Captive bred furcifer antimena, furcifer petteri, furcifer major

[javadi]

Haven’t posted on all this in a while.

3 more Malagasy species have hatched over the last several months after pairing in captivity.

Furcifer major. Hatched at 6.8 months with a 40 day 60 degree diapause. Only ones in the US to my knowledge.

Furcifer antimena. Hatched at about 9 months with a similar diapause.

Furcifer petteri. Hatched at about 9 months with a diapause similar to others.

All of these species were incubated at low 70s if not in diapause. Despite being from different climates (antimena lives in a very hot unforgiving environment compared to petteri for instance) low 70s seems to work for most species and going higher doesn’t seem to offer much value as far as quicker development.

 

[kinyonga]

Great news!

How many babies from each species? How was the hatch rate for the eggs. Survival rate so far?

 

[elizaann2]

Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing!

 

[Sticktongue]

Congratulations. Also curious about Kinyongia question, too. Keep us posted on the progress.

 

[GrannyK]

So awesome!!! they are a beautiful species!

 

[Sherbertsmysunshine]

Beautiful! Some amazing coloration from all the species.

 

[Stlcards514]

Love that every single species has its own uniqueness and beauty. Thanks for sharing the pictures and the info.

 

[javadi]

Great news!

How many babies from each species? How was the hatch rate for the eggs. Survival rate so far?

Major are still hatching but 4 so far, no losses and hopefully another 6 or so will be hatching soon, not sure what the final hatch rate will be, but all eggs look good. Only 3 antimena so far but no losses. Two eggs didn't make it and the clutch was small. Hopefully more soon from another couple of bloodlines. Petteri had a worse hatch rate of 6/10 and 3/5. Things were shakier than usual for hatch rate across all of these, as all of these eggs went through a cooling malfunction in my house where things were too hot for a while while I was away. This happened over the summer but I'm still recovering from it and I suspect it might have messed up some of the outcomes to a degree.

 

[crosscutts]

Haven’t posted on all this in a while.

3 more Malagasy species have hatched over the last several months after pairing in captivity.

Furcifer major. Hatched at 6.8 months with a 40 day 60 degree diapause. Only ones in the US to my knowledge.

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Furcifer antimena. Hatched at about 9 months with a similar diapause.
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Furcifer petteri. Hatched at about 9 months with a diapause similar to others.

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All of these species were incubated at low 70s if not in diapause. Despite being from different climates (antimena lives in a very hot unforgiving environment compared to petteri for instance) low 70s seems to work for most species and going higher doesn’t seem to offer much value as far as quicker development.

Great news and awesome information as usual Michael thank you so much for sharing

 

[kinyonga]

Major are still hatching but 4 so far, no losses and hopefully another 6 or so will be hatching soon, not sure what the final hatch rate will be, but all eggs look good. Only 3 antimena so far but no losses. Two eggs didn't make it and the clutch was small. Hopefully more soon from another couple of bloodlines. Petteri had a worse hatch rate of 6/10 and 3/5. Things were shakier than usual for hatch rate across all of these, as all of these eggs went through a cooling malfunction in my house where things were too hot for a while while I was away. This happened over the summer but I'm still recovering from it and I suspect it might have messed up some of the outcomes to a degree.

They aren’t easy speciies…so IMHO, you’re doing well! Keep it up!

 

[BleuSaphir]

You are doing an awesome job!
Your Furcifer petteri is a beautiful specimen