Conference 2025
AG Interna General topics
Another ‘traditional’ conference in Boppard am Rhein is on the programme for 2025. We have set the date for 16 to 18 May, so please keep this weekend free. We ... