REPTILE CULTURE

MORPH PROFILE / Leopard geckos

Bold Stripe

A selectively bred pattern with strong longitudinal markings that frame the center of the back.

Line-bred

Bold Stripe Tangerine Tremper Albino leopard gecko illustration with two pale lengthwise stripes framing an orange back
Bold Stripe Tangerine Tremper Albino example. · Reptile Culture · AI-generated illustration

Appearance

Classic Bold Stripe examples have a light stripe down the center of the back framed by dark, lengthwise markings. The markings vary in thickness and continuity. Some geckos have a striped body and a banded tail, and flank spots can remain visible.

Strong breeder evidence Travis Kuhse (2012) · The Urban Reptile

Origin & history

Travis Kuhse documented a project that combined Marcia McGuinness’s Golden Gate Geckos line and Kelli Hammack’s HISS line. Kuhse selected for fuller, darker striping across several generations.

Strong breeder evidence Travis Kuhse (2012)

Genetics

Breeders have refined the pattern through selection and reported variable striping even from two fully striped parents. Different projects have proposed different inheritance models, so this guide records the pattern as a line-bred phenotype without assigning a single locus or calculator probability.

Preliminary Travis Kuhse (2012) · The Urban Reptile

Combination example

Genesis Geckos documented a Bold Stripe Tangerine Tremper Albino. Bold Stripe describes the lengthwise pattern, Tangerine describes the orange coloration, and Tremper Albino identifies the albino strain. The example shows how the stripe can appear in orange and cream.

Strong breeder evidence Genesis Geckos

Related morphs

Sources & references