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chris_harper2
at Fri Feb 6 23:44:58 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chris_harper2 ]
Here is a picture of a female import I received last winter. When my friend took this picture it came out so bright I had to tone down the color in photoshop to make it look like she did in real life.
With every shed she has changed in color and now is a mix of gray, orange, yellow, and green. She looks nothing like this photo anymore.
This female and the male in the above post are both from the island of Java. On Java this species appears to be polymorphic. If you talk to importers of this species they will tell you that from a single clutch you will get specimens that are green, greenish-yellow, orange, and grey/yellow.
The grey/yellow specimens are typically called the Java form, but that is misleading since green appears to be the most common form on that island and several other colors are found there.
I don't know if this color variation is found throughout other parts of their range. I suspect it does.

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