Super Chameleon ... Bad Picture

[Brad Ramsey]

I don't know much about chameleon breeding and genetics, so this may be a totally ignorant question but, could this birth defect have been due to the mutations that cause the translucent skin? Could that mutation have affected the baby's embryonic development? Or does this just happen once in a while in all clutches? (genetics major, I'm curious... lol)

I don't believe that the mutation has anything to do with the development of the animal I had to euthanize.
I think temperatures can play a part in these kinds of developmental shortfalls, usually though you would see a decent percentage of the clutch with the problem ... I imagine it would be the same if the mutation was responsible.
I think things like this just happen once in awhile, I have had 2 or three similar situations with normals ... never this bad though.

-Brad

 

[chams1]

I also have some translucent veileds and my female is gravid now. Copulation was on 11/15/09, so I cant wait for her eggs to drop and hatch. Congrats on the clutch, these are very neat to have.

Well, how bout that? You and I must be on the same schedule! My female trans. veiled just stared digging yesterday (as of last night, she was black from the soil, but no eggs yet), so hopefully we'll have some eggs here shortly!