Chamaeleo calyptratus

The Yemen Chameleon
2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-86659-036-6
Verlag: Natur und Tier

Buch, Englisch, 95 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

In his book the author treats all important aspects of the right grooming and breeding of the Yemen chameleon. Numerous illustrations both document and underline the extraordinary and interesting character of this species for terraristics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, Wolfgang

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Evolutionary history and systematics
Distributions of habitats of the Yemen Chemeleon
Build and peculiarities
Colour as a substitue for vocalisation
The eye and other sensory organs
The tongue
Activity and behaviour
How long does a Yemen Chameleon live?
Obtaining a Yemen Chameleon
Prerequisites for breeding
Sexual differences
Courtship and mating behaviour
Gravidity, oviposition, incubation and hatching
Rearing the young and associated problems
The vivarium
Furnishings
Vivarium technology, heating and lighting
Free range in a room, greenhouse or conservatory
Solitary or cohabiation?
Balanced diet
Diseases
Species protection
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Schmidt, born in 1962, married, 2 children, auditor, has been keeping and breeding the most distinct species of chameleons successfully since the age of 12. Apart from that, he also deals with amphibians and reptiles of various other trait groups. Thanks to his numerous publications of books and in magazines on the fields of herpetology and science of terrariums, this author is known as an expert to a wide public, who makes his readers benefit from his rich amount of experience in a well-founded while easily understandable form.