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I've had a lot of experience with Madagascan geckos and am thinking about getting Brookesia sometime. Does anyone know where to get detailed care info of B. minima, B. perarmata and/or B. decaryi?

Also, is anyone selling this genus anymore? I've been checking the classifieds lately and haven't seen any ads for them. A few years ago they were becoming kind of popular as imports.

Any help is appreciated,
Robert Gundy

Minima and perarmata are not exported anymore – pretty sure they are listed as Appendix I of CITES. Decaryi is still exported among a few other brookesia but the numbers are real low – around 100-200 specimens each so they usually get scooped up before they hit the classifieds.

I suggest getting some of the African species such as brevs and temporalis if you are interested in working with leaf chams.

-roo

>>Minima and perarmata are not exported anymore – pretty sure they are listed as Appendix I of CITES. Decaryi is still exported among a few other brookesia but the numbers are real low – around 100-200 specimens each so they usually get scooped up before they hit the classifieds.
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>>I suggest getting some of the African species such as brevs and temporalis if you are interested in working with leaf chams.
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>>-roo

B. perarmata is listed on Appendix I of CITES and can not be exported as a result. B. minima was not given an export quota and B. decaryi was given an export quota of zero so neither can be exported from Madagascar. The only four species with quotas are B. thieli (100 per year), B. therezieni (100 per year), B. stumpffi (200 per year) and B. superciliaris (200 per year). These quotas are split between the US, Europe, Asia, etc., and very few show up in the classifieds anymore.

Chris
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Thanks Chris ... I was too lazy to go to the CITES site.

-roo

Thanks for the heads up. I used to be more involved with Madagascan imports but school has interrupted that. Are people having success breeding any species of Brookesia? I've heard humidity is key, but dampness is detrimental. How do you have avoid that? Screen caging??

Thanks,
Robert Gundy