Calico, Leucistic or Pied?
We have paired over 24 white type, visual Tokay together over the last 3 years and have some preliminary findings worth noting:
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1) All the offspring except one appeared normal at birth. The one odd-ball had a patch of translucent scales. He later turned a mottled, speckled green, and then started to turn white. Gallery of Calico-Pied
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2)It appears that the pied trait is in fact progressive. Meaning, it will develop over time. In the couple of know recent captive bred examples, this has started to develop between 8 and 18 months of age.
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3)There are examples of the white extending to most, if not all of the animal. There are examples were they can continue to turn back to a dark grey, or melanistic looking state as well.
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4)Several Granite look to be more like the pied at a later stage in the progression.
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5)In early 2013 we paired the Calico looking Pied female, pictured lower left above, to a traditional looking Pied male, pictured on the lower left above. They produced 5 normal looking offspring and one, all white Tokay.