Ink Spot Crested Geckos for sale in the UK
The Ink Spot is a Dalmatian crested gecko with spots that often have ragged edges and grow to the size of a pea, which is much larger than usual. Because spotting fills in as a young gecko grows, a hatchling with only a few marks can still become a heavily spotted adult.
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About the Ink Spot gene
A crested gecko with an Ink Spot has the most extreme form of Dalmatian spotting. While a standard Dalmatian has marks ranging from the size of a grain of salt to a pea, an Ink Spot carries at least a handful of large spots that often look like a drop of spilled ink. Dalmatian spotting sits on top of the gecko's existing pattern and base colour, so with an Ink Spot you are paying for the spots.
Appearance
These spots are irregular in outline and can reach the size of a pea. They may overlap in clusters to form shapes like numbers or letters, or even rings. While most are black, red is another colour for Dalmatian spotting, and green to yellow is the rarest. The number of marks varies a great deal. Some Ink Spots have just a few big marks, but others are covered from head to tail. A gecko with over a hundred spots is sold as a Super Dalmatian, and the two labels often appear together on one gecko. Because hatchlings often show few spots and gain more as they grow, it is hard to call a juvenile's final spotting early.
Genetics
Ink Spot is polygenic, and the mechanism behind its large spots is still not understood. You need an animal that already carries them if you want large spots, as they do not simply appear within a line of small-spotted animals. Ink Spot, standard Dalmatian, Red Spot and Bullseye might be one trait at different strengths, or they may be separate traits that interact with one another. For this morph, the names Ink Spot and Pos Ink Spot are used, and it is also sold as Ink Blot. Each of its neighbouring spotting traits has its own name, including Dalmatian, Super Dalmatian, Red Spot, Oil Spot, Cluster Spots and Bullseye. No first year or originator is recorded.