Recent content by Deb

Hello. It's been two years since I last posted on this forum. In the meantime, I'm on the third chameleon season now. I've seen about 15 chameleons each season since March 2012. Two were flapnecks, and the rest were Bradypodion transvalense. When I find a chameleon, I handle it for an hour or...

Typical, they go after snakes while the biggest culprit of all is rarely pointed out for its destruction to wildlife. Snakes will kill once a week or so in order to eat. Cats, on the other hand, will kill indiscriminately every single night just for the fun of it. But suggest any laws...

The closest I can get to answering your questions is to say that I know a whole bunch of people who will, on command, walk like a chameleon. This involves fashioning their hands so that all four fingers come together and oppose the thumb, then creeping down the passage in a single file line...

Very beautiful pictures. I lived in Durban for a large part of my life, but I only rarely saw a flapneck, never saw a dwarf. But then again, I wasn't really looking. Speaking to people around here (Swaziland) and from as far afield as Waterval-Boven (200kms away in South Africa), everyone is...

And here is the third Bradypodion transvaalense I found. I called him "AB" on account of a white 'armband', which I think was old skin that was left over from a shed. I have seen him once since the initial sighting. I took him into captivity for several hours so I cound observe and photograph...

You know, each country has its own set of positives and negatives. If you trade one country for another, you simple trade one set of issues for another. I may have the chameleons and monitors and landscapes that would make any artist weep, but also right now the country is facing Hurricane...

This is the second Bradypodion tranvaalense I found in the garden. He was the most colourful of the 4 BTs I've seen this season. I refer to him as "Jack", and I haven't seen him since.

Another Bradypodion today. This one is the youngest I have seen, even younger than that first one, and quite noticeably different in appearence. Will post pics of all these finds soon. I don't really have a "yard". It's more like a "property", of which my rented house is one of a few on the...

Another Bradypodion found yesterday. This one was an adult male. Amazing colours! I will post pics when the price of bandwidth drops, which is next week hopefully.

Biffa keep in mind that Johannesburg has a huge daily temperature range. You know how in winter it can be just above freezing at night, and then heat up to 25C in the sun, but remain 10C just a step away in the shade. I would guess that Madagascar's temperature range is not quite as high as...

So I put her back in the vegetable garden, in the guava tree which is about 10 meters from where she was found. I didn't want to put her on the now denuded ground because she would have been too exposed now that all that vegetation has been removed; also, there was a kingfisher hanging about who...

So, another Chameleon found in the garden in Swaziland. This time, it is a flapneck (Chamaeleo dilepis according to the local wildlife guidebook. However I saw one expert online- may have been Chris Anderson on this forum- disputing whether this is really dilepis). I think it is a female, and...

Thank you for the comments. I think I am going to put him back today near where he was found. I hope the kids (2-6year olds) won't find him, and if they do I hope I have taught them well enough to respect all life. Chris, I do want to emphasise to you though that this is a really rough...

Thank you for the replies. My garden is a bit of a wild environment. To give you an idea, two days ago there was a 1m long adult spitting cobra that got into the house (it was a Rinkhals if you know what that is). There are lots of possible predator birds too (oh goodness, tons of kingfishers...

Here are some pics I snapped this afternoon. He is a little shorter than my baby finger (excluding tail): https://www.chameleonforums.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=10742&c=3 https://www.chameleonforums.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=10743&c=3...