Are there different Veiled Cham varieties?

[Chameleons Northwest]

This may be a silly question, and pardon my ignorance- but as far as veiled (Yemen) chams go, is it uncool to cross breed the different varieties (colors)? I've seen green, high yellow, and turquoise, to name a few, and am wondering if these are from different parts of Yemen, or are they just offshoots of the same. I understand Yemen consists of the territory on the Peninsula, but also a couple hundred islands. Our male cham, Guido, is green as his normal coloring. Would it be wrong to mate him with a turquoise? My gut feeling is that, with veiled chameleons, it's not really an issue. Just want to be sure before I do something that would be frowned upon. Believe me- Guido wouldn't know the difference. Sandy

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

This may be a silly question, and pardon my ignorance- but as far as veiled (Yemen) chams go, is it uncool to cross breed the different varieties (colors)? I've seen green, high yellow, and turquoise, to name a few, and am wondering if these are from different parts of Yemen, or are they just offshoots of the same. I understand Yemen consists of the territory on the Peninsula, but also a couple hundred islands. Our male cham, Guido, is green as his normal coloring. Would it be wrong to mate him with a turquoise? My gut feeling is that, with veiled chameleons, it's not really an issue. Just want to be sure before I do something that would be frowned upon. Believe me- Guido wouldn't know the difference. Sandy

To my knowledge, there is no worry about breeding a veiled with any other veiled. Go ahead and have fun with it if your female is receptive.

On another note. It used to be frowned upon to cross breed the different panther locales, but more and more people are doing it. I guess it's just part of the business. Just like cross breeding dogs. People frown upon that and it has become huge in this day and age. People want to see different and new things created.

I was once told that you shouldn't cross breed panthers because it's hard enough to get a different locale into the country and have the pure breed bloodline ruined.

I probably won't be cross breeding but I don't turn my nose up at it either.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Thank you for the reply. We have not acquired a female yet, but hope to purchase one from someone on the forum.