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I have a female Jackson that is mating. What color does she turn when she is gravid? Will the male recognize this and leave her alone?

The female will turn darker green - sometimes almost black to fend off the male. Most often they will gape at the male too. Once she has mated - she needs to be separated from the male. This should be the case until the next time she needs to mate.

Unless you have a large enclosure with thick plants - she will be bothered by the male. It is best for her to have her own enclosure. It will be a long time before she accepts that male's amourous attentions again.

Hope this helps,
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To clarify: She'll turn into her dark, stress colorations, while rejecting the male but after she's removed from his presence & back into her owen cage she'll return to her normal, healthy lime green. If she stays black after that you've got problems. Female jax don't really have any special "gravid coloration" that tells you when she's ready to mated or is carrying fertilized eggs. When she's interested i the male, she approaches him with her green colors. When she's not interested she reacts to him by rocking and turning dark.

If, after mating, she starts rejecting the male it simply means that she's no longer receptive. It does NOT necessarily mean that her eggs were fertilized and that she's carryiong viable offspring. Maybe she is and maybe she isn't. You can't even tell reliably from the size of her belly. These live bearers are always surprising you.
Ed

I dont know much about gravid chameleons but mines gravid now. Shes a super dark green and has some black spots. our male (and all the females) are staying outta her way. Hope this helps.