Mycosis
Mycosis – what is it? Mycosis is the medical term for a fungal infection. A dermatomycosis is a fungal infection which is limited to the skin. An Organ mycosis is a fungal infection of...
Law and order
Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. Alle Chamäleons gehören geschützten Arten an, so dass die Haltung im Terrarium bestimmten Regeln unterliegt. Man muss Chamäleons beispielsweise bei der Behörde anmelden, wenn man sie...
What means “stress”?
When you get into chameleon keeping, sooner or later you will be very familiar with one word: Stress. No matter if you were talking to like-minded people on a conference or reptile show, or...
Cloacal prolapse
Chameleons may sometimes have tissue hanging out the cloaca which they cannot pull back. The medicinal term for this is prolapse. No matter which tissue is affected, a cloacal prolapse is always an urgent...
Gout
What is gout? Gout is a not curable disease that makes degradation products of protein metabolism deposit inside the body. The disease typically shows attacks with painful joints. In most cases of diseased chameleons,...
How much is a chameleon?
Keeping and breeding chameleons are relatively costly compared to other pets. Each chameleon has to be kept in its own terrarium, which takes up a lot of space but also means more effort. The...
Furcifer lateralis
First description: (Gray, 1831) Origin of the species name: The English zoologist John Edward Gray was very brief in his description of this chameleon species: it consists of just keywords instead of a coherent...
Furcifer major
First description: (Brygoo, 1971) Origin of the species name: The French zoologist Édouard-Raoul Brygoo described the species at the Institute Pasteur in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He considered it to be a subspecies of the carpet...
Furcifer minor
First descriptions: (Günther, 1879) Origin of the species name: The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, then director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), received a...
Furcifer nicosiai
First description: Jesu, Mattioli & Schimmenti, 1999 Origin of the species name: The three Italian biologists Riccardo Jesu, Fabio Mattioli, and Giovanni Schimmenti from the Aquarium Genoa (Italy) dedicated the species to Guido Nicosia,...
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