eastern/central

[manou]

Hi

I had the same question a couple of month ago already, I know.
But here we go again :
After looking for some eastern bearded dragons for a while I finally found some directly from a breeder.
I made my homework this time and had a close look at the adult ones and after checking the colour, the shape of the head, the spikes and the yellow colour of the mouth I was very very sure that these are eastern dragons.
So I bought 8 of the little ones and I really like these little fellows.
They are eating very well and slowly get bigger.
Yesterday I watched them eating crickets and saw that they all have a more red/pink rather than a yellow mouth.
Now I am confused again.
Isn't the colour of the mouth a very significant difference between eastern and central bearded dragons ?
Or do they change the colour after getting bigger ?
Thanks for every help

Cheers

 

[sharky]

Wait, when you first bought them they had yellow mouths and then they turned pink?

(Sorry if that was a dumb question )

 

[Chalky77]

do you have any pictures of them? heres some pictures of mine if it helps

 

[manou]

Hi Sharkyy

No, no dumb question, probably more a confusing text .
The grown up ones that supposed to be the parents had a yellow mouth, but the young ones that I have bought have the red/pink mouth.
Thats what I wanted to say

 

[oOLaurenOo]

Those guys pictured there are all easterns.

 

[manou]

can someone clearly identify them as eastern or centrals ?
Thanks for you help

 

[oOLaurenOo]

Easterns. The three dots on there head give it away.

 

[manou]

Thanks
But shouldn't they have yellow gum

 

[dragondude]

Gum colour is not a reliable indicator.