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I have kept snakes for quite a while but am new to the Chameleon world and have a few questions.

1. Where can I find a good care sheet for the Senegal that I picked up at a reptile show this weekend?

2. What is the scientific name of the Senegal Chameleon? I have several books that I used to set up my wife's veiled chameleons cage at her school but none use the trade name of Senegal for any of their chameleons.

3. How large do Senegals need to be to determine their sex?
4. Any other tips would be appreciated.

It seems to be a wonderful chameleon so far, I just want to make sure that it thrives like the other herps that I keep.
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Chameleo (chameleo) senegalensis

Senegal chameleons are actually very hard to take care of, they aren't the hardiest thing and good CB ones are hard to find. My friend has successfully kept one for about a year now, but everything i read seems to say that they are hard to take care of.

here's a good link that might help you out
www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/chsenegalensis.html

and another
www.chameleonjournals.com/icham/icham.php
use the drop down thing to find them
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