“In this dissertation I evaluate, based on a taxonomic revision of Calumma nasutum group, the significance of mitochondrial lineages for species delimitation and promote micro- computed tomography (micro-CT) as an additional tool for integrative taxonomy. The second part deals with the discovery...
Just for fun…
https://zambia.desertcart.com/products/20326316-the-mountain-boys-little-kids-climbing-chameleon
Stuffie…
https://botswana.desertcart.com/products/414168169-folkmanis-small-chameleon
Chameleon ornament…...
For the kids..and the chameleon lovers…
https://www.halloweencostumes.ca/chameleon-costumes.html
Neptune…
https://www.chameleonforums.com/media/chameleon-halloween-bloopers-happy-halloween.52611/
Chameleon carved from pumpkin…
Chameleonon pumpkin…...
“The venoms of formicine ants are well-known to contain concentrated formic acid.”…
https://www.antwiki.org/w/images/a/a9/Koch%2C_L._et_al._%282025%29_Acid_reign_%2810.25849%40myrmecol.news_035%26001%29.pdf
Harpalus pensylvanicus are formic acid producers...
“A recent field study reports a highly female-biased sex ratio in the Eastern Arc Endemic Usambara three horned chameleon, Trioceros deremensis, a large, sexually dimorphic species.”…
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&context=etd
“Potentially receptive F. verrucosus females mainly allowed males to attempt copulation, whereas potentially receptive F. labordi females were selective.”…
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27669743
“The Jackson's chameleons in Hawaii have crooked horns so often due to limited availability of calcium in their environment of volcanic origin.”…
https://www.chameleons.info/l/why-the-hawaiian-jacksons-chameleons-have-often-deformed-horns/
Here are some articles I found about calcium in Hawaii…...
“This overview describes many common reptile surgery techniques and their application for research purposes or to provide medical care to research subjects.”…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3035398/
This was aimed at people eating them…but that doesn’t change the nutritional values, of course!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335893221_Nutritional_Value_of_Four_Common_Edible_Insects_in_Zambia
“From stone to dust, the journey of calcium supplementation reflects not just chemistry, but ecology, anatomy, and husbandry philosophy. The closer we get to nature's blueprint, the better we serve the animals in our care.”…...
I found this article to have lots of interesting information about crickets. Hope you find it interesting too!
“This review is expected to promote greater recognition of crickets as a source of food, feed, and other benefits in the world and encourage up-scaling by farming them for sustainable...