Chameleo Trioceros species

[Damaranum]

Hi all,

Some pictures of Trioceros species I keep:

jacksonii jacksonii male:

hoehnelii baby:

ellioti baby's:

bitaeniatus male:

I hope you enjoy

 

[ciafardo 4]

Dam!!!!!!!! DAM you have an impressive collection to say the least!!!!!

 

[eisentrauti]

Yeah, very nice Steven btw: They are called now Trioceros sp.

 

[Trace]

Ellioti! Haven't seen them in a while, what locality are they? Any pics of the parents?

 

[Damaranum]

thanks all

I know, in a way I stay stucked to the old name as most people tend to use that name. With Kinyongia I was much faster as that was something I was waiting for years.

 

[xanthoman]

super gorgeous j jacksonii , i would like to see the other half of him, (i know, its the perfect opportunity to post a picture of just the back half of him), just so we are clear, i meant in his entirety)

 

[Chris Anderson]

hoehnelii baby:

Damn. Why can't you be closer...

Chris

 

[Damaranum]

lol, the ellioti are from Uganda. To bad my male died within two weeks. I'll try to post pictures of my females later this week.

Yeah Chris it would be better if we lived closer.

 

[merumontanus]

Great work, Steven! They all look fantastic. Absolutely gorgeous collection. Can you tell us a bit more about your husbandry? How much of the year are they kept outside? Supplementation? What indoor lighting do you use?

Thanks for posting,

Fabian

 

[Damaranum]

Hi Fabian,

Main things I do, I keep 80% of my animals inside all year round. I have a cooling system which can provide cool temperatures all summer long.
Some of my animals go outside from may to september.

For lightning I use truelight lamps which also provides UV and further I have halogen spots. I use multiple supplementation.

@Fabian whe should meet sometimes in Hamm.

 

[merumontanus]

Thanks for the information, Steven. Your animals are very fit and far from obese-- you don't see that often.

Are you talking about True-Light® compact fluorescents? I have heard good things about these from friends in the zoological field, and I like what I read on their color rendition (at 5500 K). Compact fluorescents seem to be quite a taboo on the forums, but I know people who are using them with success with other reptiles.

I just received a high-definition fluorescent tube this week from ReptileUV that I'll be testing for the first time today-- it produces no UV, but the lux and color rendition is supposed to be very close to natural light.

As you've probably seen, I'm focusing on jacksonii, so I'm interested in hearing about your success with the nominate form, which seems to be quite problematic in captivity-- at least in North America. You're obviously doing very, very, well with hoehnelii... have you been able to breed (and raise) jacksonii jacksonii?

I appreciate your responses. Hamm would be phenomenal!

Cheers,

Fabián

 

[eisentrauti]

Yeah ! Let's meet in Hamm

 

[AJA]

Thanks for sharing, those are great!

 

[Damaranum]

Hi Fabian,

I indeed mean those truelights. I picked those as for the terrariums I have I can't use powersuns or what so ever, because they are much to powerfull and hot. And on the other hand far to expensive to heat 50+ terra's with spots from 100W.

I choose those as they give such natural light. I saw some of my Bradypodions change color as soon as I started using these lamps.

To be honest I'll sell this jacksonii male. One way ore the other I've had bad experience with the females from this species. I had a total of three and they all didn't survive. The first two I'm almost sure the problem was the temperatures in my chameleon room where to low. I then waited 2 years to buy new ones, as I first wanted to think which things I need to change to keep them succesful. Then I bought one new pair. This female died because she had a problem with an unborn baby who caused an infection. This was just bad luck. But I never keep trying species just for personal benefit, so I've decided not to try this species anymore for the upcomming years. Maybe some day some good offspring of people I trust with raising their baby's. I had much better experiences with merumontanus.

Hoehnelii on the other hand I've breeded for several years between 2000 and 2006. This where al the Uganda form. I decieded to stop with several species when I started with Bradypodions. Now it's really to bad as all Uganda animals are vary hard to get. The same counts for ellioti etc. I hope to get some of those species again. Now I have the Kenian morph of hoehnelii which are also very nice, but one way or the other I like the Uganda form more.

Let's try to meet in Hamm then. And just ask when you've got questions.