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This pair of C. collaris lives in a large pen outside, and finding the eggs took a little longer than an hour, but I was quite surprised to find them in such good condition. I last saw this female (still gravid) a couple days ago, so the eggs may not have been deposited today. They may not be fertile, but we'll see.

They're currently in sand until I replace it with vermiculite tomorrow, but I'm tempted to incubate a few in sand to see the results.

Enjoy,

Fabián

The male...

The pair...

wow, you came out of nowhere, unless you have posted recently and i missed it. how have you been? congrats on the eggs and the parents are very pretty, they should make some great babies!
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Hi Vonnie,

Thanks for the note. I know, I haven't posted here in a while, but I do periodically read the forum. Eve sees more of me in the chameleon forum, especially since she acquired those C. (T.) werneri.

We'll see how these eggs do. I thought of leaving them in the pen to see how many would hatch, especially since the chameleons have taken over the herp house, and I can no longer keep species with high temperature requirements in there. The collareds seem to be doing really well outside, though.

Talk to you soon,

Fabián

What a beautiful picture of your chameleon, and I like your collareds, they're a nice looking pair.

Good luck with your experiments in incubating.

élan
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0.3.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
0.0.1 Colombian Tegu
2.1.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.1.0 California Newts
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Green Tree Frog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

eve's cham is really pretty and that is a great photo, so a stupid question, are those horns hard? or are they like his skin and just there to look tough?
i am sure the collareds love being outside. whenever i put mine outside for some sun they just sit there, inflate their ribs and make squinty eyes in the sun, ha ha
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Thank you Élan. I'm interested in seeing whether the sand will have any effect on the "growth" of the egg. Vermiculite does not become as compacted as sand... that, I assume, should allow the egg to expand more easily than sand. We'll see...

And to answer your question, Vonnie, yes... although this subspecies has delicate horns (other subspecies of Jackson's have much stronger horns), and may break, they are "true" horns.

Awesome picture too :O)

Your collareds are nice too :O)

Thanks John... congratulations on the outdoor enclosure. Have they ever reproduced and hatched outside without any human intervention? Now, THAT would be awesome!

Fabián

Last year, I collected two eggs that I was able to find. This year, I know there are at least two clutches out there, and I cannot find them. I lifted every rock and can't find a nest. I have so many plants, and ground covering plants, I think she must have dug under one somewhere impossible to see. The ground is natural, with no bottom. I'm going to try to bring my adults in for the next couple of weeks in case I have some hatch. I'd hate for them to get eaten.

I agree...having hatchlings in the pen would be awesome...in central Illinois makes it even more awesome :O)

Haha, sorry, I just noticed you were talking about outdoor enclosures and eggs being deposited on a more recent post. But I agree, it's incredible where these animals will lay.

Let us know if you see any neonates. Good luck!

Fabián

with several species of desert lizard but not collareds I don't think.