Tokay Morph Question?

[u/patri_dish_]

Does anyone know why my 1 year-old Tokay male always looks tan when flared down? Even on the security camera, he never looks blue like his parents do.

I assume he's partially flared up, but I have yet to see either of his parents (or others online) with this situation. Has anyone else seen this? Could he be throwing a weird color just due to age? Is it a morph I don't know about? Both his parents seemed to be captive bred normal morphs.

[u/Bugbreath22]

I think it could take a good 12-24 months for them to achieve their final coloration. Maybe he just needs a little more time.

[u/patri_dish_ → u/Bugbreath22]

He's a little over a year-old now and he still does the same, but that's what I was thinking at first too. Thanks for confirming my thoughts! His dad is pretty red compared to other tokays, so I don't think he has just normal genetics but I have no idea honestly. I can't find a lot much actual definitive proof on what classifies what morph.

[u/Bugbreath22]

If you have Instagram, check out Gallerygekko. She could answer all your questions far better than most!

[u/patri_dish_ → u/Bugbreath22]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[u/RaptorDelivery]

Normal Tokay look a lot like your offspring. They will change color tone after a shed, and in breeding season. That’s December and January.
Also, some breeders are at fault for trying to call every color shade a new morph without actually proving out the genetics.

[u/RaptorDelivery → u/RaptorDelivery]

Also you look up my old Michaels Tokay Hoard site at Billewicz.com, enjoy!

[u/patri_dish_ → u/RaptorDelivery]

I'll definitely look them up thank you! And I produced him and he's my first offspring, so I haven't grown out a tokay previously before.

His parents were sold as a normal type CB pair, so I'm realistically not expecting some crazy thing with him. I'm just curious what's going on with my little boy.