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It's been 10 years since I last thought about brining home a cham. Now "the bug" seems to have gotten me again.
I have seen many juveniles, both panthers and veileds seem to be a dull color when smaller.
The question...do the vivid colors that I see in pictures reflect a pattern that is present all the time in adulthood, or just when excited/angry/on occasion?
Of course I am referring to magnificent oranges and reds on panthers (As well as almost solid blues), and great yellow and green (And a few other colors) on veileds.
thanks for any info.
mike
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Each individual is unique, but male panthers are generally very colorful even when resting. My male ambilobe is almost always lime green with blue bars and red highlights around the neck/belly. When a female is in sight the green may turn brilliant neon yellows and oranges and the blue bars even more intense. He may also display these colors when pissed. When sleeping the colors go more pastel.

For veileds too, the basic markings and colors will be there all the time, but when they get fired up the color intensifies, more dark markings show up, and they just seem to glow. As excitement stress turns to anger or fear they tend to get darker as if the dark marks bleed into the other colors. Some cham species are quite different at rest, such as jax, flap necks, melleri, fischeri, deremensis, gracefuls, Senegals etc. These species can get a "layer" of markings or spotting over their normal base colors that completely disappears when they relax.