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i was surfing the net last night and found some website (sapphire dragon ranch) that sells 'blue' chinese water dragons. is there such thing or is this not true?
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CHONG188

well the way i see it is that some cwds have a bluish tinge to them.. at least my youngest does.. and shappire has bred some of the more bluish ones to make a morph..personally i don't see much difference.. they are a little lighter in color ..but far from "blue"...they look kind of like a minty color in my opinion.. very pretty..

alissa

They've been breeding them for a while now, they are deffinetly a different color then regular water dragons. Adults are light, whitish bluish color, and the babies can be a bright blue. Personally though, I've never owned one.
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Okay, I don't have a really exact description of this, but here goes.. Waterdragons like people change color when exposed to sunlight, people become more brown, waterdragons become more green. Captive bred waterdragons have not had the same exposure to natural sunlight that wild caughts have and will always be bluer as a result. In my experience some waterdragons tend to be more blue, but the color varies with exposure and diet. This is true also for many tree frogs. For years people bought captive bred blue phased Australian tree frogs only to watch them turn green when they have had enough exposure to natural sunlight. I won't pay much more for these then you would a regular captive bred, odds are there isn't any difference.