Kinyongia multituberculata Pics

[Chris Anderson]

I managed to pull the camera out for a few minutes today and snapped a couple photos of a pair of Kinyongia multituberculata, Western Usambara Two-horned Chameleons. As you can see, both are very feisty!

Male:

Female:

I've always thought these guys were an under appreciated species. They really are interesting animals.

Chris

 

[Syn]

I love the green on that male, are all males of that species that color?

Great pictures as always.

 

[james L]

Ha! They look like they are in the middle of a conversation. Super nice!

 

[justjumpit621]

so why are they called two-horned if they only have one?

 

[Chris Anderson]

Syn - Both males and females seem to have a brown and green form in this species.

justjumpit621 - They do have two horns. They have two flat, blade-like horns extending side-by-side off the front of the nose.

Glad you guys enjoyed the pics.

Chris

 

[beeze]

Very nice photography! They look great!

 

[chams1]

I've always thought these guys were an under appreciated species. They really are interesting animals.

Chris

Right on, Chris! I REALLY enjoyed working with them and would love to again sometime. (so, anytime you would like to send them my way.... ha ha ha).... Great pics (as usual)!

 

[Julirs]

I love the Multi's!

 

[Seeco]

I've always thought these guys were an under appreciated species. They really are interesting animals.

Chris

I completely agree. I think someone needs to create kinyongiaforums.com.

 

[justjumpit621]

Syn - Both males and females seem to have a brown and green form in this species.

justjumpit621 - They do have two horns. They have two flat, blade-like horns extending side-by-side off the front of the nose.

Glad you guys enjoyed the pics.

Chris

Oh haha I see it now, in one pic you can just barely see the space.

 

[Cainschams]

Nice looking animals and great pics, Chris! I think if more people would give them a try they would realize what they are missing!

 

[jack29]

I really like your pictures Chris!! i love all the horned-Kinyongia!! but it's not the first time i heard that in the usa they aren't appriciated.. and i don't understand why!!!

 

[Peter Kraemer]

Beautiful pictures Chris!

Which macro do you use? An 100mm macro from Tokina or Canon?



Last week our pair of K.multituberculata had "fun"....................

Peter

 

[DGray]

Feisty

Very nice captures there Chris! I'm intrigued by everything from the Usambaras; why do you find these guys interesting, is it their behaviors?

Peter: great series!

 

[jack29]

Peter put me in list for the future babies of these mating!!! i'm serious
great series of pics!!

 

[CNorton]

Very nice captures there Chris! I'm intrigued by everything from the Usambaras; why do you find these guys interesting, is it their behaviors?

Peter: great series!

I will answer on Peter's behalf...YES. Their behavior is quite different from other cham species (that I have had experience with). They are very active and show a zest for eating! I have found that they can be quite shy but over time...one of my females has begun to trust me more and more. I have never been bitten by any of my kinyongia and only once have I been gaped at. I probably deserved being gaped at because I was moving an exhausted momma after laying her eggs.

I just love kinyongia!!

 

[DGray]

That's what I thought

I will answer on Peter's behalf...YES. Their behavior is quite different from other cham species (that I have had experience with). They are very active and show a zest for eating! I have found that they can be quite shy but over time...one of my females has begun to trust me more and more. I have never been bitten by any of my kinyongia and only once have I been gaped at. I probably deserved being gaped at because I was moving an exhausted momma after laying her eggs.

I just love kinyongia!!

Thanks CNorton, that's what I was assuming; their personalities made them interesting.
I would still be very interested to hear about other facets of the behavior of this sp.
One of the reasons I like quads so much is their differing individual personalities and their social nature. To me it seems easy to gain the trust of even wild-caught individuals.
Perhaps K. multituberculatas are similarly open to interaction?

 

[Seeco]

They all get used to hand feeding really easy. They are extremely fast. When it comes to eating they are real snipers. Big cham in a small package.

Here's a "brown" example":

 

[Seeco]

bump............

 

[Peter Kraemer]

Big cham in a small package.

Thats a good description!

They are great and funny! I love the comical way of this animals.

Our K.matschiei male is wildcaught and we keep him for 1 and a half year and he likes the contact to us more and more. When he want to go "in the sun" he comes to the front of the cage, walk on our arm and then we bring him on the balcony. If he sit on a bush we can sit beside him and he is very "cool" and he watch us, but not in fear. He is a little bit like Charlie Chaplin....

Our K.multituberculata male is wildcaught too - we had some health problems with him at the beginning, but now he is looking for the contact.

For me the Kinyongias, especially the larger species like K.matschiei or K.multituberculata, are the most beautiful chamaeleons on the world.


@ Giacomo: let´s see what will happen........


Greetings Peter