Expedition Blog Day 3: Sambava – Marojejy
Here we go at last! We start by bus from Sambava to Manantenina, about 65 km away, where the Marojejy Park Office is located. From there we walk through a wide savannah to Mandena,...
Expedition blog Day 2: Preparations in Sambava
There is a lot to prepare for an expedition to Marojejy. We clarified and discussed many things weeks and months in advance. Which local guides will come with us, when we want to be...
Expedition Blog Day 1: Antananarivo – Sambava
We’ve been wanting to start our expedition blog with videos for a really, really long time. And today the first post finally goes online! Our first expedition video, directly from Sambava, Madagascar. Bit by...
Terrarium construction: tips
After building our own chameleon terrariums for about 20 years now, we would like to pass on some experiences that cannot be found in the building instructions. After all, some things you only think...
Vacation care
Compared to pets such as dogs and cats, chameleons have a decisive advantage: they do not require extensive care every day. This comes into play especially when you want to go on holiday or...
Brookesia brunoi
First description: Crottini, Miralles, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2012 Origin of the species name: Angelica Crottini from the University of Porto (Portugal) named this chameleon after her partner Bruno Grassi. In addition, the...
Calumma boettgeri
First description: (Boulenger, 1888) Origin of the species name: The Belgian zoologist George Alber Boulenger, at that time working at the Natural History Museum in London (Great Britain), named this chameleon species in honor...
Calumma brevicorne
First description: (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), borrowed the...
Feeders
Who wants to keep chameleons needs to cope with living feeder insects. Today, pet stores offer a wide variety of potential feeders. This page gives you an overview, tells you which feeders are appropriate...
Building instructions for a double outdoor enclosure
These building instructions belong to an outdoor aviary system we designed and built ourselves, which we use for large chameleons. The materials are from professional aviary construction for birds. As always, we do not...
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