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Chamaeleolis barbatus is an Anolis, but not a Cuban anole, but it is from Cuba. Anolis is scattered throughout the Caribbean. What makes barbatus so unique, and in my mind interesting, is that it has some adaptations and behaviors that demonstrate convergent evolution with "old-world"...

Stunning. You've so well captured their intense glory. What are they eating? Do those avataresque "nodes" reflect UV for additional, invisible to us, communication? Beautiful work.

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male boehmi male box turtle

Many chameleon species eat snails in the wild and they recognize them by sight even if the snail is sealed up and dormant. I feed all sorts of wild caught food items, but I do not feed wild caught snails. I collect only large snails (5-10) and put them into each enclosure. I sprinkle extra...

Yes, she took a shot and that is the retraction moment. There are about 5 of these large snails in the enclosure. They produce about 50 -100 baby snails a month. The baby snails disappear fairly quickly. And I have several times seen a small cham march over an try to bite the head area of...

One bug in particular stood out last summer. This guy below. I swept through an infestation of these and hesitated to introduce more then just a few of them at a time into the cage at first. My chams really enjoyed these, and would chase them down the way they react to blow flies.

dagnabit! - still under snow. late march some stuff starts appearing. but, really, here in Idaho and a mile up, things don't get going until June with hopper type insects showing up midsummer.

The main risk comes from UVc. In the spectrum of 200 - 280 nm, UVc is quite dangerous to biological systems. This is the uv that is used to sterilize water and medical equipment. It can cause blindness and other problems in organisms. In nature, it is mostly blocked by oxygen in our...

female T. hoehnelii: male T. hoehnelii:

While the species distinction is an efficient and meaningful way for humans to classify organisms, it should not be viewed as a set of rigid rules. Many, many populations of living things mix it up along their borders. Some of this mixing actually results in new species over time. Nature is...

Took this picture in South Africa. Not a feeder per se, but.....

Chameleons love flies. My animals eat 80% to 90% flies and flying insects. I have read some interesting posts on the forum about flies. I have read that they carry disease and will make one's chameleon sick. I have read that they are only for treats because they are not good to feed in large...

My experience have been 5 months give or take a week. But I seem to remember reading that a female overwintering in a British keeper's green house was subjected to an extended cold spell and yet produced healthy babies when the weather finally warmed up. I don't remember how much longer she...

This is all similar to what i have experienced. My ambient temps are high 50's to low 70's in the winter so I like to give them at least a choice of one high 80's basking spot but they hardly ever use it. Also, I don't test the basking spot with my ir thermometer, I test the skin surface of...

I have had pairs together, mothers with offspring, mixed generation juveniles and have not seen any overtly aggressive behaviors. Many keepers housing 1.1 or 1.2 adults together have stated that this is unproblematic, and that has been my experience. I think if there are multiple, quality...

iwantone, She looks to have many little ones inside her. She looks beautiful.

In the 3rd picture she definitely looks pregnant. She seems healthy, but not as "fleshed-out" as your others. Her color (or lack thereof) is interesting. If I were you, then I would make sure that she has several different basking spots available: one in the high 80's one in the mid to low...