Enigmas

What is an Enigma?

The Enigma occurred from a random genetic mutation.  Very cool for collectors and hobbyists. And can at times add some interesting genetics into your breeding groups. We do have available Enigma Leopard Geckos for sale.

There are several interesting traits that distinguish an Enigma from any other Leopard Gecko.

 The visual traits are:

  • As a Hatchling they display unusual spots on their heads and body, and as they get older these spots change into what looks almost like dabs from a paint brush or spots. Refer to the background image on this page. This breeder female is actually a Giant Tremper Patternless Albino (GTPA), and she does show all the Enigma Traits visually and in her demeanor. she displays the paint brush effect quite clearly.
  • In many Enigmas the color scale tends to be in the Pastels.
  • Many Enigmas display spots or specks of color as they get older. In my example above, this female is about 11 months old and it does appear that the color she is displaying is the final look for her in adulthood. I think she is just beautiful.

Enigma Spin:  The other unusual thing about enigmas is the way they act. There are several unusual things they do that also define them as Enigmas:

  • Enigma Spin:  To a varying degree they will at times spin in circles. Some Enigmas may do this more or less than others. In the case of my GTPA above, she does run around in circles when she is excited. This is the only time she does this. In other Enigmas I have, I will rarely observe this activity. In another case, I have a male, that when excited it will take laps around its cage.
  • Enigma Shake:  If you closely observe your Enigma, you will notice they tend to be somewhat off balance at times and will slightly shake their head. Not to an extreme level, but if you know how Leopard Geckos act, you will notice something is amiss. Note that in some cases this act can go to the extreme and in fact you would need to cease breeding a particular Gecko or make sure you breed it to a non Enigma to solve this problem.
  • Enigma Stare:  I have also noted that many Enigmas will look you directly in the eyes while you handle them. Its actually very cool and quite mesmerizing.
  • Docile:  The other thing I have personally noticed from lots of handling of my Enigmas is that they are far more easy to handle then the typical Leopard Gecko. Meaning that they tend to be less jumpy and will seam more inquisitive compared to other non Enigmas. They seam to actually enjoy being handled.

History:  This morph was first noticed In 2006 by Mark Bell as a random hatching from one of his breeding programs.

2012 Breeding Program goal:  Currently we have no specific breeding program for Enigmas. As mentioned above this is a genetic mutation. However in saying that we do get back a fair number of Enigmas from our various breeding programs as some of our females do have Enigma in their genetics they may be Het for.  I am confident we will  have quite a few Enigmas that will be available during the 2011 season. We have been seeing some very interesting Sunglow Enigmas the last 2 seasons.

Updates: I have many Sub Adults and adults currently. I will post Enigmas Leopard Geckos available for sale and updates on the Home page. you can also follow us on Twitter, we are Ember Gecko.

 

 

 

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Enigma -Het Diablo Blanco Giant - Great Breeder

Buy Now or Place on Hold
$279.00

SKU:
G92
Status:
For Sale
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
12/20/2010
Age as of today:
1 years, 2 months, 4 days
Weight:
73(grams)
HET:
Diablo Blanco
Desc:

DIABLO BLANCO ENIGMA -The Diablo Blanco is a genetically patternless Leopard gecko with partial or complete red colored eyes. Snake eyes will also exist as with any RAPTOR morph. This example is an Enigma and is showing only Albino Silver eyes. Het for Diablo Blanco

Size: 73 grams as of today 2/16/2012, just over 13 months old and gaining weight each month. This female has already hit the 60 gram minimum Giant size before she was one year old to be considered a Giant.

Color: This female has a perfectly patternless body with a white head and yellow body, with a white tail.

Genetics:  100% Tremper

Special Marks: none, fully patternless.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a very nice example of her Morph Type.

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Enigma - Giant - Sunglow

Buy Now or Place on Hold
$279.00

SKU:
G21
Status:
For Sale
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
04/26/2011
Age as of today:
10 months, 2 days
Weight:
78(grams)
Desc:

Size: 78 grams as of today 2/16/12, just over 9 months old. This girl has already hit the 60 gram minimum Giant size before she was one year old. She needs to hit 90 grams for Super Giant weight.

