Chameleon Terminology

[Samsonsfrogs]

With all the reading I have been doing lately regarding veiled chameleons, I have read some terminology I'm not familiar with. A far as morph and lineage ....I'm familiar with those, but others I am not. Anyone care to share?

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Locale is similar to morph and refers to the color patterns of panther chameleons. They are all the same species (Furcifer pardalis) but they're called by their locales because the patterns originate from the islands or regions of Madagascar and that is how they are named. For example: Nosey Be chams are generally very blue and came from Nosy Be island, but are still pantheR chameleons.

What other terms are you not familiar with?

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Sire.... Does that mean male?

 

[eriksorg]

Father of offspring...

 

[JonRich]

Father of offspring...

Dame would be the Mother

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Great. Thanks guys.