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need help identifying this girl

Trevor17 May 13, 2007 07:43 PM

Please look at the photos in the link at the bottom and tell me what species she is.
I was told this was a female Flap Jack chameleon.
However, on adcham.com
(http://adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/chfuelleborni.html)
it says,
>emales possess 3 small, annulated horns

Then I looked up another site with a photo.
(http://www.chameleontradehouse.nl/en/ct-fuell-en.html)
Here the top pic looks like it's a one-horned cham.

So, do female Flap Jach chameleons have '3 annulated horns' or one?
And, what cham is the one in here?
Is it in fact Flap Jack? Or is it another kind? Maybe Jackson's?
Sorry the photo quality is not great, I don't have a digital camera I took these photos with my cellphone.
Chameleon in question

Replies (3)

ChrisAnderson May 14, 2007 10:14 AM

>>Please look at the photos in the link at the bottom and tell me what species she is.
>>I was told this was a female Flap Jack chameleon.
>>However, on adcham.com
>>(http://adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/chfuelleborni.html)
>>it says,
>>>emales possess 3 small, annulated horns
>>
>>Then I looked up another site with a photo.
>>(http://www.chameleontradehouse.nl/en/ct-fuell-en.html)
>>Here the top pic looks like it's a one-horned cham.
>>
>>So, do female Flap Jach chameleons have '3 annulated horns' or one?
>>And, what cham is the one in here?
>>Is it in fact Flap Jack? Or is it another kind? Maybe Jackson's?
>>Sorry the photo quality is not great, I don't have a digital camera I took these photos with my cellphone.
>>Chameleon in question

You have a female Werner's Chameleon, Chamaeleo (Trioceros) werneri. They are very similar to Ch. (T.) fuelleborni but one way to tell is the color of the horn (darker in werneri).

Chris
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Trevor17 May 14, 2007 05:55 PM

Thank you!mystery solved!
My mom went to a pet store last week to find out and they hadn't even seen a 3-horned chameleon. We were really stuck.
We were gonna take her to the vet but we have the appointment onFriday and I wanted to know her species before that so I could do research and give proper care
Trev

Trevor17 May 14, 2007 06:46 PM

Today my mom went to a reptile education center and the staff there also said Werner's.
She said they too mentioned the difference with the horn.
Thanks again!

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