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i was lookin around on reptiledepot.com, and i came across a really cool cham, called a werneri. does anybody have experience with this species? it has really bright coloration, and has 3 horns, like a jax. any idea what im talkin about?

-seth
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I have had some experience with this species. The common name for this species is the Werner's Chameleon. What kind of info do you need and will try to amswer the question.
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Ethan

are they hard to care for?

temp and humidity levels?

how big do they get?

male and female differences?

behavior?

handling?

evironment?

staple diets?

origin?

any other things i need to know?

thanks,
-seth
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They aren't to care for at all. They are a little on the aggressive side though. Ideal humidity is at ninty-five percent. Daytime temperature should be around seventy-five to seventy-eight degrees F with a nighttime drop of at least ten degrees F. The chameleon should be given a basking spot of about eighty-five degrees F and this can be achieved with a clamp lamp using a sixty watt bulb. Males have a hemi-penal bulge and females have single large, annulated rostral horn. They can become very aggressive like a low tone of hissing. Mine always loved to be handled but they really do not like human interaction. They would like the enviroment as same as you would do a Jackson's Chameleon enviroment. There staple diet is manly crickets and silk worms, but you can feed them other kinds of worms and can eat fruit and vegetables at a very young age. They are native to the Uzungwe and Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. Approximately 9-30 live young are born and only one clutch/year seems to be the rule. Sexual maturity occurs at 6 months of age.
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Ethan

thanks
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