[deboardfam]

Roughly what age will the green/bronze auratus start to bronze? I got a pair this weekend..

 

[frogparty]

full color on them might not be fully achieved until they are 2 years old

 

[deboardfam]

Wow.. when should I start seeing bronzing roughly? Now they are just green/black.. look just like regular auratus lol

 

[frogparty]

Ive never seen them start out without even a little bronzish coloration...
these were mine at 3 months oow

and the oddball from the group

 

[ZookeeperDoug]

OMG that last frog is amazing!

 

[pdfDMD]

Agreed - I hope he keeps his color!

 

[guppygal]

I have the blue/bronze morph and the bronzing starts fairly quickly.

The first is a pix of Jr, less than a week oow;
The second pix is about 3 weeks oow - notice how the dark color starts increasing and taking over the blue color. He's about 8 months now, but he won't hold still for a pix. His pattern is very nice.
The third pix is his mama. I love the way their coloration changes over time.

 

[deboardfam]

Thanks guys/gals.. very beautiful frogs. I am excited

 

[james67]

green and bronze, blue and bronze and turquoise and bronze are almost undoubtedly the same frog as any combination will breed all colors. so the frog in the last pic is just a "turquoise and bronze" frog, and while its definitely pretty it isnt really an oddball or strange deviation from the normal colors.

as far as the bronze coloring up, you should start to see some color develop in the first 12 months but dont expect anything drastic. they seem to continue to get lighter and lighter with age.

james

 

[frogparty]

the "oddball" at about a year old. I know they are all pretty much the same, but this was the only one from the clutch that ended up with any kind of turquoise coloration

sadly it was always a runty little guy, and didnt live much longer after that pic was taken