[anolisherp]

I was at a repticon in Tampa and there was a guy selling wild caught Green Anoles (He had them all smooshed together in a cheese ball container stuffed with leaves ) They were only a dollar so I thought I would buy them and release them in my neighborhood. Sadly I only had two dollars left so I decided to look and see if there was one I could keep as a pet. After looking for awhile I noticed one that was a blue-phase Anolis Carolinensis So I bought it (Pour thing, the guy nearly squished her head) She has already had several babies (that I released after rearing them) and I was wondering if anyone else has a blue-phase. I haven't found another blue male for her to see if I could get blue babies.

[Ozymandias]

no clue but would love to see a picture of her

[Yoshi'smom]

Agreed! ^

[Riverside Reptiles]

Just an FYI...they're not geckos! Thread moved to "other herps"

[anolisherp]

Sure here are some pictures.

[Ozymandias]

If you want a male though I would check the classifieds over at kingsnake or fauna to be honest. She is amazing looking btw

[anolisherp]

Originally Posted by Ozymandias

If you want a male though I would check the classifieds over at kingsnake or fauna to be honest. She is amazing looking btw

I've just decided to sell her to someone else. I figure that way there will at least be a chance she can meet another blue anole.

[adamkwas]

Originally Posted by anolisherp

I've just decided to sell her to someone else. I figure that way there will at least be a chance she can meet another blue anole.

Yesterday you posted that she escaped?

[MauricesExoticPets]

If the anole is lost it is truly a sad situation.

We have been looking for a blue phase green anole for years now, something like 9 or 10 years to be exact. Your luck in finding just one female is something special it and of itself as they are fairly rare in the pet trade.

If you should run across another or find this one please let us know.

Breeding her to a normal male should produce hets for the color morph, but as far as I know they have never been reproduced in captivity.

The plan would be to pair her with a male, rear the offspring up to breeding age, then pair one of her own male offspring back to her; 50% of the offspring should be blues if the morph is simple recessive. Pairing the remaining offspring together would produce 25% blues, 25% normals, 50% normal looking het blues.

Keeping possible hets for one breeding season would pan out for this reason, assuming your het pairs produce 8 viable eggs a season you will end up with 2 blues, 2 normals, and 4 het blues; take away the visual blues and you have six left (3 pairs), in that three pairs totaling 6 anoles 2.2 will be het blue and 1.1 will be normal, any way you do the pairing at least one male and female that are both het for the blue morph will be together. The pair that produces any blue morph anoles is a 100% het blue (keep them).

If it were me I would out cross every blue anole produced by het to het pairings, this would provide a bit of diversity to the limited genetics you have to work with. It would also help prove the nature of the morph.

In any case, I would also track breeding closely and aim for 12.12 blue morph green anoles produced by 24 unique out crossings. This would give you a solid foundation to produce highly unrelated pairs for years to come.

As a total aside, I want to know what you get when you combine the yellow and blue morphs together.

Maurice Pudlo

[anolisherp]

Originally Posted by adamkwas

Yesterday you posted that she escaped?

She did but she came back to the cage and was trying to find her way in when I found her. Silly anoles