B. transvaalense

[luevelvet]

Thanks everyone!

Well, I took a road trip on Friday and picked up a few more. That leaves us with a total of 3 pairs (3.3). I truly adore this species...

Cheers!

Luis

 

[laurie]

Wow 3 pair??? Soon you will be flooding the market with babies, or I can hope so.

 

[luevelvet]

I was able to grab a few updated pics. So far we lost a pair to respiratory infections but the other 4 are looking pretty good. The younger ones seem to acclimate a bit easier than the adults.


This is our youngest female. Occasionally she'll pattern up if disturbed, as seen in the image, but typically shes stays a solid banana yellow...

This is the younger male. He still has a month or three of growing into himself but I'm very happy with what I'm witnessing right now. I've not seen too many images of B. transvaalense that display much, if any, green. Normally he is a varying pattern of army colors; dark greens, browns, blacks; but I can never get an image of it. These are his, "No really, I'm a real transvaalense, I swear it!" colors.

Cheers!

Luis

 

[Cainschams]

Nice pics!!! Sorry to hear about the one pair.

 

[Klemins]

Sorry to hear about that pair, but these two look great. My male has had the "fired up"/orange and black stripe pattern on for the last few days. I'll try to get some pics soon.

 

[chameleonneeds]

I think they are WC. Nice and all but WC.

And how big is that one in the last picture? Looks a bit female because I dont see much of a bulge.

 

[Chris Anderson]

And how big is that one in the last picture? Looks a bit female because I dont see much of a bulge.

There's definitely a bulge on the one in the last pic. No doubt its a male in my opinion.

I too lost one to a respiratory infection which I wasn't able to kick. I have another with a different infection (around the eye and temple) that I'm working on fixing now. The others seem to be doing well.

They really are nice looking animals but the infections we all seem to get with them are a little troubling.

Chris

 

[DGray]

Beautiful pictures Luis. Congrats and best wishes on their health and reproduction.

That female is surprising! All yellow all the time sounds counter-survival to me. Maybe they seek out and live on yellow flowers...

I think they are WC. Nice and all but WC.
....

Tyronne: I assume these are protected in the Country of South Africa, but they also occur in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, correct? I do not know about those country's environmental laws. Are they protecting their chameleons?

 

[eisentrauti]

@DGray: They are not living in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Those animals are from SA.
@Chris: What's your medication for against the infections ?

 

[Chris Anderson]

@Chris: What's your medication for against the infections ?

Oral Baytril and Terramycin for the eyes.

Chris

 

[eisentrauti]

Thx Chris. Good to know for the future

 

[chameleonneeds]

I dont know Chris with bradypodions they get quite large bulges like panthers. And the males are much more stream lined. Maybe luis took the pic sorta from an under angle so I might have a miss judgment, but it looks sortof female to me.

 

[chameleonneeds]

@ Luis

Could you explain how the was for the 2 of yours that passed away? I have lost alot of mine all the same way and want to know from what you have if it could also be respiratory infections.

 

[Chris Anderson]

Well, working with this species myself, I've never seen a female show the complete dark patch on the flank that surrounds the orange bar such as that individual shows. Further, while I only worked with two Bradypodion species, sexing them is not significantly different than other chameleons and I've sexed a chameleon or two from a couple different species over the years. This animals shows a clear bulge extending just over an eye orbit width behind the vent. Perhaps Luis has a closer photo of the vent or it will become more apparent as it grows but I don't think there's any question on its sex.

Chris

 

[luevelvet]

That last pic is most certainly a male. The coloration is unmistakable although he is a little young to see larger bulges. I'll see if I can get a pic of the bulges on the other male since he really shows it well.

Luis

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Please keep us updated on your progress with this species luis. I am very interested in them. I am hoping to have the room to add these to my collection some day soon. Good Luck with the project.

 

[chameleonneeds]

Luis, females can be very colourful, sometimes better than some males (just to let you know).

The last female I had for a while went so bright yellow it was unbelievalbe, I could spot her in her large outdoor cage from a 100 meters away. She was comletely yellow like this smiley with quite a bit of pink, 3 days after that she went back to normal.

 

[Damaranum]

It's a while ago I've been here.

Very nice to read you've been able to expand the group of transvaalense. I hope you all will be more succesfull this time and manage to stabilize the captive group for the future.

These are indeed beautiful bradypodion. I hope I will be able as well in the future to work with them, and help me completing the Bradypodion collection.

@Chris Only damaranum is difficult with sexing all other bradypodions I had are indeed very easy to sex.