworthy breeders keep Black Nights on lower temperatures to increase the darkness but when they are sold and put back on normal temperatures the blackness fades away. I personally like to breed the darkest in spring raised on normal temperatures. [5]
Proven Lines
Eco Geckos Line
Related Traits
No known related traits
