Jackson's Chameleon SubSpecies?

[PattyCake]

Hello to you all, I was wondering what was the difference between Mt.Meru Jackson's chameleons and xanth jackson's. Is one harder to keep? Im asking 'cause I want a Jackson chameleon-somehow. Thanks!

 

[chameleonkev]

There exactly the same to keep, just the mt meru have orange around there horns an jj jacksonii have the slight blues an a yellow stripe down the body

 

[Miss Lily]

J. Xantholophus are the largest of the 3 subspecies, followed by J. Jacksonii, and the smallest, J. Merumontanus (Mt Merus). Males typically have 3 horns, but the females can vary between the subspecies. Xanth females usually have no horns, or very tiny nubs, Jacksonii females have 3 horns and the Mt Meru females usually have a single rostral horn. Jacksons are so wonderful to keep - I have a 17 month old Xanth male and he is such a joy to own. Very laid back and very friendly!

 

[GrimsbyPatchwork]

There exactly the same to keep, just the mt meru have orange around there horns an jj jacksonii have the slight blues an a yellow stripe down the body

So is the Mt.Meru the dwarf?

 

[chameleonkev]

Yes the mt meru are the smaller or the three, there are a few differences like jj jacksonii females can have horns but the female xanth don't have them so much. I no little bits about the jacksons an do no how to care for them but if you want to no more about each individual species I only no small amounts but there are plenty on here that do like miss Lilly

 

[mcleodschams]

So is the Mt.Meru the dwarf?

yes mt,meru are the dwarfs and they are just amazing i have a pair that i recently have had a sucesful breeding from last month. hope we got babies by augest september. fingers crossed. and yeas jacksons are great species to keep

 

[deadhd5]

yes mt,meru are the dwarfs and they are just amazing i have a pair that i recently have had a sucesful breeding from last month. hope we got babies by augest september. fingers crossed. and yeas jacksons are great species to keep

Congrats! I hope to obtain a breeding pair of Mt Meru when I am fortunate enough to find them available. I have a nice spot in my cham room reserved for them!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you

 

[Cainschams]

There exactly the same to keep, just the mt meru have orange around there horns an jj jacksonii have the slight blues an a yellow stripe down the body

Not really. You can read some of the differences Kent has experience with in this article on all three.

http://chameleonnews.com/10JulManchen.html

They arent huge differences but differences none the less.