Kenya pygmy chameleon- Rieppeleon kerstenii

Hey all ... I'm looking at getting a couple of these chams from a LPS and was wondering if anybody else had any experience with them. I believe that they need a forest floor type terrarium with many nice thin branches and a fairly high humidity. I'm thinking that a 20 gal. with a screen lid would do.

I also want to ensure that there is a male and female before purchasing ... does anybody know how to sex them? Unfortunately I haven't been able to find very much info on the net about them.

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave.

I'm sorry I dont have much information on them.
I did have an idea though.
I think this thread would be a great cannidate for Chameleon Genera area of the forum.
Future reference.

http://www.naturekenya.org/Downloads/jldownloads/Wojnowsktoprint.pdf

If this was in english it would be great!
http://www.terrainspira.ch/berichte/chamaeleon/rhampholeon_kerstenii.html

Nick Mole from First Choice Reptiles might have some information on them.
I know he had/has them, but he would be a go to guy on most African chameleons

Hey .. thanks for the replies. I just called the store that's selling them to check the scientific name and found out that they're Rhampholeon temporalis. They just had on the cage Kenya Pygmy Chameleon so I'm going to do a search for this scientific name now to see what I can find.

Anybody have experience with the TEMPORALIS pygmies??

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave.

I found this link on the forum to the TEMPORALIS !!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/rhampholeon-temporalis-pint-sized-1284/

Dyesub Dave.

Dyesub, did you get any pygmies?

Yes .... I did end up getting a pair of them but they didn't last long. I have a thread here ..... https://www.chameleonforums.com/new-pygmy-chameleons-10663/ ... however I can't seem to edit my old posts to fix the pics.

The female only lived for about a month and the male for several months. My apartment was getting far too hot for the male and I was putting a frozen 2L water bottle in the enclosure twice a day. One evening I was gone a bit longer and came home and he was no longer alive.

I would like to get more at some point but will likely wait until I have better temperature control. Actually .... I got an A/C unit last summer and will likely be getting another this summer. However now I don't really have room for any more chams at the moment.

I still have 4 Veiled Chameleons but am getting more into GECKOS. As well as the chameleons I have 4 adult Crested Geckos with many babies and eggs, 2 White Line Geckos with several babies and eggs, 4 African Banded Velvet Geckos, 4 Gold Dust Day Geckos, 2 Micro Geckos, a pair of Fire Skinks, a Tangerine Honduran Milk Snake, a Snow Corn Snake. 4 Clown Tree Frogs and 4 Fish Tanks. My son has a Crested Gecko, Hedgehog and 7 Tarantulas in his room.

So I'm on a few of the gecko forums but unfortunately don't have much extra time for the Chameleon, Fish and Tarantula forums. I also don't have a computer at my disposal at work any more which impacts the amount of time that I can communicate with the forums.

I'm still definitely interested in several of the Pygmy Chams especially since they require much less space than the larger species. However my place is very FULL of critters and I'm trying to stick with the ones that don't take up as much space!!

Too many interests ... not enough time, money or space!! LOL

Dyesub Dave.