These are not Brookesia thieli. They are either Brookesia superciliaris or Brookesia therezieni. The first animal in your first two posts appears to be B. therezieni and the second B. superciliaris. Can you post additional photos though, preferably larger?
Thanks,
Chris
As @Syreptyon suggested, this is a Brookesia decaryi. Its an endangered species that has a zero export quota, but is being sent out of Madagascar mislabeled as B. brygooi. There was a group that recently came in to California, so not necessarily surprising to hear some made their way to Tijuana...
Thought I'd let everyone know that a second edition of Colin Tilbury's "Chameleons of Africa" has been officially listed on the Chimaira website with an anticipated publication date in March of this year. Here's a link, which includes images of the cover and various pages within the book showing...
The lateroventral tubercles near the vent at the base of the tail are not going to be as large as those along the back in B. therezieni, but you should see some indication of them. This species can be quite difficult to distinguish from B. superciliaris. Based on these photos, I would agree that...
No, they are only found in Tanzania and a couple places just in to Kenya. Kenya does not export any wild caught chameleons, and K. tavetana is not currently being farmed there. As for the duration of the ban, this ban was imposed by CITES. When CITES imposed a similar ban on Malagasy species, it...
You'll need to be more specific about the species you are looking for. Dwarf Fischer's tends to refer to Kinyongia tavetana, but can also refer to K. boehmei. K. tavetana has been banned from export from Tanzania, and K. boehmei has not bee exported from Kenya in a while. Neither are easy to...
Would you mind posting some full body shots as well? Its hard to tell from the image, but there does appear to be a single lateroventral tubercle on the first picture just dorsal to the vent. Another difference is that B. therezieni tend to be more rough than B. superciliaris. Ultimately, these...
As mentioned, these are going to be wild caught, and would likely not be a good second chameleon. They are small species that need cool temperatures and high humidity. They are beautiful animals, and with careful care can do quite well, but they can be difficult to acclimate and not particularly...
Gabriel,
If you're going to be doing a MS thesis on these animals, I highly recommend you track down their original descriptions and some of the other relevant sources on them. Presence/absence of horns is pretty basic data, and I suspect you'll need a lot more information to complete any...
The dark coloration is a stress/agitated color. The green color is normal non-stress coloration. When I was on Mount Cameroon in T. montium habitat, we had temps in the 19-21ºC (66-70ºF) range (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/exo-terra-cameroon-expedition-mount-cameroon.55779/). I would...