Carrot Tails are a relatively new
addition to the leopard gecko scene. There is a great debate
as to whether this is a recessive trait, or a selectively bred
trait, but we won't get into that. There is also a great
debate about what actually constitutes a carrot tail, and what
does not. In my opinion, all the animals pictured below are
carrot tails, although obviously some are more so than others.
For me, as long as the animal has orange at the base of the
tail of at least 10%, with little to no black spotting
interrupting the orange, it is a carrot tail. Others have
different opinions, and that's fine too. Carrot tails are
generally born with only a small amount of orange on their
tails, which later starts to grow and cover more of the tail.