backwater reptiles

Today my pair of Calumma brevicornis locked, so I'm very pleased. Not the greatest picture quality, but I didn't want to disturb them too much. This photograph was near the end--it lasted about 20-30 minutes. Not bad.

This afternoon I received six good-looking T. johnstoni eggs from a very plump (and uncooperative) female who I literally designed a new laying bin for in an attempt to get her to lay. Finally, today was the day. I've got 2.3 johnstoni in the group, with one male who is the most aggressive...

This afternoon I received 30 healthy-looking eggs from my big female Oustalet's (pictured below). I raised her as a ch baby, to adult size, for exactly this purpose. I have put her with my male Ambilobe five times, twice overnight. By design, she's never been near another male chameleon. I...

I just received 2.3 Trioceros johnstoni and one of the females is quite gravid (pictured below). Here's to healthy eggs.

Earlier this afternoon I found myself with a free hour which doesn't happen often, so I decided to create a sort of "ultimate" egg laying bin. It was fun, I'll be very curious if it increases the laying rate going forward. Regardless, while I was mixing up the substrate, I decided to add some...

Here's a quad I've been raising (purchased as a baby from Ponders)... Here's a random female quad import... Male K. xenorhina (Strange-nosed chameleon)... Same male xenorhina drinking... Another male K. xenorhina...notice the long claws on this species... A very gravid...

Here's a little bugger I received recently from the Uganda shipment that came in a while back. I've got 3.2 now, with a gravid female, so fingers crossed. I find this species very interesting, although I don't feel that is necessarily echoed within the chameleon community since they were still...

Here's a picture of a male Oustalet's I raised from a baby...he may not look like it in the picture, but he's pretty massive. I'd say the best eater of any of the chameleons we house. A real beast. I'm looking forward to seeing how large of a size he attains. The Oustalet's don't get much...

I finally received some great looking T. montium eggs today from one of my females. I also have about 25 eggs that were extracted, but I don't have high hopes for those. Regardless, my excitement was tempered by something a very experienced cham breeder recently told me when picked-up 2.2...

Here's an example of the lengths at which I must at times go to help prove an exporter is legitimate...can you guess the country? In the end, I did not use this exporter due to a conversation I had with a customer of their's in the Netherlands. Thanks, Sam Backwater Reptiles, LLC

Here are some hand-picked chams that I was able to procure from a very recent Madagascar shipment. I took a few pictures as I was unpacking them this evening--I'll post better pictures once they are acclimated and better hydrated. Male O'Shaughnessy (sole male)... Female O'Shaughnessy...

Today I came across one of my female cristatus who had boldly chosen her own laying spot within the shefflera plant base. I have flat rocks on top of the soil in all the cages, and I've actually never (to my knowledge) had a cham move the rocks and dig into the potted soil. This feisty cristatus...

Just thought I'd post a quick close-up snapshot of one of our quad's red claws, for forum members who haven't seen them before--I know I hadn't. I'm not sure if it's a T.q.q. or a gracilior, maybe someone else on the forum can tell. I read Chris Anderson's thread on the differences, but this...

By now many of you have heard about the Cameroon shipment that came in legally within the last few days--the first in a long time. I was able to procure 30 quads, 20 montium, 14 cristatus, and 20 pfefferi. Some of the quads are red claws. Pretty good mix of juveniles and adults. Some are in...

Must be something in the air. Congratulations to NHenn for beating me to the punch. I checked my eggs today and sure enough there was a little guy walking around. The eggs were laid on April 5th of 2014. Here are some pictures...

The Sailfins (C. cristatus) have captivated me since I first laid eyes on them back on May 9th of this year, when I was able to procure 2.2 adults. Fast forward to today, August 20th (around 100 days later), and I noticed one of the females was on the floor of the enclosure (something I have...

I have some Veileds hatching today, from a clutch of 55 eggs produced by my favorite female breeder, who is gravid again... Here's one of the babies walking around...

Male dwarf Fischer's... Female dwarf Fischer's... Here's a young Rudis cham, about two weeks old... Here are a couple of my female Sailfin chameleons (cristatus). They were imported a couple months ago, and are cleaning up nicely. I've been experimenting housing situations for...