Clown

VPI Clown · BHB line Clown

recessiveClown/Cryptic complexpartly sourced

Complex: Clown/Cryptic. Complex membership is as reported by breeders and community lists; most memberships have not been proven in a lab.

How to recognise it

Head	Busy, bright head instead of a clean dark cap: pale, variable 'head stamp' on the crown, light markings above the lips, and the namesake dark teardrop under each eye.
Pattern	Heavily reduced. Wide dark-brown dorsal stripe running neck to tail, little or no alien-head patterning on the sides, a few thin teardrop/drip bands hanging off the stripe; edges crisp, few flecks. Tail is usually solid dorsal stripe.
Colour	Pale yellow-gold to tan sides against a chocolate dorsal; overall cleaner and warmer than a normal.
Belly	Usually clean, yellowish wash down the middle, faint spotting only at the outer edges.
Eyes	Normal dark eye; the marker is the teardrop spot below it, not the eye itself.
With age	Not yet verified against a source.

Rows marked "not yet verified" are withheld until they can be cited. Inheritance is the trade's usage unless a source below states it.

None reliable. Hets look normal; only the parents or a DNA test show het status.

These animals carry several genes at once. The caption lists everything the animal is said to be; none of them shows this gene on its own.

No gene-linked issue reported in the sources read. That is not proof there is none.

A test is listed for Rare Genetics Inc: Clown (list read 2026-11-13 on MorphMarket's page for that lab). All listed tests