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Does anyone have a recommendation for an egg laying chamber for Chameleolis barbatus? Thanks in advance. Eric.

What do you mean by this? If your terrarium is made to suit your lizards' needs, it should have living plants, branches, twigs and optimal temperature and humidity. The substrate should be such that it can keep humidity and support the plants (unless you have them in pots), e.g. peat with sand and some soil. Under such conditions, female finds the best place to lay the egg, usually close to some vertical structure in the tank, like bark on the wall, stone or branch. It is good to have some peat moss on the substrate, it keeps humidity and females like it as the substrate for eggs. If your tank is sterile enclosure with plastic plants and bare floor, you must put in there plastic box with vermiculite or peat moss and the female will be forced to lay the egg into it.

The cage has a bare floor. I only have air plants so there is no need for a substrate. I found one egg today when cleaning the female's cage and I will see if she has another in her. Thanks for the advice. Eric

Well, it is good to have a substrate in the terrarium, if only to keep the humidity relatively stable over the day. You keep the male and female separately? No need for this, Chamaeleolis sp. are pair animals that make stable bonds and prefer to be together.

Ivan

Chamaeleolis chamaeleonides
C. guamuhaya
C. barbatus
Anolis baracoae
A. l. luteogularis
A. s. smallwoodi
A. n. noblei
A. vermiculatus
A. bartschi
A. semilineatus
A. garridoi
Sphaerodactylus elegans

I used to keep them together but thought they would have less stress if I kept them seperate. I want to let the female regain some weight before reintroducing them. As you can tell I a don't have a lot of experience with anoles. If anyone else has anything to add it would be appreciated. Thanks Ivan.
P.S. I came across these photos of some wild caught crested anoles from Key Biscayne I had many years ago.