I have a snow KSB from SGR and his pretty cool. Like you, I didn't want to use aspen at first. I mean they're called sand boas. They don't actually live in sandy areas, well except for the Egytpian sand boas. Back on topic, after a year of using sand, I switched to aspen. The sand gets really...
Here's a link that describes the different locales:
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/fpardalis.html
It's like everything else, the more you try at it, the better you become. I always like playing the guessing game. If you want to see the more rare locales try visiting the european...
From my understanding the photo contest goes through 3 rounds.
1. Brad selects the best 10-12 photos from the bunch
2. The forum members can vote on which one they like
3. The judges assign points of 3,2 and 1 point to their top 3.
It's not like the judges have that much impact if you...
The homeobox genes or HOX genes control body plan and limb formation. It's basically a cascade of sequences of development, like build arm first then fingers. There's been a lot of cool experiments with HOX genes, especially with drosophila and mice. Scientists have been able to get drosophila...
That mitsio is cool. You should call him homeo as in homeobox genes or HOX. It looks like he might have a problem with one of his HOX genes. Hope he lives a very long life in your care.
That's a pretty cham. I've only seen the one from westcoastchams (well I think it's him at least). I was wondering about the Diego Garcia. I'm starting to think it was a pun of some sort. Who has a Tamatave project going on?
Sang:
Oh I know that parson's are different from furcifer pardalis...
Is that a different locale than Diego Suarez? I've never heard of that one. How does it look like?:confused:
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As for the original post, it seems like a Nosy Faly gets you the envy of everyone here. Well that and the great Parsons chameleon.
For a first panther, always get a male. They tend to be more colorful and more active. My female usually likes to stay in her perch, while my male roams around his cage all day. As for females laying eggs without being mated, females due lay unfertilized eggs (slugs) like chickens. With that...
Inbreeding does pose the genetic bottleneck problem which could lead to some negative effects such as deformities or lack of genetic diversity as seen in some groups of leopards. However, even though I don't agree with it, it is constantly being done with snakes, especially with ball pythons...
My guess:
1. Sambava
2. Ambilobe
3. can't tell if that's pink or not (colorblind; I mix yellow and green and the red, purple pinks up), but either Ankaramy or Nosy Mitsio
4. St. Maire
5. Ambanja
Can you post a picture of it so other members can identify it. I only have experience with panther chameleons so I can't really help you. I wouldn't put it in an aquarium though. Questions 7-9, Most animals can and will bite if they are harassed enough, so I wouldn't bother it for now. It's...
I'm not sure if they're still available but FL Chams has a really nice female Ambanja that I've been keeping an eye on. Also Gesang and the Kammers have some Sambavas as well. You by far have taken catching the chameleon bug to another level. You didn't just get bitten, the freaking bug burrowed...