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CHAMELEON FAMILY TREE WEBSITE CONTENTS AMAZON.COM CHAMOWNERS TRIVIA BREEDING CRICKETS LINKS CHAM CAM MYTHS LIKKIN LIZERDS CHAMELEON ORIGINS LIZARD LOUNGES ARE YOU READY UPDATES PAGE NOT REALLY CHAM RELATED COMING SOON

Acknowledgements

This website would not have been possible without the patience of my wife, who put up with me sitting in front of this machine every waking minute, bringing my research materials out to dinner with us, and tying up the phone line every day.

Thanks go out to the wonderful, highly knowledgeable, very experienced and diversified group of world class chameleon owners found on the "Chameleon Journals list serve", for all of the general and specific knowledge I have acquired from them. If you are thinking of getting or already own a chameleon... then you should be a member. There are over 300 members worldwide, including D.V.M.'s, PhD's, top breeders and authors of chameleon husbandry materials. Ask a question and get several good answers. The Chameleon Journals web site is THE PLACE for chameleon information.

Special thanks to :

Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of PA

Kathie & Marc Kaiwi, Webmaster and List Owner Chameleon Journals

Susan James, Mother of All Chameleons

Carl Cattau Jr., for assistance with species lists

for their help and continuous review of the site.

SITE OBJECTIVE

It is the purpose of this website to entertain you, and maybe even educate you if your not careful, about OLD WORLD CHAMELEONS. It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words (and 15 - 250 thousand bytes) so that is the method that I will use when ever possible. Because of the number of pictures used, some pages may be a little slow to load so... if you own a chameleon get your water bottle ready and give him/her a quick shower while you wait, I'm sure he or she will appreciate it, and if you don't own one YET, take a minute to dream about the one you would like.

On this, the HOME PAGE, you will find brief explanations of what is covered on the site.

I have not shown any external links anywhere on the site to help in navigating through the site. ALL external links are on the LINKS PAGE by categories (there are some references to links on the site). If you choose to visit a link from the LINKS PAGE before you have visited all of the pages please remember where you came from and

"YA'LL COME BACK NOW... YA HEAR"

CHAMELEON FAMILY TREE

Species chart

Species list and descriptions

AMAZON.COM PAGE

Links to purchase recommended CHAMELEON related books.

View the cover and click to order.

Chamowners TRIVIA PAGE

Trivia questions about chameleons, insects and animals, sports, politics and history and more.

Answer the questions then point to "A" and check your answer.

CRICKET BREEDING PAGE

I have extensive photo-documentation on cricket breeding linked to appropriate points in IAN HALLET'S wonderful description on breeding house crickets. You will also find some funny, cute, and interesting cricket facts and stories on the CHIRP CHAT page.

LINKS PAGE

You'll find LINKS to caresheets, insect suppliers, chameleon providers, databases on chameleons, enclosures, and other interesting and necessary supplies for proper husbandry techniques on my links page. There is also an INTERESTING CHAMELEON SITES link section. Don't forget to visit those. they are out of the ordinary, some cute, some thought provoking and some... well you just have to look.

CHAM CAM PAGE

(CHAMELEON CAMERA PAGE FOR LONG)

There are photos of my Chameleons on the CHAM CAM pages. Hopefully this will grow to cover many other chameleons. If you would like to submit a PHOTO for consideration, you may do so by clicking the camera below

MYTHS, MISCONCEPTIONS, and FOLKLORE PAGE

Many old beliefs dispelled and new theories laid out, along with some old sayings and superstitions. you'll also find basic descriptions of the reason for color change and the "tongue trick" on this page.

LIKKIN' LIZERDS

Today's biology lesson

chameleon uncommon senses

taste, hearing, sight, smell, touch, and "communication"

CHAMELEON ORIGINS AND DISTRIBUTION

Maps, species lists, and fun facts about chameleon origins

LIZARD LOUNGES

Descriptions of various chameleon enclosures and husbandry techniques

SO... YOU THINK YOU'RE READY?

for chameleon ownership

good starter chameleons, how to select a healthy chameleon, husbandry techniques, tips on feeding, supplementation, and more

UPDATES PAGE

This page contains a brief description of any changes made to the site, so if you've been here before check this page first. I will leave information here for 30 days.

NOT REALLY CHAM RELATED BUT INTERESTING

PRETTY GOOD POEM

NON CHAM LINKS

COMING SOON...

more care sheets
more fun facts
more pictures