Example of an old school blonde. Photo credit LAC Herps

Finding breeding stock that was truly black and white and not faded out tricolor proved extremely difficult. Many of the animals for sale had no lineage, and they were trying to avoid producing accidental tricolors at all costs. Thankfully, with strict requirements, no tricolors have been produced from the blonde project thus far.

The true beginning of the project, Cache, was previously a pet (named “Cash”) that Maddie saw posted on Facebook and reached out to the owner. To her delight, the owner said she was willing to part with him as she was downsizing her geckos. The previous owner had bred him to tricolors and the resulting offspring were black and white. The opportunity to purchase old animals that pushed the project in the right direction led to the purchase of Mushu, Otis, and Pizza. Each of these animals was over 10 years old but brought something valuable to the table; the ability to “go back in time” to “revive” the blonde.

The goal for the blonde revival project is to bring back and improve upon largely bred away from phenotypes; a bi-color animal with white fringed crests, a dark head stamp, dark black base color, blocky harlequin dorsum, and thick white lateral pattern.

Our blonde project does not have axanthic or Lilly white genetics.