Inferno Leopard Geckos
To achieve the deepest possible tangerine orange, Pat Kline of Luxurious Leopards bred Inferno by combining several tangerine lines that were already vivid into one project. Because animals vary based on the lines behind them, you should ask a seller which of those Inferno lines their animal traces to.
About the Inferno gene
Pat Kline of Luxurious Leopards bred the Inferno, a Tangerine bloodline, to push the tangerine look toward the most intense, fire-coloured orange possible. When you buy an Inferno, you are buying into a breeding project. The animal in front of you matters more than the name on the label.
Appearance
The Inferno features a fire-like pattern with many orange tones, which is the mark of a tangerine line bred for depth of colour. Kline created it by folding several tangerine bloodlines that were already vivid, so the look of individual animals varies. It is easiest to identify the look with confidence when a seller can say which of those lines their stock traces to.
Genetics
Because Inferno is polygenic, multiple genes work together. This means there is no super form and no single-copy het to look for. A Pos Inferno marks an animal that might carry some of the line's ancestry without showing it fully, which is different from a formal Mendelian het. Kline built Inferno from the Torrid, Tangerine Tornado and Electric tangerine lines, and it sits outside any allelic complex. Its closest relatives are Super Hypo and those three tangerine lines, and Inferno is one of several named tangerine bloodlines in the hobby. By 2009, Kline already had an unreleased Inferno project underway.