Chamaeleo (Tr.) cristatus

[Joery]

Some pictures of my young pair of chamaeleo cristatus:

Best regards

Joery

 

[eisentrauti]

Very nice cristatus !

 

[trioceros]

oh yes very nice,

i hope that my female will lay her eggs soon , and i ll get alot of little cristatus.

 

[Joery]

Yeah i hope she will lay her eggs soon, then you should incubate the eggs at room temperature (18-20°C). The guy i obtained these youngsters from did it that way and had an outcome of 95% and he lost 1 or 2 juveniles the first weeks, after that he hasn't lost any (they are now 5months approximately). They hatched after 9 months of incubation.

best regards

Joery

 

[trioceros]

could you ask him please how long his female has been gravid?

thats a very cool incubation. i ve read about 24°C at day an 20 at night.
my be i ll breed in different temps. some eggs warmer and some cooler.

 

[Jerm]

Great pics...

Great pictures! I love these guys.

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Nice chameleon and hard to reproduce in captivity.

 

[Joery]

 

[Orchidartist]

Nice! They look very dinosaur-like with the small sail

 

[grantman40]

what a beautiful species

 

[chameleonlover]

Aww they look so cute and great pics btw !

 

[VerteX]

Very beautiful pair.

 

[Joery]

Thanks guys!

Here some more pics of a female:

Joery

 

[siz]

Beautiful chams..Look at that red on the females throat! wow

 

[Joery]

little update

best regards

Joery

 

[merumontanus]

Fantastic photos, Joery-- these and the sternfeldi you've posted. What are you shooting with?

cristatus remind me so much of deremensis in general morphology-- shorter tails, high dorsal crests, minus the striking color dimorphism. It's great to see a healthy pair.

Cheers,

Fabián

 

[Joery]

Thanks Fabian! I have 1.4 (sub-adult captive bred animals), keeping them in a large tree, free range. I take my pictures with a Nikon D60 with normal kit-lens (18-55 mm and 55-200mm).

best regards

Joery

 

[Joery]

it's been a month so time for a small update

one of the females:

another female:

the male:

best regards

Joery

 

[Joery]

female with excitement coloration:

grts Joery

 

[haleybobl]

That female looks amazing! Thanks for the new pictures. I love this species, and sure need to get new pictures of mine up soon.