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What is the rarest or most unique or most beutiful chameleon you have had or have now how did you get it where did you get it from and how much did you pay for it. Ect
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I personally can remember seeing all these weird expensive chams at a reptile show when I was only into turtles. It was his last year at the show I think he had carpets and some other weird chameleons but I can't remember which ones. I can also remember him selling a lace horn Cham for I think 700$
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I also remember a few months back that underground reptiles website had rosette horns chams for 250$
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Really no ones interested in this
fluxlizard
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I'll bite-
Rarest- maybe the globifers I had. I paid $45 each, a friend bought some parsons on the same order for $75. Obviously this was years ago before madagascar restricted them. Globifers were really cool looking too- Large thick heads and bark-like texture on their sides. I haven't seen them available in many years now. Maybe a tie with those were brookesia perarmata. Another super cool looking chameleon- I dont' think those are available any more either. I got a pretty decent size group of a dozen or so individuals but failed miserably with them even though I succeeded with theili. I was able to reproduce most species I tried but failed miserably with perarmata for some reason. Maybe I got a bad batch.
Most beautiful- my first pair of veileds. At that time they were rare and just entering the market and expensive- I don't remember how much but hundreds of dollars each for cb babies. My pair flew delta on a plane (only way the breeder would ship such rare lizards) and I picked them up at the airport 45 minutes away. In the months that followed as they grew I thought the male was so beautiful with his gorgeous coloration and high casque. I can't believe how cheap they are now (along with lots of other lizards) and how they are now considered sort of unglamorous.
Of course, I've thought all the species I've kept are beautiful, that's why I chose them, but those first veileds were magical to me.
How about this category- most underappreciated you've kept?
I would say Oustalets. They are way cool in person compared to photos. Heavily built and textured- really cool warty skin and high contrast coloring around each scale-especially on their heads so their is a lot of "pop" to their scalation, plus nice spikes down the back and a thick head and the males get huge! Plus a really nice personality. Really prehistoric, dragonlike. Kind of makes smooth species like panthers seem kind of wimpy. Would probably eat panthers for lunch given the chance. They aren't brilliantly colored, but their coloration and contrast on the scales makes them really neat. Hardy like veileds and panthers too. These days similar in price with veileds for florida caught. They really deserve more popularity.
Rarest- maybe the globifers I had. I paid $45 each, a friend bought some parsons on the same order for $75. Obviously this was years ago before madagascar restricted them. Globifers were really cool looking too- Large thick heads and bark-like texture on their sides. I haven't seen them available in many years now. Maybe a tie with those were brookesia perarmata. Another super cool looking chameleon- I dont' think those are available any more either. I got a pretty decent size group of a dozen or so individuals but failed miserably with them even though I succeeded with theili. I was able to reproduce most species I tried but failed miserably with perarmata for some reason. Maybe I got a bad batch.
Most beautiful- my first pair of veileds. At that time they were rare and just entering the market and expensive- I don't remember how much but hundreds of dollars each for cb babies. My pair flew delta on a plane (only way the breeder would ship such rare lizards) and I picked them up at the airport 45 minutes away. In the months that followed as they grew I thought the male was so beautiful with his gorgeous coloration and high casque. I can't believe how cheap they are now (along with lots of other lizards) and how they are now considered sort of unglamorous.
Of course, I've thought all the species I've kept are beautiful, that's why I chose them, but those first veileds were magical to me.
How about this category- most underappreciated you've kept?
I would say Oustalets. They are way cool in person compared to photos. Heavily built and textured- really cool warty skin and high contrast coloring around each scale-especially on their heads so their is a lot of "pop" to their scalation, plus nice spikes down the back and a thick head and the males get huge! Plus a really nice personality. Really prehistoric, dragonlike. Kind of makes smooth species like panthers seem kind of wimpy. Would probably eat panthers for lunch given the chance. They aren't brilliantly colored, but their coloration and contrast on the scales makes them really neat. Hardy like veileds and panthers too. These days similar in price with veileds for florida caught. They really deserve more popularity.
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CarlC
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For me I'd say the most beautiful was Furcifer minor. I was lucky enough to get some of the only captive hatched ones in the US. I drove two hours and payed like $350 for a pair. That was back in 99. In 2002 I hatched the first F1's in the US.
I'll agree with flux about the B. perarmata. They are the most odd and beautiful mixed into one. I was friends with a store owner who would sell them to me for his cost which was like $25 each as long as I helped him with his calyptratus. This was a really challenging species. Lots of people kept them but few produced babies.
Carl
I'll agree with flux about the B. perarmata. They are the most odd and beautiful mixed into one. I was friends with a store owner who would sell them to me for his cost which was like $25 each as long as I helped him with his calyptratus. This was a really challenging species. Lots of people kept them but few produced babies.
