A couple of videos I came across...

[Klyde O'Scope]

This first one is a couple of years old, so it may already have been posted, but it mesmerized us this morning.
Anybody (kinyonga?) know what species this is/these are? We were curious about both the mother and the very 'spikey' fellow—don't know if they're the same species or not.

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I came across this next one looking at vids of DIY enclosures. TBH, I didn't watch the whole thing. Turned out that while he talked about building an enclosure, all he really did was decorate a ready-made.

What caught my eye (and cracked both of us up) is the little drama that starts @ 0:45 as the chameleon.... nevermind (no spoilers).

 

[DocZ]

This first one is a couple of years old, so it may already have been posted, but it mesmerized us this morning.
Anybody (kinyonga?) know what species this is/these are? We were curious about both the mother and the very 'spikey' fellow—don't know if they're the same species or not.

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I came across this next one looking at vids of DIY enclosures. TBH, I didn't watch the whole thing. Turned out that while he talked about building an enclosure, all he really did was decorate a ready-made.

What caught my eye (and cracked both of us up) is the little drama that starts @ 0:45 as the chameleon.... nevermind (no spoilers).

Cool video of the births
I’m not positive, but think it’s a bradypodion species

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

I’m not positive, but think it’s a bradypodion species

Ohmigosh! It makes my head hurt just trying to get through this stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradypodion

Delimitation of Bradypodion has been controversial for some time. Most species seem readily distinguishable by morphological characteristics, but for some time the genus was used as a wastebin taxon for smaller chameleons from sub-Saharan Africa with plesiomorphic hemipenises.[1] Alternatively, many of the present species were reduced to subspecies status.[2] This has since been refuted,[3] but several more species seem recognizable judging from morphological[4] and mitochondrial 16S rRNA and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence data.[5]

Why not just call them collectively, Bradypodion Fubarus?

 

[Pickle-cham]

Cape verde dwarf chameleon or bradypodion pumilum, it features in bbc life in cold blood by sir David Attenborough none other than

 

[Lindasjackson]

I think the first is a female Jackson’s because I think they are the only ones that give live birth.

 

[MissSkittles]

https://chameleonacademy.com/trioceros-ellioti-care/

 

[AnamCara]

I think the first is a female Jackson’s because I think they are the only ones that give live birth.

More than Jackson's give live births

Post in thread 'what chameleon give live birth' https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/what-chameleon-give-live-birth.54418/post-511571

 

[Lindasjackson]

Oh, okay thank you! I didn’t know that! But I still think she looks like a Jackson’s.

 

[DocZ]

Cape verde dwarf chameleon or bradypodion pumilum, it features in bbc life in cold blood by sir David Attenborough none other than

Thanks. That looks right to me too

 

[Pickle-cham]

Thanks. That looks right to me too

Cape (as in South Africa) dwarf not cape verde i meant

 

[DocZ]

Cool
I knew many of them were from South Africa. B. thamnobates is on my wish list

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

More than Jackson's give live births

Post in thread 'what chameleon give live birth' https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/what-chameleon-give-live-birth.54418/post-511571

I just spent several minutes looking for such a list. All the sources I found alluded to other species (e.g. "ovoviviparous species, such as the Jackson's chameleon") but they were all vague on specifics.

I should have just scrolled down to begin with. Thanks for finding that.