What chameleons give birth to live babies?

[Barney]

as title please - just wondering.

 

[Rocky]

Rudis / Jacksons give birth to live babies, not sure about others.

 

[kinyonga]

Chamaeleo (Trioceros) bitaeniatus, Chamaeleo (Trioceros) fuelleborni, Chamaeleo (Trioceros) hoehnelii, Chamaeleo (Trioceros) werneri...I've probably missed a few too.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Rudis / Jacksons give birth to live babies, not sure about others.

Those were the first 2 to come in my mind also

 

[ciafardo 4]

Lets not forget the bradypodions the genus of dwarf species

 

[Chris Anderson]

Bradypodion atromontanum, Bd. caeruleogula, Bd. caffer, Bd. damaranum, Bd. dracomontanum, Bd. gutturale, Bd. kentanicum, Bd. melanocephalum, Bd. nemorale, Bd. nkandlae, Bd. occidentale, Bd. pumilum, Bd. setaroi, Bd. taeniabronchum, Bd. thamnobates, Bd. transvaalense, Bd. ventrale, Trioceros affinis, T. balebicornutus, T. bitaeniatus, T. conirostratus (not confirmed), T. ellioti, T. fuelleborni, T. goetzei, T. harennae, T. hoehnelii, T. incornutus, T. jacksonii, T. kinetensis, T. laterispinis, T. marsabitensis, T. narraioca, T. ntunte, T. rudis, T. schoutedeni, T. schubotzi, T. sternfeldi, T. tempeli, and T. werneri.

Chris

 

[kinyonga]

Geesh...I forgot more than a couple!

 

[Barney]

do all bradypodions give birth to live?

 

[PINki]

You can see how it happens all here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j5HMMEg00M

 

[bosco]

@Chris: I never had them, but I read Tr. incornutus laid eggs, it's right?

 

[Chris Anderson]

@Chris: I never had them, but I read Tr. incornutus laid eggs, it's right?

There are conflicting reports on T. incornutus. Necas states that they are oviparous while Spawls et al. state that they give live birth. Necas also states that T. goetzei are oviparous. In both cases, I'm pretty sure that they are actually ovoviviparous. Unfortunately, Spawls et al. aren't always correct either. They speculate that K. carpenteri are ovoviviparous due to the elevation they live at and obviously if this were true, it would be a big deal evolutionarily since no other Kinyongia are ovoviviparous.

Chris

 

[eisentrauti]

Trioceros incornutus is 100% ovoviviparous:
http://www.ig-chamaeleons.de/ I can translate the article about T.incornutus if it's desired

 

[bosco]

thanks both!

 

[PardonMyPardalis]

There are conflicting reports on T. incornutus. Necas states that they are oviparous while Spawls et al. state that they give live birth. Necas also states that T. goetzei are oviparous. In both cases, I'm pretty sure that they are actually ovoviviparous. Unfortunately, Spawls et al. aren't always correct either. They speculate that K. carpenteri are ovoviviparous due to the elevation they live at and obviously if this were true, it would be a big deal evolutionarily since no other Kinyongia are ovoviviparous.

Chris

K. Carpenteri are very similar to hoehnelii so i wouldn’t be surprised.

 

[JacksJill]

Very old thread but good to see it again.

 

[Morpheo's Mom]

Very old thread but good to see it again.

Yes! I watched the YouTube video. So cute, I almost 'liked' it then I saw 2009 for the date. I wonder how far back can we like messages before it's too far? I kind of feel like I shouldn't do it if it has ben more than 2 or so months.

 

[JacksJill]

There is nothing wrong with adding to an old thread if you have new information but if you ask a question you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for a response. It is better to quote from an old thread and include it in the start of a fresh one if you want to discuss something. Liking a message does no harm.

 

[Morpheo's Mom]

There is nothing wrong with adding to an old thread if you have new information but if you ask a question you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for a response. It is better to quote from an old thread and include it in the start of a fresh one if you want to discuss something. Liking a message does no harm.

I see. I will keep that in mind.