Color: She has a nice white body color, with light tangerine, orange, and yellow on the body.  She has a  pure white tail.  Enigma gold eyes. Her head pattern and color is just beautiful, she is real nice in hand.

Genetics:  Normal, Tremper

Special Marks: The head pattern and color is unique. Her eyes are outlined in orange.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a high quality example of her Morph Type.

Posted on:  Giant and Enigma pages.

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Enigma - Giant - Ember

On Hold
$269.00 Thanks D.R.

SKU:
G100
Status:
On Hold
Gender:
Male
Hatch Date:
06/17/2011
Age as of today:
8 months, 10 days
Weight:
62(grams)
Desc:

10.5 inchs long already, this big boy could get real big.

Size: 62 grams as of today 2/16/12, just over 8 months old and gaining weight each month. This big guy has to hit 80 grams for Giant.  Very good chance for Super Giant Weight. This guy has a very long body, and is fairly thin. He should fatten up as he gets older. We had a few just like this last season and they were slow growers also. The father is a large 90g Red Eyed Ember and the mother is a Giant Tremper Patternless Albino Enigma (74g).

Color: He has a very bright yellow body and a clear white tail.  He has solid Red Eyes, that are light in color and you can see darker red snake eyes inside the red of the eyes. Kind of interesting.

Genetics:  Tremper/Embergecko

Special Marks: Red markings on the head.

Comments:  If you are serious about starting an Ember/enigma collection or starting to breed Embers/Enigmas you wont find many as nice as this male. He will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. He is an above average example of his Morph Type.

Posted on Giant, Enigma and Ember pages.

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Enigma - Diablo Blanco

Sold
$249.00 Thanks D.R.

SKU:
G75
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Male
Hatch Date:
06/27/2010
Age as of today:
1 years, 8 months,
Weight:
74(grams)
HET:
Red Eyes
Desc:

HOLIDAY PRICING

DIABLO BLANCO ENIGMA -The Diablo Blanco is a genetically patternless Leopard gecko with partial or complete red colored eyes. Snake eyes will also exist as with any RAPTOR morph. This example is an Enigma. With one snake eye on the right and an albino eye with a dark band through it on the left.

Size: 74 grams as of today 12/23/11, just over 17 months old and gaining weight each month. This male will have to hit the 80 gram minimum Giant size before he was one year old to be considered a Giant. Possible Giant.

Color: This male has a perfectly patternless body fully White with a tail so white is appears pink. 

Genetics:  100% Tremper

Special Marks: none, fully patternless. One snake eye on the right and an albino eye on the left.

Comments:  He will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. He is a very nice example of his Morph Type.

Posted on: Enigma page.

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Enigma - Giant

On Hold
$199.00 Thanks R.S.

SKU:
G284
Status:
On Hold
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
05/25/2011
Age as of today:
9 months, 3 days
Weight:
51(grams)
HET:
Normal
Desc:

Size: 51 grams as of today 2/16/12, just over 8 months old. This girl is close to hitting the 60 gram minimum Giant size before she was one year old. She needs hit 90 grams for Super Giant weight.

Color: She has a nice white body color, with light tangerine on the body and large black spots spaced at random on the body and in higher concentration on the head. She has a  pure white tail with small gray bands.  Enigma dark brown/gold eyes.

Genetics:  Normal, Tremper

Special Marks: The black spots are nicely spaced and grow larger and smaller on diferent parts of the body giving a nice effect.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a nice example of her Morph Type.

Posted on:  Giant, Enigma and Hatchling pages.

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Enigma - Sunglow

Sold
$189.00 Thanks J.B.

SKU:
144
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Male
Hatch Date:
07/21/2011
Age as of today:
7 months, 6 days
Weight:
39(grams)
HET:
SG Sunglow
Desc:

Size: 39 grams as of today 2/4/12, just over 6 months old. This male would have to hit the 80 gram Giant weight for a male.

