Gutloading
In terraristics, the term gutloading refers to the enhancement of feeders before feeding them to the chameleon by means of targeted feeding of home-mixed or commercial feeds. Gutloading, as it was originally used in...
Bioactive substrate
Actually, it is quite simple with the soil: Here, too, it is best to orientate yourself on the natural habitat of the chameleons in Madagascar. This article mainly explains the bioactive substrate, its components...
Brookesia nofy
First description: Rakotoarison, Hasiniaina, Glaw and Vences, 2024 Origin of the species name: The biologist Andolalao Rakotoarison named the species after the Malagasy word for dream. On the one hand, this fits its origin,...
Calumma hilleniusi
First description: (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1973) Origin of the species name: The Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius received his doctorate in 1959 on the genus Chamaeleo at the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam (Netherlands). At...
Calumma nasutum
First description: Glaw, Agne, Prötzel, Gehring, Köhler, Preick, Ratsoavina, Straube, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini & Vences, 2025 Origin of the species name: Frank Glaw from the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich, Germany, together...
Plant pests
Almost everyone in the terrarium will sooner or later become acquainted with them: Small pests on plants that let their hosts die slowly and leave unsightly, greasy traces or webs in the terrarium. Many...
Shedding problems
Shedding problems A shedding problem means that the chameleon has shed almost completely, but some pieces of the old skin have been remaining for days. The old skin looks milky in this area or...
Dripper
In the picture: 1 protective caps, 2 ventilation hole, 3 drip chamber, 4 roller clamp Drippers are perfect to ensure your chameleon’s water supply inside a cage. In a well equipped cage with soil...
Parasites
Parasites are a very common problem in chameleons, particularly in wild-caught animals and those captive-bred in large breeding facilities. Generally speaking, a distinction is made between endoparasites and ectoparasites. Endoparasites are those that colonise...
Frequently asked questions about taxonomy
Here we have put together a collection of questions and answers that are asked on our pages regarding species descriptions of chameleons. If further questions should fit here, we would be glad about an...
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