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True or False: Many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from the skull that are visible through their scales, and fluoresce under UV light.

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True! A fascinating discovery recently published by David Protzel and Frank Glaw revealed tubercles arising from bones of the skull displace all dermal layers other than a thin, transparent layer of epidermis, creating a 'window ' onto the bone. In the genus Catumma, the number of these tubercles is sexually dimorphic in most species, suggesting a signalling role, and also strongly reflects species groups, indicating systematic value of these features. Co-option of the known fluorescent properties of bone has never before been shown, yet it is widespread ... Learn more https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-19070-7

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From Petr Necas' Info post In what three ways do chameleons proactively make sounds?

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Except of unintentional sounds, that the chameleon bodies can give when touching some objects or deeply breathing, chameleons surprisingly do make sounds proactively, especially: hissing buzzing spine-thrusting .

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In the chameleon breeder podcast number 16 Outdoor Chameleon Keeping, which of these topics are NOT covered?

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Bill Strand covers these and many more topics in his legendary Chameleon Breeder Podcast! Learn more: http://www.chameleonbreeder.com/podcast/ep-16-outdoor-chameleon-keeping/

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From Hero Monday.. What is Craig Durbin's advice about breeding Chameleons?

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Elise: Is there a message you would like to pass along to our community? Craig: I would say, take it slow. I know chameleons can be very addicting and there is such variety, and that it's easy to get carried away I think many of us have been there, but it's important to think of the level of care and commitment chameleons need. Lots of people want to breed chameleons, but once you go down that road you'll realize that there's a huge amount of time and money involved and it can be overwhelming. Take it slow, make sure this what you want to do, stick with it, and most of all, enjoy it!

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Which one of these statements is true about our newest member from Germany, David Protzel? Welcome, David!

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We are happy you are here, David!

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Match the common name to the scientific name of these species by ordering the second list to match the first list.

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Veiled: Chamaeleo calyptratus Panther Chameleon: Furcifer pardalis Carpet chameleon: Furcifer lateralis Jeweled chameleon: Furcifer campani

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Veiled Chameleon
Carpet chameleon
Jeweled chameleon

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Chamaeleo calyptratus
Furcifer campani
Furcifer pardalis
Furcifer lateralis

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When is there night fog in the home country of the veiled chameleon?

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What is the phenomenon known as "mate-guarding"? Thanks to Mark Scherz for this one.

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Mate-guarding is typically where a male will stay in the close vicinity of a female in order to prevent other males from mating with her during her receptive period. In this way, the male has a better chance of fathering her offspring. Again, this has been well studied in Chamaeleo chamaeleon in a series of papers by Mariano Cuadrado in the late 905 and early 00s. Cuadrado showed that male C. cahamaeleon will invest more ' in guarding larger females, as they produce the largest clutch sizes.

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According to Mike Bailey which of these is NOT true about using mango trees for enclosures?

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A few things to be aware of with mango trees: 1.They are quite cold sensitive so if you do not give them winter protection and they go below 30 to 28f, you are going to get some serious damage. 2. although there are "door yard" varieties that stay somewhat small.....they can grow rather large and require a lot of pruning.....and 3. they are in the poison lvy family the sap absolutely contains urishol (the substance in poison ivy that causes dermatitis), so if you prune them and get the sap on you, and you are highly sensitive to poison ivy or poison oak or sumac, chances are, you will be to mango trees as well.

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From Petr Necas' info post.. What is the meaning of the Latin expression gracilis?

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The name Graceful Chameleon, under which it often is mentioned in english speaking communities is very likely uncritically repeated error of misunderstanding the meaning of the Latin expression “gracilis”, that means “thin, slender” and not “graceful”

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Bonus question: which of these is fully true?

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...gracilis is not Trioceros but Chamaeleo and lives in subsaharran not suprasaharran Africa ...arabicus is Chamaeleo not Chameleo. ...laterispinis is not a leaf chameleon. ...the name of the Indian chameleon was CORRECTLY derived from the name of the island Ceylon, latinized as zeylanicus and it DOES live there. ...Trioceros feae is the only chameleon species inhabiting the island Bioko, laying close to the Cameroon coast but belonging to Equatorial Guinea actually.

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True or False: Many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from the skull that are visible through their scales, and fluoresce under UV light.

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From Petr Necas' Info post In what three ways do chameleons proactively make sounds?

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In the chameleon breeder podcast number 16 Outdoor Chameleon Keeping, which of these topics are NOT covered?

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From Hero Monday.. What is Craig Durbin's advice about breeding Chameleons?

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Which one of these statements is true about our newest member from Germany, David Protzel? Welcome, David!

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Match the common name to the scientific name of these species by ordering the second list to match the first list.

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Panther Chameleon

Veiled Chameleon

Carpet chameleon

Jeweled chameleon

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Furcifer campani

Furcifer pardalis

Furcifer lateralis

When is there night fog in the home country of the veiled chameleon?

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What is the phenomenon known as "mate-guarding"? Thanks to Mark Scherz for this one.

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According to Mike Bailey which of these is NOT true about using mango trees for enclosures?

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From Petr Necas' info post.. What is the meaning of the Latin expression gracilis?

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Bonus question: which of these is fully true?

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