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I got home from work today and was very surprised to see this in my incubator. Whew... they are finally hatching! I'm also expecting 3 Gambelia wislizenii eggs to hatch soon. That will be exciting!

Fabian

Rhampholeon brevicaudatus... one day old.

Rhampholeon brevicaudatus in its enclosure (note the vermiculite still attached)...

from South Africa of the vacinity? Captive gambelia are supposed to be very nice unlike the wildcaughts which I think are very hard to acclimate. Great job! Also thanks for the responses below. The DWA sounds like a really cool place. I will for sure look you up if I am ever in the area. Usually I drive through Dallas(when I am ambitious enough to drive and not fly) on my way to the Sonoran desert. Tom

Tom,

Yes, these are dwarf chameleons-- better known as "leaf" or "false" chameleons. False because they are part of the subfamily Brookesiinae, but still within the family Chamaeleonidae. There are several species of leaf chameleons in Africa, making up 2 genera: Brookesia (living only in Madagascar) and Rhampholeon (living on the African mainland). The ones in the pictures are Rhampholeon brevicaudatus from Tanzania.

As far as the leopards go, I didn't have any problems with my adult specimens. Fortunately, they adapted quite well to captivity. This is my first time incubating Gambelia wislizenii, and I lost two eggs out of five during incubation. Perhaps they weren't fertile; or perhaps I'm not doing things correctly. I believe my female is producing eggs again, and if they copulate, I will probably try different incubation parameters to see what works best. Have you, Tom, or anyone else, had any experiences incubating this species?

Fabián

as a matter of fact I have done poorly with them in the past. A while ago there was a guy named HD here on the list that hatched some and they were really nice. He has not posted in a long time though. Also a good friend of mine, Scott Patterson has bred them several times and told me how harty the cb babies are. Tom