Colour and condition Thai Water Dragon
How green an animal is and how strongly the throat and flank stripes show. Males are larger with a bigger crest and jowls; colour also shifts with temperature and condition.
How it is produced
- Where it comes from
- This is not a single gene. It is produced by choosing which animals to breed, over generations.
- What that means for breeding
- No offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Colour and condition is produced by selective breeding over generations, not by a single gene, so no offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Worth knowing. No single-gene morph is established. What this species is known for in captivity is snout damage: water dragons see through glass and run into it repeatedly, rubbing their noses raw. It is caused by the enclosure — visual barriers and planting are the usual answer — rather than by anything wrong with the animal.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.