Carl
camimom
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Def not the rarest- But the best ones for me...
Tricerous Hoehnelli.
I had a pair I bought from another member, but they passed away before I could get them to breed.
I loved them, cute little noses that turned up (like the whos in whoville from how the grinch stole christmas).
Tricerous Hoehnelli.
I had a pair I bought from another member, but they passed away before I could get them to breed.
I loved them, cute little noses that turned up (like the whos in whoville from how the grinch stole christmas).
dhm198555
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I've never had any rare chams before but (to me) the most beautiful was a male veiled I had gotten when I was still in high school.
I had come to school one morning and my first class was one of those that had a bunch of live animals in the classroom. I was always bringing in reptiles for the class so the teacher knew I was into them and came to me saying some lady had just dropped off a big weird looking blue lizard in a bird cage. It was a small parakeet cage STUFFED with fake green vines and such but once I started taking some of the vines out there was the biggest, bluest male veiled I had ever seen hiding in the middle. He was GORGEOUS and I remember only had 3 feet cuz I lady had told the teacher her cat had attacked it when it was a baby and bit off one of it's feet. But it had healed fine years before I found him. His name was Corona and my teacher told me I could have him cuz he had no idea how to care for him. I had that cham for another 7 years. Wish I had a picture. Anyway that's all I got
I had come to school one morning and my first class was one of those that had a bunch of live animals in the classroom. I was always bringing in reptiles for the class so the teacher knew I was into them and came to me saying some lady had just dropped off a big weird looking blue lizard in a bird cage. It was a small parakeet cage STUFFED with fake green vines and such but once I started taking some of the vines out there was the biggest, bluest male veiled I had ever seen hiding in the middle. He was GORGEOUS and I remember only had 3 feet cuz I lady had told the teacher her cat had attacked it when it was a baby and bit off one of it's feet. But it had healed fine years before I found him. His name was Corona and my teacher told me I could have him cuz he had no idea how to care for him. I had that cham for another 7 years. Wish I had a picture. Anyway that's all I got
Sargentstickytounge
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I would say the most underappricated Cham is the Senegal it was one of my first chams along with a jacksons and he was the most Freindly intertaining little lizard ever . I even fought he to do tricks . He was so freindly I could reach in the cage and pet his beard and be liked it. He was a cb Senegal but I have had wc Senegals to and there easily just as freindly. People think because there kinda plain and cheap there not cool but I love them. The locale of the one I had had almost like a bright red eye liner coloration around his eye scales.and my wc locale was a flame orange . I really wish more people would pay attention to these chams because with a sincere deticated following I think they could become as popular as veiled or panther chams.
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Also what are some of the unique or rare ones you can get now even at like reptile shows.
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Also has anyone seen four horned chams . Chameleo quadricornis commercially for sale any time recently . I'm really interested in one . Especially if there's like a online reptile shop that u know that has some
kplatvoet
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I think I had an Ethiopian Mountain Chameleon in 1970 - In Ethiopia- one of the missionary kids brought some back after Christmas Vacation - My father worked for USAID and we were there for 4 years - he could have been just a sengal, I guess, but he was great - we had him for 3 years (except for the summer he escaped and we found him 2 months later hanging out on our water tower)
Trace
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Neat story! FWIW, Senegal Chameleons are found more on the west coast of Africa. If I had to hazard a guess I'd likely say it was either a Graceful Chameleon (Chamaeleo gracilis) or a Ethiopian Montane Chameleon (Trioceros affinis) as they are endemic to Ethiopia and similar in looks to the Senegal.
kplatvoet
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He didn't have the poka dots I see on Graceful's more of a diamond pattern - but I can't find one that looks like I remember him -I've been looking through old slides for a picture and all I found was one of the tortoise who lived in the back yard - unless he decide to walk through the house to the front-
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Anyone one else?
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That 4 horn is so cool . But I would never pay that much or go that far to get one.
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Arnt regular old straight from the wild four horns usually like 75-150 $
laurie
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As far as I know only a very few of us have or are breeding Quads. There are no regular old straight from the wild quads available. And there have not been for a while.
I have a clutch of 12 babies and have people lined up to buy them. The 3 of us who are trying to get a cb population going, will first have what we want. After that there will most likely be a very few for sale. The price will be $250. This is not a offer to sell them. I am just trying to educate you on what is happening with quads in the US right now. I have 2.2.12 and consider myself lucky. All 4 of the adults are unrelated, so with 3 females from my clutch, I hope to start some decent breeding lines. My 2 partners both have quads breeding now so we will be doing a bit of trading. Hopefully in a couple years we may have some cbb quads for sale.
PS if you see any quads for $150, let me know and I will pay you a commission. The one offered for $500 is gone.
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How are quads wild populations now anyways?
