Young Nosy Be or Young Ambilobe?

[DragoLikesReptiles]

Hey people of forum, I have had this little young chameleon named Riki for a while. The store I bought him from (I special ordered this guy, they are a pretty high quality reptile store) said he was an Ambilobe panther chameleon. He has a little red around his eyes (developed after his 3rd shed, not in this pic) and is developing no red on his body, only green and blue. Today he was very turquoise. I am starting to believe after seeing Jann's pictures from Nosy Be, that he is a Nosy Be and not an Ambilobe. He is like 9 months and 71 grams. Here's the picture:

 

[DragoLikesReptiles]

One reason I'm considering this is because the seller refused to show me any picture of the sire. He is 7 1/2 months in this pic.

 

[djfishygillz]

By the color base and lack of any other colors other than turquoise I would say he appears to be nosy be. If the owner doesn't have lineage info I would look else where for a panther.

 

[DragoLikesReptiles]

Ok, thanks for the info. That's good to know. I will get a chameleon from a different place next time. The only part I care about is that he is healthy, and the right female locale for when he gets older.