The Ladaukia stellio picea
(orange spotted agama) are not as common here in the USA. I am one of the first breeders to produce cbb (captive bred and
born) babies here in the states which occurred this year (2008).
The males and females are similar in their dark brown color with the bright orange spots and bands from snout to tail tip. Some
males when sexually mature (as early as yearlings) will display a black ground color with some sprinkles of blue on their backs and blue color on their forearms and thighs.
In the first photo you can see my ALFA male
who displays just that blackish color as well as some blue spotting and also blue highlighting on the legs … very handsome
year old male. He shares the photo with one of his four month old offspring.
In the second photo you will see five of the fore mentioned male’s hatchlings just
hours after hatching. The third photo is of a clown agama and an orange spotted agama just after hatching. You can see the
size difference in the two stellio sub species as the orange spotted agama are smaller as are the eggs they hatch out
from.
