Thank you everyone for your replies. With your help and my own purchases I'm getting an idea of the chameleon trade(rs) as time goes on, but I am new to most of it. On the strength of the feedback from each of you and the absence of communication from the seller, I'll be letting this one go.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=670225
Can anyone tell by the photo listed by this Fauna Classifieds add if this is a male B. thamnobates. It is listed as Cbb and a juvenile so may be to young to tell gender.
Also, anyone know of or had any experience with the seller...
I did locate the ID key from Raxworthy & Nussbaum for Brookesia (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.852.2808&rep=rep1&type=pdf) and from the photos I took, I thought it could be B. ebenaui. Thank you for the ID confirmation.
Chameleophlaged - Congratulations. Glad you got a pair thamnobates from Steve. Thank you posting and best of luck with them!
Jeremy and Chris - I’m very saddened to hear of the difficulties that Steve and others have had in attempting to deal with AAC. I’m not seeing how it makes any logical...
Another possibility is B. ebanaui? My individual does have dorsolateral tubercles on the tail that decrease in size posterior to the sacral shield/pair and which appear to decrease in size on the body (anterior to posterior) anterior to the sacral pair
Thanks Syreptyon. It would be good to know with some certainty what species its is (and gender) thus asking here, b/c it is very cool and I'd sure like to get a mate for it - but want to make sure I'd be searching for the correct species.
I've had this Brookesia for about six months now and it seems to be doing fairly well. It came to me as B. stumpffi. However I'm sure that is not the correct ID.
I am leaning toward B. thieli due to white patterns on the nape, shape of the head and arrangement of spines along the sides and...
I find Bradypodion ssp. to be fascinating as well.
There is a B. thamnobates care sheet (consisting of several separate photos) on Atmosphere Chameleons USA Facebook page - see this link...
Thanks everyone for your likes and comments. I case you haven't seen it, I posted a video of the same pairing as the photo in my Kinyongia boehmei 2018 Import thread. The link to the video is below. I hope you enjoy,