Breeding pygmy's caught on camera

Sunday, i was walking around my reptile room to check on my 'kids' and suddenly I noticed two pygmys, verrrry close together

Sooo i ran up to get my camera:

Tight grip!

Making her a mother on mothers day lol

ROFL! I love the look on his face in that first pic! Priceless!

how exquisite I have never seen that caught with pygmy's before. We will need more pictures when they hatch. Tiff he does look very pleased with himself doesn't he.

He's smiling.

iwantone said:

He's smiling.

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Lol now what guy wouldnt be!?
Great pic!

Oh your pic is way better than mine! These are my brevs mating:



It was actually really funny because I was just walking past their cage and noticed the female just kind of crouching on a branch high up where I've never seen her before and I paused to see what she was doing. All of sudden the male came flying out of the plants behind her and just jumped her! It really caught me by surprise! He was obviously interested in her invitation! The whole time they were mating (about 15 minutes) he would rock his body back and forth in short jerky movements every few minutes. Then they were done and both just crawled off. It was the only time I've ever seen them doing that...well, it.

Thats great thanks for sharing.

I also laughed very hard, seeing his face in these pics. Like 'yeeh hah!' Haha!

I have two pairs in a large enclosure...it's like a small forest. I marked the female with non-toxic crayola, and will separate her in two weeks so she can lay her eggs there.
Anyone knows, what the incubationperiod is? Temps and stuff? I have a couple of books on chams, but none specifically on pygmy's...

This is Rhampholeon temporalis. About 1 year and three months old appr.

...and thanks all for your nice and funny comments!

Haha, so tiny. Good pic

Necas says incubation at 69-73F with a slight nighttime drop eggs hatched in 150-172 days for temporalis.

Petr Necas Stump-tailed Chameleons

Thanks ferretinmyshoes for the information on incubation.

I suppose i can incubate those eggs on roomtemperature.. My reptileroom has sufficient temps for the eggs. Or i can leave them in the enclosure

For my brevs even though the enclosure was nice and humid and the right temps I still found two clutches of eggs shriveled up in the soil when I did a cage change. Incubating separately gives you more control over the environment. Plus then you get to watch the eggs grow, which I think is fun!

Another reason to take them out is if it does work and you don't see the babies literally as they are hatching the parents might mistake them for prey and try to eat them. I had to pry the mom's jaws off a baby's head. It didn't survive. And I had just walked by the viv like an hour before and there were no babies to be found. Another reason to incubate separately.

it funny beause in the first pic hes smiling

Ok ferretinmyshoes, thanks again!

I will take them out of the enclosure then.. That's maybe why i've not seen any babies yet. They're in there for almost a year, probably ate them i guess

Great pictures, lucky you catching them at it in such a convenient place