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Hi there,

I was hoping I could get some opinions on the morph of my Tokay. This male is wild caught I picked him up directly from the importer, the pictures are a little deceiving he has more of a silver tone then the green tone in the picture. Although, the walls of his enclosure are white and am not sure if this is affecting his color in anyway. I was thinking he looked similar to the Blue Headed Greens but from the pictures I have seen the Blue Headed Greens look much darker.

Thanks in advance,
Susan

I'd say definitely a blue-headed green. There is some variation in this morph - some lighter green, some darker olive. The time of day at which you shoot the picture matters too - they tend to lighten at night.

Thanks for the reply, I took a look at him about 2 hrs after I turned his lights off and he doesn't seem to darken or lighten at night I have just put a full spectrum bulb on him to see how this affects his color too. I was reading down the posts and noticed that it was mentioned that Blue Headed Greens are the result of Tokays breeding with Green Eyed Geckos I took a look at the GGA site but I cannot find what DadeHerper was referring to. Has anyone investigated this further? I have never kept Green Eyed Geckos and have no idea if this possible, not that I would think they weren't genetically compatible, I just know through my own experience of feeding my Tokays deformed gecko hatchlings they prefer geckos over anything else I have offered them. Would the Green Eyed Geckos stand a chance? My oldest male Tokay was about 10 years (that I had him anyway) and he was a monster he just never seemed to stop growing, would the Green Eyed Geckos size make a difference in the offspring? How big in general are Blue Headed Greens, and are they dwarfed by wild type Tokays? I am assuming my male is still young and I do not know his potential size.

Please bear with me and all these questions I am new to "morph tokays" I saw my "Blue Headed Green" male and thought he was one of the coolest geckos I have ever seen, and I would like to have/make more.

Susan

Blue Headed Green for sure. Really pretty animal!!
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