some nice pictures....

[TCMontium]

Any people working with these great species or are interested in working with them?
Jurgen

I am interested in. But i can't find any chameleon species accept Panther and Veiled in my country.

 

[kameleons jvo]

A few magical pics of Bwindi's taken by Muji ,damn these guys looks like a painting

 

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[biffle]

Yeah he does look great!

 

[Tilburgh]

Obviously these animals are from the Trioceros rudis group of the Trioceros bitaeniatus species complex. This group is generally restricted to montane forests and in Tanzania these animals had previously been grouped together as Trioceros sternfeldi (Trioceros rudis sternfeldi before that), with populations found in a variety of remnant montane forests in the northeastern part of the country. The population from the furthest southwest of these remnant montane forests (Mount Hanang) was described in 2010 as a distinct species (Trioceros hanangensis), while specimens from populations at Mount Meru, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Ngorongoro Crater were all left as T. sternfeldi.

In this description it is presumed based on color and pattern that T. hanangensis is most closely related to T. sternfeldi populations from the Ngorongoro Crater to its north (together these formed the western most populations of what was T. sternfeldi). It was also speculated that in the past there was likely continuous forest between these two remnant populations allowing for gene flow. A similar pattern of close relation had already been shown for Kinyongia uthmoelleri populations from Mount Hanang and the Ngorongoro Crater based on morphology and genetic data, so this seemed logical.

Interestingly, while T. sternfeldi specimens from Mount Meru, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya were all used in the study to describe T. hanangensis, T. sternfeldi specimens from the Ngorongoro Crater were not included, despite specimens from the Ngorongoro Crater being grouped with T. sternfeldi in the description. Additionally, it has since been determined that additional remnant forests between Mount Hanang and the Ngorongoro Crater on the Mbulu Plateau (the Nou Forest) have not only K. uthmoelleri, but also chameleons that are clearly similar to T. hanangensis and Ngorongoro Crater T. sternfeldi. To the best of my knowledge it has not been determined if additional remnant forests between Mount Hanang and the Ngorongoro Crater (Marang Forest and Ufiome Forest) also have populations of these taxa, but it would not be surprising to find that they do.

So, what I'm trying to say is that these animals (both the ones in this import and the Jeweled/Red Rudis) come from somewhere along this Mount Hanang to Ngorongoro Crater corridor, and may even come from one of those two localities themselves. Conversations I have had with various researchers have suggested that the Jeweled/Red Rudis are from the Mbulu Plateau, which includes the Nou Forest. As far as what to call them, I too have worked with this taxa and I have fallen back on "Trioceros cf. sternfeldi" or "Trioceros cf. hanangensis" (indicating that it is a taxa closely related to sternfeldi or hanangensis, respectively, but that you are not sure if it is different). The specimens do, however, in general appear more similar to the description of T. hanangensis than T. sternfeldi, so Trioceros cf. hanangensis is probably more accurate.

Chris

Great info Thanks
Hopefully i can keep and breed them now.
They look great

 

[jannb]

I just love this thread! It's one of my favorite on the forums. I so enjoy looking at all the really nice photos of such gorgeous and rare species that I will probably never see in real life. Thank you so much for sharing them here on
the forums.

 

[kameleons jvo]

I just love this thread! It's one of my favorite on the forums. I so enjoy looking at all the really nice photos of such gorgeous and rare species that I will probably never see in real life. Thank you so much for sharing them here on
the forums.

Thank you for the kind words Jannb ,if i have time i try to update as many species as possible
Just one thing Jannb we maybe have more species in Europe than you have but we don't have a parson as blue as yours

 

[Psychobunny]

Just wanted to thank you for maintaining this very excellent thread of photos and species info for the past 2 years.
I spent all day enjoying it

 

[kameleons jvo]

Just wanted to thank you for maintaining this very excellent thread of photos and species info for the past 2 years.
I spent all day enjoying it

Thanks i really appreciate this

 

[kameleons jvo]

Last year i was successful in breeding chamaeleo namaquensis and hatched several clutches.
I sold a pair of juveniles to a friend in Austria(Hannes) and he send me some fantastic news ,he got already 2 clutches off eggs of them(first is about to hatch) and look what become of my cb babys...i'm so glad they end up in great hands.
Enjoy...

 

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[Psychobunny]

Are these the African desert cham, not arboreal?
Interesting species.
How long did the eggs incubate?

 

[TIMMYBOY]

Hey jurgen love your thread the first time I seen a namib I A lways wondered if anyone could actually get or find them out in that desert.
How much does a pair go for? And could we ever get a couple specimen shipped to the US
I would love to make a different setup as in a desert setting .thats part of my addiction , making the viv or terrarium.
I would absolutely love to score a pair of these amazing critters.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Brad]

Thank you for sharing
I love the yellow between the scales.

 

[kameleons jvo]

Thank you for sharing
I love the yellow between the scales.

You're welcome

 

[kameleons jvo]

Are these the African desert cham, not arboreal?
Interesting species.
How long did the eggs incubate?

between 6 and 8 months