i just acquired a sub-adult GTP from a local collector who was downsizing (ostensibly it's a sorong x jayapura outcross and favors the typical sorong green, but for all i know it could be from australia). i am sufficiently acquainted with husbandry issues and proper care for GTPs in general, but i still don't know much of anything about their morphology...which leads me to my question. is a small black tip at the end of the tail, behind the vent, indicative of any sort of malady or disease? he/she is virtually uniformly green, with a light, faded blue diamond dorsal pattern, so the dark tip of the tail really stands out. nor do there seem to be any outward problems--did not object when i had to remove him from the cage to clean it and then took a small rat immediately after. it honestly looks like part of a pattern from younger days that never faded (sort of like a pointillism version of the "mite phase" GTPs).

anyway, i'm sure it's nothing, i just figured i'd ask someone with a little more experience. i'm going to try to include a picture here, but i'm still learning how to get around on this site.

thanks.



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