Trioceros perreti (Southern Peacock Chameleons)

[Chris Anderson]

Had a clutch of Trioceros perreti (Southern Peacock Chameleons) start to hatch today. They incubated at ~66ºF (19ºC) for 210 days. One of the original 10 eggs molded over and collapsed within the first month or so. Three of the remaining 9 eggs have now hatched and the other 6 look great. Here are a couple pics of the babies:

Enjoy,

Chris

 

[Lizardlover]

Awesome! These are definitely one of my favorites.

 

[Miss Lily]

Wow! Congratulations! They are adorable and I love the blue spots!

 

[lindawaz]

Great! here we go again... BABIES!!! I love Babies )))))

They look awesome

 

[eisentrauti]

Congrats Chris !

 

[laurie]

They are beautiful Chris, i have never seen the babies before. What all are you keeping these days?

 

[showjet95]

Congrats Chris. Post some pics of the adults please

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Congratulations Chris!

 

[Seeco]

Wow, very robust hatchlings!

 

[Cainschams]

Congrats!!

 

[camimom]

Awwwww! So cute. I want one! (but no room) maybe your next batch!

 

[suzi]

Awesome Chris, congratulations

 

[Chris Anderson]

Thanks guys, glad you enjoy the pics. When I left this morning, another baby was half way out of the egg and another egg was sweeting. We'll see how many are out when I get home. I'll need to grab some photos of the mother as I unfortunately do not have any of her already. You can see some photos of other T. perreti I saw in the wild, as well as comments on their habitat, in this thread: https://www.chameleonforums.com/exo-terra-cameroon-expedition-3-mount-manengouba-56644/

Chris

 

[jannb]

Congrats Chris! Precious little babies.

 

[gwilliams]

Congrats Chris! Proud Father of 9!

 

[Chris Anderson]

I wasn't able to get a good shot of the mother, she wasn't interested in cooperating, but all 9 eggs have now hatched and the babies look good. Here's another picture of one of the babies:

Chris

 

[JoeG]

A great sense of pride must come with having success with a rare species .
Congratulations & thanks for sharing. That close-up is stunning...

 

[Texas Panther Man]

So are these cb or ch? I've never seen any true cb's. They look really nice great work in either case. Are you going to release any of them or will you be using them to help your project?

 

[bigcappa]

Congrats Chris. They look great!

 

[Chris Anderson]

So are these cb or ch? I've never seen any true cb's. They look really nice great work in either case. Are you going to release any of them or will you be using them to help your project?

These are CH. I still have the mother but don't have a male for her. I know a couple other people incubating eggs from this species so I'm hoping to be able to hold back a few from my clutch and trade a few for unrelated animals so that I can have a modest group of them. I probably will let a couple go if they all do well, but they've already been spoken for if I do.

Chris