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I bought a pair of collareds last Fall, which were just weeks old. They were both primarily brown w/lots of specks. They are about 6-7 months old now and the female is showing lots of blue and has retained her nice speckled pattern. The male is just showing some green, very faint,on all four legs plus the base of his tail.

At what age do they achieve their ultimate coloration?

jmp

Some lizards have a better chance of looking great than others, just because they have been selected for that trait. Of course this applies to Captive Bred (some) lizards. A wild lizard, it would all depend on species, location, and ultimately depends on if the lizards has the right genetic makeup to make it awesome.

A straightforward answer is...if a lizard has the right "stuff" to make it colorful, it can start getting very nice body color at about 3 months of age...The lizards I have kept start getting a little yellow on the neck and throat a couple months later, then I start seeing more and more color with every shed after that. Hope that helped a bit,

John Eddington

that they'll begin to produce the vivid greens that make them so attractive.

John Peniche

I'd have to say that the male collareds seem to reach their full color potential at about 2 years of age during the mating season.