The oldest true blue that I know of is Tom's breeder male, who is really a sexually mature sub-adult rather than a true full sized iggy. He is strikingly turquoise. However, when my late green, Mayan, was that age, he was also still vibrant green and people used to comment on how green he was for his size. When he got to be about six or seven, he finally changed. He was still a striking iguana, with a lot of green but he was no longer that vivid green of a juvenille.

As far as I know, no one has seen what one of Tom's will look like as a full adult, right?

Do you have the Hatfield book (The Ultimate Owner's Manual, by James Hatfield II)? In the back section with the color pictures, there is an iguana named Throckmorten. The caption reads "In the late '80s iguanas were imported into various countries from Peru. They had blue in their color pattern and were the talk of the town -- and they cost more. But most of these iguanas died from respiratory infection caused by improper shipping practices. Throckmorten lived to show how beautiful they can be."

Now, if you look at that picture there is some green but the head, tail, lets and spikes are very very blue.

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