Rostral split

[CleanHome Chameleons]

Is it me or do nosy Be's have a bigger split than the other locales of panther or is it just me as my Ambilobe's don't seem to have the split v shape at the end of the rostral compared to my others can anybody clarify

Mark

 

[chameleonkev]

Yes there are differences in the locals, my mitsio rostral is also quite small but my faly's is very long an has a slight split, it's a good way to tell the local of females aswell as the patterns, you look at a female faly's pattern compered to other females locals and you can see the difference, this doesn't always work to find out the female local but does give you a indication

 

[CleanHome Chameleons]

I thought as much lol nice one Kev, I thought it was like a bit ov evolving as when my mistking is on he just catches the water running down his rostral and licks it all up( this the same for my 3 nosy Be's ) the rest drink of leaves and the top ov the cage.

 

[chameleonkev]

I've defiantly seen differences in the rostral and also with my faly in the curve to the top of there head it seems shorter than a lot of locals, it might just be be but I'm certain that there are some slight difrences in some locals

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Theres some debate over this... One big breeder here in the US who has probably seen more pardalis than anyone outside of maddy, says its not a factor at all in determining locale...

To me it always seemed ambanja have the longest rostrals of any local but thats just by the pics i have seen... The only real way to tell is knowing their origin and looking at the colors(which still can be fluky)