Studies/papers etc.

Hope I don't repeat too many that I've posted before...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626215/
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t8848p5q03319146/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=29a84a035e2324f8ff16e200fd3c8af4
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/26/4/572.pdf
http://jvdi.org/cgi/content/full/19/6/674
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/ABC/article/view/57562/67530
http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/arp100v1
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/11/23/new_chameleon_species_discovered_in_east_africa.html
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/29/1/57.pdf
http://www.madagasikara-voakajy.org/en/reptiles_and_amphibians
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/november/chameleon.htm
http://www.journalofparasitology.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1645/GE-550R1.1

Thanks Kinyonga!

I never get tired of the articles you find

In the first link, 2. a), it states, "Enclosures were in constant temperature (CT) rooms with Osram L36W/72-965 Biolux fluorescent lights and day–night light and temperature cycles approximating (or slightly warmer than) their natural environment".

Are they saying they had a night light for their chams? It's interesting to see the temperature system they used. I might adopt a similar model, but I have to do some more research on the veileds temperatures.

Thanks for the links .. gives me some reading to do

Wow! What brougt this on?

When I find time, I will need to follow all these links.

Wow .. lots of information! Kinyonga, have you ever heard of anyone's chameleon being affected from crickets with IIV?

I have heard about iridovirus being in chameleons but I'm not sure it came from the crickets..it was a long time ago.

Re: the night light and temps...not sure what they mean...but maybe it was made like moonlight?

kinyonga said:

I have heard about iridovirus being in chameleons but I'm not sure it came from the crickets..it was a long time ago.

Re: the night light and temps...not sure what they mean...but maybe it was made like moonlight?

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Yeah, I was a little uncertain by what they were implying. I was just curious because it has been debated that moonlight bulbs for chams are pointless because they are sleeping. But in a Northern climate, it might possibly be useful if the temps go below 50 at night? Just a thought ... I know some ppl are having issues with low temps.

Dude thats so awesome I cant wait to give them all a read

Shouldn't these be housed in a "non forum" venue to be pointed to as reference? It just seems to me that such great information should not fade into the obscurity of "old post".

Thanks

Thanks for the many interesting finds, Kinyongia. The virus stuff is a little scary. So was the news that Jackson's in Hawai`i are eating endangered taxa there. I was fascinated to learn recently that T. schubotzi lives at quite a lot higher elevations than most other sp., and the article here seems to support that by showing they function at lower temperature than most too.

Thanks for the cool science finds.

Glad everyone liked all the information!