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Hi Everyone, In 2014 the IUCN/SSC Chameleon Specialist Group (CSG) ran a crowdfunding campaign through Rockethub.com to perform a rapid assessment of the status of Rhampholeon chapmanorum, the most range restricted chameleon. This crowdfunding was supported in no small part by donations from...

Hi Everyone, Back in 2013 I sold a number of hand painted chameleon cards done by Anthony Njembui from Nakuru, Kenya (for more information on Anthony, check out that first add: https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/chameleon-cards-hand-painted-in-kenya.118081/). Then, back in 2015 I sold a...

Hi all, I've been away from the forum for a bit due to field work, teaching commitments and some home repair projects that have eaten up all my spare time. I thought I would share some images of some chameleons I found last month while teaching a Field Ecology course in Kenya, however. These...

Thought I'd let everyone know that a second edition of Colin Tilbury's "Chameleons of Africa" has been officially listed on the Chimaira website with an anticipated publication date in March of this year. Here's a link, which includes images of the cover and various pages within the book showing...

Hi Everyone, For those of you in the US and Canada looking to purchase copies of Jan Stipala's book ("Mountain Dragons: In Search of Chameleons in the Highlands of Kenya") without the prohibitively expensive international shipping costs, Jan has sent me a number of signed copies of his new book...

Hi Everyone, For those of you in the US and Canada looking to purchase copies of Jan Stipala's book ("Mountain Dragons: In Search of Chameleons in the Highlands of Kenya") without the prohibitively expensive international shipping costs, Jan has sent me a number of signed copies of his new book...

Hi Everyone, I've previously posted two thread about major updates to the chameleons included on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/iucn-red-list-assessments-for-chameleons-updated.136412/ and...

Hi Everyone, Thought I would post a note about three new species that were described this week: Kinyongia itombwensis, K. rugegensis and K. tolleyae. These species were described during a reassessment of the Kinyongia adolfifriderici group and were described from the Itombwe Plateau of the DRC...

I am selling one juvenile male Lygodactylus williamsi. He is approximately 2.5-3" in length. Sexing is based on dark throat patterning, swollen tail base and presence of femoral pores. Photos were taken 5/7/17. I am asking $150 + shipping for this individual. Trades considered for...

I am selling one 10 month old female Lygodactylus williamsi. She was hatched on 3/25/16. Sexing is based on light throat patterning, lack of a swollen tail base and female coloration (she is kept individually, so not a suppressed male). Photos were taken 2/4/17. As you may know, CITES...

I typically do not sell my baby Lygodactylus williamsi until they are ~ 8 months old and sexable, but I need to make room for more babies that are due to hatch and raise some funds for another project. As a result, I am selling 5 unsexed juvenile L. williamsi. These animals are from three...

I am selling a CBB male Lygodactylus williamsi. This animal hatched 12/27/15 so it is almost 8 months old and measures about 2.5-3" total length. Photos taken 8/24/16: As you may know, at the upcoming CITES Conference of the Parties (24 September-05 October 2016), CITES will consider a...

I am selling two ~3 month old unsexed baby Phelsuma klemmeri (hatched 5/16). They are approximately 2" total length and growing nicely. Photos taken 8/24/16: Asking $150 each + shipping. Trades considered for: female Bradypodion thamnobates (Nottingham Road or Fern Hill locales), female...

At the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (being held from 24 September-05 October 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa), CITES will consider a number of proposals for inclusion of different species on Appendices I and II. Among them is a proposal for the inclusion of the genera...

Hi Everyone, I'm pleased to let you all know that Jan Stipala and I have arranged a way for individuals in the US and Canada to purchase copies of his recent book ("Mountain Dragons: In Search of Chameleons in the Highlands of Kenya") without the prohibitively expensive international shipping...

I am selling a CBB Female Lygodactylus williamsi (Electric Blue Day Gecko). She hatched 8/26/15, so she is almost 8 months old! The photos below were taken yesterday (4/18/16). Asking $300 + shipping for her. Chris

Hi Everyone, Thought I would post a note about a new species that was described late last month: Kinyongia msuyae. This species was described from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania and extending across the Makambako Gap to the Southern Highlands (Livingstone Mountains), which is significant...

Hi All, Thought I would post a link to a new study that was published last week on tongue projection in chameleons. In it, I showed that small chameleon species are able to project their tongues proportionately longer distances and at higher accelerations and power output than larger species...

Hi Everyone, Last year I posted a thread about a major update to the chameleons included on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/iucn-red-list-assessments-for-chameleons-updated.136412/). At the time 184 of the 200 (92%) recognized chameleon species...

Hi Everyone, I thought you all might be interested to see the following paper: Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 65(2): 167-246. (Available online at...