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im thinking of keeping a cameleon, but I do want other small amp and lizard in the tank as tank buddies, like frogs, gecko, anole, etc. Can you tell me which makes good tank mates with a panther cameleon.
thanks

sorry, but there really are none. chams are very solitary and territorial animals. Also, they do not live in a tank (though some people use them) after about the age of 3 months. They need to be in a large screen cage. Small frogs he will likely try to eat (which will possibly kill the cham b/c of the natural toxins in the skin of many amphibs). Other lizards will stress it, which causes all sorts of health problems for the cham.

go to link below to do some research if you are seriously considering a cham (there is a LOT to know) and be aware that their care is quite different from other herps. You may want to rethink your choice if you want to have a mixed bag

lele
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

how about two dwarf cameleons?

chameleons are SOLITARY animals and cannot be housed together. period. as noted in Kevin's reply it is basic knowledge in cham care. Do your research then consider another animal unless you are willing to HOUSE your chameleon ALONE, provide it with a large (2x2x4) cage, proper humidity, basking temps, etc. etc. I gave you a link to begin your research...
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Not only is it not advisable to keep a chameleon with any other kind of reptile, its not advisable to keep a pair of chameleons together either. There are exceptions....but you need to be quite experienced with chameleons to even attempt it.

There are several reasons for not keeping more than one species of any lizard together....
1) Most carry their own set of germs, etc. By mixing reptiles from different areas you introduce the germs from that area...and although the germs may be of no harm to the one who has them, once you add more reptiles to the mix, the germs may not be able to be handled by the ones who didn't have them. Its even worse if some are WC and carry parasites.

2) Most reptiles are not vegetarian so they will likely look at the other critters in their cage as food and you may soon find yourself with less critters in the cage.

3) Many reptiles seek to hold a territory and thus have to constantly be stressed trying to defend their part of the cage from the others. Stress compromises the immune system and that leads to health issues. In the wild, the animals have a lot of area that they can move around in so they can move away from stressful situations....but in captivity they are confined to the area of the cage.

Chameleons are hard enough to keep successfully in captivity without adding additional stress to the pot. Proper husbandry is enough of a challenge.

I hope you will research well before you get a chameleon so that it can do well with you for as long as possible.

Here are some sites that have lots of good information in them...
http://www.chameleonjournals.com/vet/
http://adcham.com/
http://www.chameleonnews.com/index.html

Just a side note, once at the beach i was keeping my veiled with me. I went out side and saw a green treefrog, and brought him in to show him off. He jumped off my hand, right into my chams cage, and my cham was honing in on him, ready for some dinner! So chams will eat a lot of things you wouldnt expect!Take my word for it. Don't worry, i got the frog out just in time.

Just testing this:

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I would definantly agree with lele. you would be hard pressed to find any cham enthusiest to think oterwise. this is at the very basic levels of cham husbandry.Just make shure you do some research. Chams keeping is much more involved than other herps
kevin