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This is by far the rarest of the T. jacksonii subspecies in captivity and most difficult to keep and breed. Since Tanzania imposed an export ban on all wildlife 3 years ago, the captive population has diminished considerably. You probably will not find any available unless Tanzania reopens to...

Most breeders and sellers will only do an export for a large order. This is because the process of obtaining all the permits, having things inspected by the relevant management authorities, and the freight charges to do it legally is extremely time consuming and expensive. To make it worth their...

Unfortunately, the profit/business model the scientific journals are built on is pretty unbelievable. There has started to be a fair bit of push back from universities and funding agencies, which is good, but there is still a long way to go before it is a reasonable model. As it is now, Federal...

Not a problem. Happy to provide the full citations for any of them if desired. Yep, I am a biology professor at the University of South Dakota and my lab does research on chameleons in the lab and in the field. I am also (newly) the Chair of the IUCN/SSC Chameleon Specialist Group. Are you in...

Unfortunately, I don't think this would be a feasible option from the standpoint of cost. Chameleon-related research is not published in any one specific journal, but rather comes out in dozens upon dozens of different journals every year. Some of those are all managed by the larger publishers...

I would say casque size is a tradeoff as there are undoubtably costs and benefits to increased casque size. It would be energetically costly to produce a large one, for instance. I would also say, however, that if the casque was under selective pressure as an adaptation for something like...

If this were the primary function of the casque, why would it be advantageous for one sex to have a casque that is so much more weakly developed than the other sex, and for it to be so variable in development among species that live in similar habitats that could benefit from such a use? Chris

I'm not completely sure what it is you are suggesting, so maybe you can clarify. With regard to what chameleon related research is out there and published, there is a fair bit of research published in scientific journals every year on chameleons, but there aren't a ton of us doing research on...

He looks awesome, Gene! Chris

Those are Common or Mediterranean chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon). Chris

I am not aware of any sexual selection work done on panther chameleons, particularly not anything with regard to coloration. There has been some sexual selection work done on other species (Furcifer labordi, F. verrucosus, etc.), but this mostly focused on body size and morphological traits. Chris

Great job and congrats! They are looking very good and I look forward to seeing them grow, so please continue to share pictures! Chris

How are you going to deal with airflow in this enclosure without any ventilation low in the enclosure and so little on the top. I keep all my chameleons in glass terrariums, but this setup won't have a chimney effect for air exchange. Chris

No, normals would not carry the gene at all. Chris

Bumping this back up. Still have a few left. Chris

Sorry for the delay in replying. You should be able to incubate them at room temperature (63-77ºF) and the eggs should take about 2 months to hatch. I would suggest the lower end of that temperature spectrum and suggest avoiding temperatures that exceed it for long. If a closet in your house...

Pied and translucent have both been used to describe this trait. They are referring to the same thing in Veiled Chameleons. With regard to the inheritance of this trait, it is not completely understood, but in general it does appear to be a codominant trait. It is possible, however, that it is...

Tanzania shut down all animal exports a couple years ago and since then all Rhampholeon and Rieppeleon species have been added to CITES. As a result, they have not been being exported from Tanzania and their numbers in captivity have dropped considerably. When Tanzania does finally open back up...

These are Brookesia decaryi. For the last few years this species has been being exported as Brookesia brygooi despite the fact that this is an endangered species with a zero export quota. Recently, US FWS appears to have gotten wise to it and has started confiscating shipments of them. Your two...

Gorgeous setup! I'm trying to pick up a couple of the 36x18x36" models to do something similar. Very nice! Chris