New growth is tinged a reddish or coppery color. They usually have a shiny green or greenish/blue abdomen with bronze/coppery reflections. Amber eyes are of a solid color and have a strong yellowish/golden and russet/coppery tint. The leaves are coppery green with red splashes, giving them a mottled appearance. The color is a coppery black with an iridescent tint. They are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden. Its leaves are thin, coppery red to dark green with toothed edges. The fronds have a coppery tint when young, but mature to dark green. Chalize is also described as a Golden, coppery dragon with molten gold eyes. The tongue is usually black, and the iris has a golden or coppery color. It is shiny green above with a coppery crown. The walls were painted dull green, black and coppery. The bottom side varies from bright coppery to black. When budding, the young fronds are coppery red and later green. The specific epithet "caprius" is from the Latin "cupreus" meaning "coppery".