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    Cranial anatomy of C calyptratus

    https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.70077?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwOH4rpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5CGNhbGxzaXRlAjI1AAEevpDnaAIq82ZLv-9LpAyXYxUN9sv8Pqm1zgi76QkyCYhI9kJ2OOig6_R6Gn8_aem_jGyY-HlWcW4_9U6eay8ecw Cool anatomy article showing the skull structure...
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    UVB dosage and fertility in panther chameleons

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21591 Interesting results looking at high, medium, and low UVB irradiance
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    Are there any good LED UVB available yet?

    I have read about the spectrum of all the original LED UVB produced and they all had inappropriate UV spectrums. Some even produced UVC rays, and all lack UVA wavelengths All of the decent fluorescent UVB bulbs produce even more UVA than UVB which is essential for appropriate regulation of...
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    Happy Halloween

    Happy Halloween week! Denver botanical gardens
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    Tribalism

    https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10.1176/appi.ps.201800259 I think recent discussions here reflect some of what this paper talks about. I will kindly ask you to remove the subject material used in the paper and place differing opinions about chameleons and their care in its place because I...
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    Book on animal welfare

    I found a free access book today about animal welfare and thought some of you might be interested. It’s not reptile specific, but should be interesting https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85248-0
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    Has anyone heard about the situation in Madagascar?

    https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-presidency-warns-attempted-coup-without-offering-evidence-2025-10-12/ A coup has started in Madagascar. I wonder if anyone has heard how it might affect the trade from there Obviously not the most important question, but it makes you think they...
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    Chillers for fogging at night

    Has anyone used a chiller to cool their fogger for nighttime fogging, and how well did it work? I’m wondering if this might help reach temps in the 50s at night that many montane Chams require for good overall health Probably would require a much smaller chiller than what is used on reef tanks...
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    Should you increase temperatures during infection?

    I’m wondering if anyone has used or uses the strategy of increasing basking and ambient temperature when they are treating infections in their reptiles. It is well established that many biological processes require a certain temperature to increase their effectiveness. Immunological processes in...
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    Have you seen this Kickstarter?

    Just showed up on my feed Interesting, I wonder how programmable it might be https://www.reptiliavita.com/
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    Thermoregulaltion

    “Greater variability in habitat constitutes greater potential for precise regulation of preferred temperatures. More opportunity for thermoregulation contributes to the increased fitness of organisms in a complex habitat“ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.1141
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    Huge reptile biology resource

    Here’s a link to Biology of the Reptilia started and overseen by a scientist named Carl Gans. It covers four decades, 22 volumes, and 13,800 pages of science on reptiles https://carlgans.org/biology-reptilia-online/ It might take a while to get through 😂
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    Interesting new book on its way

    I ordered this today. I’m excited to read a review of the research on welfare of captive reptiles. The link below gives a review of its contents https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10936276/
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    Facebook podcast tonight

    One of our members will be on a podcast on Facebook at 10 CST talking about parson’s and their care. Should be worth checking out if you’re available The link is posted on Primo Chameleons on Facebook if you’re interested
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    The lunar eclipse is starting

    Go outside 😊
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    Larry the leopard gecko

    The only one that doesn’t hate me 😂 I love the smiley face on his head 🙂
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    Gary the gargoyle gecko

    I barely ever see the guy, but man he is pretty (or she? I don’t know, I respect their privacy)
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    They’re here!

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    Benefits of Vitamin D

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    Even more reasons to provide Full spectrum light

    https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/anticanres/36/3/1345.full.pdf
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