Color: He hasa white body color with Sunglow orange on his back and legs. There are stripes on the sides of the body and a very cool Enigma head pattern.

Genetics: 100% Tremper SG Sunglow.

Special Marks: Orange Enigma pattern on his head.

Comments: if you are starting a Sunglow/Enigma Experimental breeding program and really want the best of color he has good genetics. He will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection.

Posted on: Giant, Enigma, Hatchling, and Sunglow pages.

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Enigma - Super Giant - 87g

Sold
$289.00 Thanks T.P.

SKU:
SG285
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
06/04/2011
Age as of today:
8 months, 23 days
Weight:
87(grams)
Desc:

Size: 87 grams as of today 1/19/2012, just over 7 months old and gaining weight each month. This girl needs to hit the 90 gram minimum Super Giant size before she is one year old. She has already hit 60 grams for Giant weight.

Color: She has a nice white body color, with light tangerine on the body and large black spots spaced at random on the body and in higher concentration on the head. She has a  pure white tail with 2 gray spots.  Enigma dark brown/gold eyes.

Genetics:  Normal, Tremper

Special Marks: The black spots are nicely spaced and grow larger and smaller on different parts of the body giving a nice effect.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a nice example of her Morph Type.

Posted on:  Giant, Enigma and Hatchling pages.

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Enigma- Super Giant Sunglow - 3 Months old and 84 grams

Sold
$449.00 Thanks K.L.

SKU:
SG94
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Male
Hatch Date:
04/27/2011
Age as of today:
10 months, 1 days
Weight:
84(grams)
Desc:

Size: 84 grams as of today 8/12/11, just over 3 months old and gaining weight at an amazing pace. This male has already hit the 80 gram Giant weight for an adult and is only 3 months old . he will need to hit the 110 gram minimum weight for Super Giant before he is one year old.

Color: This big boy has a beautiful patternless bright Orange body with a big fat tail. The tail has a bright orange base and the rest of the tail is bright white. Nice albino eyes that reflect the brighter orange around his eyes. Very beautiful effect. He looks brighter in person.

Genetics: 100% Tremper.

Special Marks: Bright orange pattern on his head. Note that the white lines will fade away by about 10 months of age.

Comments: if you are starting a Sunglow/Enigma Experimental breeding program and really want the best of color he has good genetics and size. He will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. He is an exceptional example of his Morph Type.

Posted on: Giant, Enigma, Hatchling, and Sunglow pages.

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Enigma - Giant - Albino Snow

Sold
$159.00 Thanks J.B.

SKU:
G79
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
04/02/2011
Age as of today:
10 months, 26 days
Weight:
61(grams)
Desc:

Regular Price $189.00 - This offer will expire on 2/8/12

Size: 61 grams as of today 2/4/11, just over 8 months old and gaining weight each month. This female has already hit the 60 gram minimum Giant size before she was one year old to be considered a Giant.

Color: This female has a perfectly patternless body with a white head and yellow body, with a white tail.

Genetics:  100% Tremper

Special Marks: Small yellow marks on the head.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a very nice example of her Morph Type.

Posted on: Enigma, Giant, Snow and Albino pages

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Enigma - Albino Snow Giant

Sold
$179.00 Thanks J.M.

SKU:
G78
Status:
Sold
Gender:
Female
Hatch Date:
04/02/2011
Age as of today:
10 months, 26 days
Weight:
61(grams)
Desc:

HOLIDAY PRICING

Size: 61 grams as of today 12/23/11, just over 8 months old and gaining weight each month. This female has already hit the 60 gram minimum Giant size before she was one year old to be considered a Giant.

Color: This female has a perfectly patternless body with a white head and yellow body, with a white tail.

Genetics:  100% Tremper

Special Marks: Small yellow marks on the head.

Comments:  She will make a fine addition to any breeding program or collection. She is a very nice example of her Morph Type.

Posted on: Enigma, Giant, Snow and Albino pages

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