This tegu doesnt look red, why?

[Neeko]

You guys are all full of so much info I was browsing and found a red tegu that doesnt look very red.

 

[chelvis]

Here is the post so people can get the bigger pictures, the one above is just too small.
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=115&de=867195

You can see along the tail some red is coming out. Some reds are a very mute red and more of a creamy color. Some breeders go for colors other go for size and some simply go for money. Gentics is also different amounst litter mates, so a clutch mate might be more red. But this is in fact a red tegu.

 

[Grendel]

cause its not a red tegu

 

[katoeLAZARO]

That's how my tegu looks like. You hardly see red its more of like a creamy color like he said but around his arms and belly you see a very bright red and on the black along he's back some red dots are appearing. Im guessing as he grows the red starts to spread.

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Just this one is a bit more white lol

 

[Grendel]

i take it back , its red, the other picture was too small

 

[TeguLouie]

just looks still young to me, but i could be wrong

 

[Rhetoric]

I think its a true red. There are different shades and patterns between the subspecies. Some reds are dark, some bright, it depends on the genetics.