Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

Well I bought a baby veiled cham. Breeder at the expo said she was 2 weeks old. I was, of course, nervous about raising such a young baby, but she's done great. She's 9 months old now. Very active, piggy little eater, she's great. Only thing is.... she's barely 3 inches long! Is there really that much variation in size, or is she just some sort of "dwarf" veiled... or is she a different type of cham altogether? Any thoughts?

mafia_69 · I've settled in... Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 38

looks like a chamaleo chamaleon... they are native from the area that i live (Algarve, also found in morroco, south spain etc)

PaulG · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject:

Do you know if she is cb?
I would of thought he would know the species of cham but It def aint a yemen at 3 inch long
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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

she's supposed to be captive bred. but then again she's supposed to be a yemen.....

mafia_69 · I've settled in... Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 38

they are illegal to own because they are in danger of extinction... i was informed today that chamaleo chamaleon grows slowly then the yemens and the other species... its incubation is from September until June of the next year...

It really looks like a chamaleo chamaleon... or a very bad yemen...

Rickeezee · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

Not sure what it is but its not a Yemen.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:19 am Post subject:

Maybe a Chamaelo Africanus from Nigeria. High likelihood of it being WC.
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mafia_69 · I've settled in... Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 38

i will post some pics of chamaleo chamaleon for you to compare...

[img]http://images.google.pt/url?q=http://www.geocities.com/naturfolio/photos/d05p002[/img]

as you can see its quite similar, if not more...

mafia_69 · I've settled in... Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 38

and i must say, ive kept and bred a few of these chams and they are great... bur they prefer rather large vivs... not so much humidity as the tropical species... warm during the day and colder in the night... they hibernate during winter.

stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

that's definitely her!! check out these pix...... she has the exact same markings when she's hunting or excited...... (she's on the right, the one on the left is the chamaeleo chamaeleon)