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I was looking for a new dripper for my veiled and decided to look at what lizards they had that week. They had a male jackson chameleon for $99 in one (small) cage.

He looked fairly large, even a little bigger than my female veiled, and I was just curious on a couple things. Dont male Jackson's have horns? When do they start to show up? I just didnt know enough about them and was curious.

(BTW is the above a good deal? I have no room but I thought Jacksons were kind of expensive)

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Of the live-bearing jacksonii, they are all born with tiny horns, and the horns of the males will continually get bigger as time passes. Most females will retain just the small bumps - but sometimes the nose horn will get a bit bigger - just never as large as the males.

It sounds to me like this pet shop is grossly mis-informed as to the sex of the jackson they have on display.

For good info on jackson chameleons, check out this site:
http://www.geocities.com/chamjacksonii/

Hope this helps,
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