[wanizame]

Hi there,

i know they can be very light or even very dark. My breeding pair is dark (chocolatebrown to black) almost all the time - in fact i never saw them in their light phase. On the other hand i have a subadult male which is very light even at daytime but sometimes can be very dark, too.

So far my few hatchlings were dark just like their parents but a few days ago a very light one hatched. Its clutchmate is dark and quite bigger.

What i think is worth to mention: this tiny, light hatchling found his way into the incubator very late. (i am speaking of the egg) I didn't find his egg that fast, so it was burried in the breeders cage for like 40days until i put it into the incubator at 81.5 degree (around 27.5 celsius). But it hatched almost at the same time as the clutchmate just one day earlier. So it had roomtemperature (70-80degree at day, 65-72 at night) for first 40 days.

Photos are attached.

Regards
Chris

[Tim]

Hi Chris,

perhaps you have triedrus from different localities and that’s why they are differences in the color.

Greets, Tim (the T.corticale guy)

[wanizame]

Hi Tim

that is a possibilty ofcourse. On the other side i catched the adult male ligthend up after i wrote this topic... should be normal color change. I had to come very close to see this as my ledlight is so weak. But the female didn't lighten up till now... thats suspicous or maybe not... probably i just never see her if she is. She is a bit more shyly than the male and loves to hide.

And the tiny guy is a bit darker by now, too. Still slightly lighter than the others. But i would say it is normal. Was just confused he hatched that extremly light. You remember the emailed pic?

Is there anything available about different localities?

Chris

btw: u got mail