To me my female panther looks exceptionally red, but what do you guys think?

[Dave Legacy]

Hey everyone,

My Sambava panther babies are about 4mo old now, and I've been noticing that one of my females is exceptionally red compared to the others. I was wondering if this is pretty common and if the red coloration carries into adulthood?

Here's a couple pics, but I'll try to get some comparison photos with the other females:

Best regards,
Dave

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Shes a keeper. Her offspring might carry the same color trait and colorful females are on the rare side.

 

[Dave Legacy]

Shes a keeper. Her offspring might carry the same color trait and colorful females are on the rare side.

Thanks, Dean. I hadn't decided if I would keep her or not, but I think you may have twisted my arm (I needed that second opinion).

 

[bucky]

Think of what the males would look like!

 

[tryme]

bloody hell shes nice

 

[FOREVER ENDEAVOR]

yeah.... shes a keeper..

 

[ColorCham427]

Shes one pretty little girl... keep her and make her a proud mother. I'd love to see how she turns out too!

 

[Dave Legacy]

Thanks for the positive feedback! I only got one male from this clutch, and he's being held back. It looks like I'll be needing a new male to pair up with this pretty girl.

 

[BigBlue]

very nice, she's a real beauty. I would like to see her when she hits maturity. Definitley a keeper.

 

[Cainschams]

Hey Dave. That is one nice female. How old is she? One male out of how many hatchlings? Do any of the other females carry this trait? My first panther clutch finished hatching around 3 weeks ago. Im not 100 percent positive on the sexes but it looks like 3 males to 7 females. I only had 10 hatch because the medium got to dry and 12 of them died in the middle of incubation. I now check that every 2 weeks instead of every month. Have you read the incfluence of incubation temperature article on chameleon news. Pretty neat stuff although it doesnt suggest this in the veileds. I wonder if there is any other underlying factor that decides sex. Anyway sorry for all the questions and rambling. I would keep her.

 

[Dave Legacy]

27 Laid, 13 Fertile, 6 Hatched, 4 Healthy Survivors, 1 Male, and 3 Females. I still have two eggs incubating, but I don't expect them to hatch. It was my first clutch and I'm sure I'll do better next time.

None of the other females show this much red. However, they all seem to have a little bit of a red hue, but not enough full time to consider them a ruby (Look at me inventing slang terms...WOOT!) like this one. Also interesting to me is that all the females are almost a third of the size of the male! WTF? They're being separated for feedings and looking at full time independence in a week.

 

[Cainschams]

27 Laid, 13 Fertile, 6 Hatched, 4 Healthy Survivors, 1 Male, and 3 Females. I still have two eggs incubating, but I don't expect them to hatch. It was my first clutch and I'm sure I'll do better next time.

None of the other females show this much red. However, they all seem to have a little bit of a red hue, but not enough full time to consider them a ruby (Look at me inventing slang terms...WOOT!) like this one. Also interesting to me is that all the females are almost a third of the size of the male! WTF? They're being separated for feedings and looking at full time independence in a week.

This gets me thinking about maybe it wasnt the medium to dry because of the eggs that survived. Maybe they were infertile and just took that long to die, who knows. I like that term. Its the new designer name for super red females. I seperated my 10 into 4 5 gallon buckets. I am also going to be giving them independence this weekend. I think it would be best anyway. I am afraid if one gets startled then bites another they could loose part of a tail or get blinded by one climbing on another and getting a fingernail to the eye.

Good luck on your next clutch.

 

[Atsumi]

She's beautiful. A female with that coloration is definitely one I would keep.