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jenny s · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: Panther Chameleon

Hi Can anyone tell me what sort of panther this little lad is please? I bought him as a nosey be but am a little disappointed with the colouring. Will it improve as her gets older. He is about 10 mnths I think.
Thanks

Jenny

Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject:

Looks like a Nosy B, or maybe an ambanja, hard to say till fully adult. Nosy B'S are often turquoise, in the wild they will have more red in them, at times with red radiating form the eye turrets and with red dots all over them to.

Some are more blue than others some more turquoise some with a bit more green tinge to them. The Nosy B's that are almost solid blue have come from stock with blue dominance and the line has been perpetuated to produce an almost solid blue, but one could say this is not as nature intended.

I guess it all depends what you want from a Nosy B blue.

Here are some pics of mine; three males one fully adult as you would most likely see in Madagascar, one that is turquoise with tinges of red and blue and a white lipped Blue on blue. All three Nosy B'S totally different from one another.

Don't be disheartened I think he is a nice cham the one you have got.

Even Panthers that come from the same locales e.g. Ambilobes, Ambanjas etc can all look quite different from each other, they will share the basics of banding colour and other marking locale specific traits but even then can appear quite different from their peers.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

Turquoise Nosy B
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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject:

Almost solid blue on blue white lipped
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kroakykaren · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

As Rick said they are all different, yours is lovely mine is different again he is about 9 months old here is a pic

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PaulG · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

nice chams both of you.
you dont often see the nosey-be with the blue lips do you rick, whys this?
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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

PaulG · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject:

oh god sorry im miles away I mean the first one with the red spots Embarassed

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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject:

PaulG · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject:

thanks for that rick.
interesting.
so not many people breed for the red spots?
Is it poss. that yours is F1? (meaning its parents were wc i think)
I lve your nosey be kroakykaren! lovely green!
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