cameroon sailfin chameleon

[fliver]

i was looking at different chameleon sites last night
and came across this amazing looking chameleon
i was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of it
or if any one has one?
this is the site i found it on:

http://www.reptilesncritters.com/cameroon-sailfin-chameleon.html

and here is a picture:

there was also a really weird lizard called a forest chameleon
it looks like a cross between a chameleon and an iguana
its pretty creepy looking actually...

 

[Justin Carl]

yea i know the kammers use to breed the sailfins. im not sure who sells them now.

 

[fabos]

Image from ChameleonsONly.. beautiful chameleon!

 

[Justin Carl]

oh yea he is fantastic!

 

[fliver]

oh wow
hes beautiful!

 

[Chris Anderson]

The original post and the link is referring the the species Chamaeleo (Trioceros) cristatus. The photo from the Kammer's site is a different species, Chamaeleo (Trioceros) montium. I appreciate you posting that link, I wasn't aware of this site and was surprised to find them using one of my Ch. (T.) weidersheimi photos to advertise the weiders they have for sale. I also noticed that they've stolen a lot of information verbatim from adcham.com. Time to go write a nasty note and remind them what copyright law is.

Chris

 

[Justin Carl]

breaking the law! breaking the law!

 

[Kent67]

Flap necked horned chameleon = Chamaeleo dilepis

Phone number and business address are in Brooklyn, NY but the animals are kept and shipped from Texas. Why do I get the feeling I know who's keeping and shipping them.....

Stolen pics and text.

Hmmmmmm. Anyone else seeing red flags all over the place?

 

[Kent67]

Oh, totally got sidetracked. Although not everyone does, I think the chameleons from Cameroon are awesome. I've kept all of the more common species from there and they have all been relatively hardy captives. Although I would recommend taking them to a vet for beginners, I can't remember ever actually deworming any of my Cameroon animals. So, I guess their parasite loads may not be as high as other chameleon species when initially imported?

I don't think anyone is particularly working with the species so wild caughts are most likely what you'll see for sale although the occasional ch or cb pops up. The sailfins are less arboreal (you'll see they have very short tails) and need a more horizontal cage. Also, one of the cool things about those Cameroon species is that the eggs have a much shorter incubation time, in the 4-4.5 months range. Hope you decide to get some, we need more diversity around here!

 

[Chris Anderson]

I really like the Cameroon species. I've not worked with Ch. cristatus but they're on my list of species I really want to work with. I absolutely love the wiedersheimi.

I got an email back from them about my photo very quickly and he's already removed it and replaced it with another. I don't think the guy cares too much about not using other people's photos cause the one that he replaced mine with is from another website and he's not given any credit for it either...

Chris

 

[kinyonga]

fliver said..."there was also a really weird lizard called a forest chameleon
it looks like a cross between a chameleon and an iguana
its pretty creepy looking actually"...there are three species of (forest chameleons) corytophanes. They are part of the family of corytophanid lizards as are laemanctus (cone heads). I have kept both corytophanes and laemanctus but have only reproduced one of the 6 subspecies of laemanctus and none of the corytophanes.

The corytophanes are quite unusual in that they will remain in one position for hours and sometimes if you lift a foot off the branch (for instance) they won't make the move to put it back.

Here are some sites...
http://www.wildherps.com/species/C.cristatus.html
http://www.projectmosquitia.com/Corytophanes.html
http://www.vivanatura.org/Laemanctus_serratusPhotos.html
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id29169/?taxonid=164946

And one on the chameleon..
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/chcristatus.html

 

[fliver]

hmmm thats really interesting
thanks for posting all of the sites about the corytophanes & laemanctus
i figured someone on here would know something about them
where did you get them from?

have you ever had any experience with the chamaeleon cristatus?

 

[kinyonga]

I'v never had any of that species of chameleon. They are awesome looking...but I don't think they are easy to keep by any means.

All the laemanctus and corytophanes I had were WC's except for one batch of laemanctus...and I bought them as hatchlings. Their mother came in gravid, dropped the eggs and someone was lucky enough to hatch them. I have bought all of them from different reptile shows and local stores.

The one group of laemanctus I have had for over 7 years now....and they came in as young adults.