Oops, not my photo, but yeah, totally normal! Where did you get him from? We got our emperor from Jurassic Pets in Thorton/Denver. What part of CO do you live in?
Edit: I said something stupid about red claws being the same as emperors because that was I was told by a pet store, and then I looked it up and realized you were probably talking about Tanzanian Red Claws. Cool find!