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I just recieved my "blue spot" timor monitor and it looks like a yellow spot. I have never owned one before, so I called the breeder and they said that it will start to develop the blue as it gets older. Is this true???

I seem to remember that the "blue spot" is not a timor, but another species, just a pet trade name.
Id be skeptical if it is a timor and the individual sending it to you claims to be a breeder. I almost guarrantee them to be 100% wild caught, especially with the easy availablility of both blue and yellow spots in reptile shows, and importers wholesale lists.
The only way for sure to know in the future if a species is WC or not is if you have proof positive that the animal is CBB, or if the bill passes into law that will make all non-native species illegal and importing stops. Then the prices will go way up on these species commonly kept now. After a period of time to allow the WC examples to die off we will see the real CBB animals. I hope the law doesnt happen though.

The law is also going to abolish teh interstate transport of non natives, and make it illegal to reproduce them. You won't see an increase in the number of USCBB monitors... after a few years, you won't see monitors period.

the monitor was a captive hatched and then imported but the main thing is will it turn blue or not?

Thanks,

Matt

Go ahead, how it works is the people who collect them from the wild pay a few bucks to the local officials who allow them to be sold as CB, nothing more. If they were really worried about stopping WC reptiles from being exported they would break a big part of their own economy, its all about claiming they are CB to satisfy someone and charge more for them.
CB animals dont have loads of internal parasites, native to their home country of origin, and CB dont have ticks native to their home country.
CB or farmed is all a label.

I appreciate all the responses but my main question is will they develope blue with age?

Thanks,

Matt

Yes it will,chances are it is, but my point was dont believe its CB.
I kept a timor for years, beautiful creature, not handleable, but beautiful. Not sure how Auffenberg are in comparison, enjoy.

Thank you

What law?

N/P

I read up on this, a messed up bill it is. It would make guinea pigs, hamsters, any imported animal some polititian deems damaging illegal to import, breed, sell, give away, etc. Hey, you know dogs and cats were imported from other countries at one time, technically the 2 most damaging feral species aside from humans. I guess humans would be illegal then also.
Rediculous bill.

"Blue spot timors" are actually a different species than Timors. They are more accurately V. auffenbergi and common name should be Peacock Monitor or Auffenberg's Monitor. I believe they are born dark/nearly black with yellow dots and develop colors later as they mature.

Thanks thats all I wanted to know. One person told me they would and another person told me I was sold a yellow spot.