Tangerine
Type: Polygenic
Aliases: Orange, Flame, Red
Issues: N/A
First Produced In: Unknown
Availability: Common
Last Updated: 2023-06-22
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About
Tangerine is a linebred trait.
Defined as a gecko that has orange pigment anterior of the tail base. The shade and quantity of orange results in the various morphs known as, “tangerine”, “baldy”, or hypomelanistic (= “hypo”). In cases where the orange pigment is highly concentrated, some geckos approach what could be called red/orange or red. A true red color that remains bright in adult geckos has nearly been perfected with such beauties derived from the hypo tangerines, such as the Tangerine Tornadoes, Torrid Tangerines and Electric Tangerines. It was not until 1996 that various breeders worked with and established their own strain of line-bred morphs. Until then there were really no geckos around that had any respectable amount of orange past the tail base and up on the torso. Further years of breeding resulted in finding genes that reduced the amount of melanin in the skin, removing all body spotting, and concentrating orange coloration. [1]
History
No history yet
Appearance
Head
The head of a Tangerine has a orange colouration.
Body
A Tangerine Leopard Gecko has a “tangerine” or orange colouration throughout the body.
Tail
The tail patterning can follow the same colouration.
Proven Lines
Afghan Tangerine,
Atomic,
Blood,
Electric,
Inferno,
Nieves,
Purple Head,
Tangerine Tornado - TUG,
Torrid,
Gourmet Rodent line,
Hot Gecko line,
Plasma,
Gecko Genetics line
- Mandarin [2]
Related Traits
Carrot Tail, Carrot Head, Hypo
G Project – Matt Baronak,
- Clown (G Project, Electric) – Matt Baronak,
Combos
- SHT (Super Hypo Tangerine)
- SHTCT (Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- SHTCTB (Baldy Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Creamsicle (Snow (Mack) Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Firewater (Albino (Rainwater) Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Phantom (Snow (Tug) Albino (Tremper) Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Snow Glow (Snow (Mack) Albino (Tremper) Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Snowglow (Snow (Mack) Albino (Tremper) Carrot Tail Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Sun Glow (Albino (Tremper) Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Sunglow (Albino (Tremper) Super Hypo Tangerine)
- Sunrise (Albino (Tremper) Blizzard Tangerine)
- Sunset (Blizzard Tangerine)
- Tangelo (Albino (Tremper) Tangerine)
Tangerine Tremper by Welshmorphology
Blood Emerine Madarin Tangerine Poss Het Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko by Xtreme Exotics Canada
Black Night Mandarin Tangerine Leopard Gecko by The Urban Reptile
Black Night Mandarin Tangerine Leopard Gecko by The Urban Reptile
Mandarin ND by Welshmorphology
GnT by Welshmorphology
