Confirm Panther Locale

[sammseals]

I bought Leo back in November 2012. So he is about 6 months now. I know it takes panthers about a year to develop full coloration but I was just curious, he is suppose to be a Male Ambanja and Ambilobe mix. He is very blue however.. I was wondering if they send me a Blue Bar instead?

 

[Olimpia]

If he has Ambanja in him he may turn out with a fair amount of blue, it depends what type of Ambanja makes up the 50%. Also, do you know for certain that the Ambilobe in him was a red bar? Because Ambilobes come in both blue and red bar, and can have offspring of both types, and even individuals can change from blue bar to red as they mature.

He's still really young and he may be totally different in another 2-3 months. So just be patient, it's realy difficult to say where he'll end up especially because he's a cross. He has that many more variables that could change between now and 1.5 years of age.

He is a total cutie though, I have to say. The boy in my avatar is an Amabanja cross that I adore, so I'm partial to blue panthers.

 

[sammseals]

This is his parents.

 

[Olimpia]

Ok, both his father and his maternal grandfather are blue bars (Ambilobe and Ambanja respectively) but they do have a lot of red, so there's a good chance he'll start gaining some of that in the next couple months.

It seems like warm colors (like yellows, reds) take longer to develop in many young panther chameleons. My blue bar Ambilobe was blue and green for months and by the time he was a year old had blue bars and a red and yellow background.

 

[sammseals]

okay thank you. That helps a lot.