This site is being
built by Martin Spicer
and Rob Lane. Please
bear with us whilst we put together this website. When finished
it will be a comprehensive guide to keeping certain species of Chameleons
in the UK.
Over the years
we have kept Chameleons we noticed that some things in books and
on other web sites did not work particularly well for us. We noted
that all these books and sites were based on care in the United
States. We set out to find methods that consistently worked for
us in the UK and have documented them here.One thing we have learned
is there are several ways to keep chameleons successfully.
To avoid confusion
or conflicting opinions we have only referred to set up's etc that
have resulted in our own repeated breeding successes. Our aim is
to show people that this species of lizard is not as hard to keep
as some may think and therefore share our love for these beautiful
and unique reptiles.
Species
we have kept and bred on more than one occasion are:
Panther Chameleon
- Furcifer pardalis
Carpet Chameleon - Furcifer lateralis
Veiled or Yemen
Chameleon - Chamaeleo calyptratus
Jacksons Chameleon
- Chamaeleo (Trioceros) jacksonii xantolophus
Meru Jackson Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros) jacksonii
merumontanus
Elliots Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros) ellioti
Side Striped or Two-Lined Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros)
bitaeniatus
Werner's Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros) werneri
Fischer's or
Eastern Usambara Chameleon - Chamaeleo fischeri multituberculatum
Bearded Pygmy
Chameleon - Rhampholeon brevicaudatus
Thiel's Pygmy
Chameleon - Brookesia thieli
Species
we have had experience with but not yet bred or bred with any regularity
are:
Four-horned
or Cameroon Bearded Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros) quadricornis
Flapjack or Poroto Mountain 3-horned Chameleon - Chamaeleo
(Trioceros) fuelleborni
High Casqued or Helmeted Chameleon - Chamaeleo (Trioceros)
hoehnelii
Decary's Pygmy
Chameleon - Brookesia decaryi
Oustalet's
or Malagasy Giant Chameleon - Furcifer oustaleti
Giant Spiny
or Warty Chameleon - Furcifer verrucosus
Hopefully the
list will continue to grow.
We will also include
other chameleon keepers and breeders experiences with other species
which they have worked with.
We hope you enjoy
the website and find useful information on caring for your facinating
chameleon.
Martin Spicer
and Rob Lane
(Founders of Ukchameleons.co.uk)
