Recent content by Justyn

I've been wanting to work with these species for approx. a decade so I was happy when this pair arrived at my house. I hope to have success breeding them. I saw your posts of the species, very impressive. Looks like you're already ahead of me.

Female Chamaeleo (Trioceros) pfefferi

Male Chamaeleo (Trioceros) pfefferi

I know Strictly Reptiles was selling them (guessing they imported them) a couple weeks ago. I was curious what they were too. Either Chamaeleo africanus or Chamaeleo hoehnelii is my guess. I doubt it was Chamaeleo hoehnelii.

You can buy Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (sold as BT for mosquitoes). It is non toxic to the chameleons and only affects gnat larva and mosquitoes. Look it up online, it works well. Many garden nurseries sale it.

I guess you don't ahve Wal-mart, Home Depot, and Lowe's, but I am sure you can find what you need.

Well, if you had enough of them they would work. I would use your 10.0's along with a few T-8 6500k bulbs. It gives a much better light for chameleons (along with the 10.0) and plants. You can get 6500k fluorescents for about $6.00 for a set of two at Home Depot or Lowe’s. You’ll need a...

The problem is not enough light. People do not realize that even deep shade in the forest chameleons receive a lot more light then we provide. The damage we do with strong lighting is you need to diffuse it, otherwise it can cause stress. Metallic egg crate works well for this purpose and...

Yeah, they normally come in poorly (like all pygmies). R. spectrum (and most Cameroon species) really come in bad because they all come in through one importer primarily (LA Reptiles) and change hands from the collecter, to the trader, to the exporter, to the importer, to the wholesaler, to the...

Hopefully the next time these guys come in I'll keep some for myself. Female Male/Female Pair

I wish I had some "serious" work being done about this. Right now I am just keeping them in captivity. Maybe in the future..... I am setting up a pretty cool temporal gland study in Jackson's chameleon. That should be interesting and hopefully give us a better idea of the usage of...

I fixed the specimen in formaldehyde and he is currently preserved in 190 proof alcohol. I took a section of the liver and preserved it straight in 190 proof alcohol, it will be cryogenically frozen at UTA. I will deposit these at UTA at some point in the future. I do this will ALL my deceased...

Here is a species found along with R (Rhin.). acuminatus on Nguru Mountain in Tanzania. First I thought it was a R. (Rhin.) beraduccii, but after carefully reading Mariaux and Tibury (2006), I saw that the specimens originally referred to as possible Tanzania specimens of Rhin. (R.) boulengeri...

The pics just show you the wide range of colors these guys take on. Anything from blue, green, grey, brown, etc. Mostly they are green however, with blue throughout.

Here are some more pics of these guys. Female Female Male Male