what kind of pygmy?

[emmys824]

Hey everyone!

I finally picked up a pair of pygmies at a reptile show yesterday. The guy sold them to me as a pair of bearded pygmies, and I know that the male is, but the female kind of looks like a cross between a bearded pygmy and a spectral pygmy. Can you guys tell me what you think she is??

 

[Trace]

The photos are a little blurry but I’d hazard a guess that is a Rhampholeon temporalis because of the diagonal stripes and broad, flat lips. It appears to be a female but because the tail base is somewhat hidden I can’t definitively say for sure. The temporalis require different temperatures than the brevicaudatus so should be kept separately. In a lot of instances the females come in gravid so be prepared for that.

 

[Chris Anderson]

Agreed, the photo is blurry but the shape of the head and the way the nose comes to a point makes it look like you have a Rhampholeon temporalis.

Chris

 

[emmys824]

Well, that's a bummer! I guess I should have trusted my gut that said something wasn't right.

 

[AJA]

Emmy, if you don't want them..... Was this at the Puyallup show?

 

[emmys824]

No, it was Repticon in Atlanta. It's not that I don't want her.. I was just really wanting them to have babies