Chris Anderson...Trioceros Laterispinis

that cham is amazing! its a shame they are so hard to find, i only quickly read some of the posts on that other thread but is there a common name for that chameleon?
 
I'm sure there is, but I don't know what it is. I hope Chris sees this and will post an update.
 
David,

The common name is the Spiny-flanked Chameleon.

I hate to say it but unfortunately this little guy was only in my care for a couple weeks. He seemed to be doing well but suddenly died on me. He was feeding, drinking, had good body weight, seemed well hydrated, was active and showed no apparent illness and was being kept in what I thought were good conditions (mid/low 70s temps with a basking spot and 2 misting cycles a day for 30mins each) but without warning, after about a week and a half, died very suddenly and quickly. It was a very frustrating death as it seemed to show nothing to indicate why he died. In most other instances, there is something that seems to point to something being wrong but I really didn't see anything in this case that lead me to believe anything was wrong until he was falling off the branch and then died in my hand one afternoon. I know there are a couple others in the US now since I got mine and hopefully they will do better then mine did. I'm hoping I'll get a second shot with this species though in the near future as I really don't understand what happened. Thanks for the interest though!

Chris
 
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Very sorry to hear the news Chris. I was kind of hoping no news was good news. If you ever get some spare time could you give us a little information on what you know about it. How common it is in the wild, it's natural habitat, etc. Thanks for the update. David
 
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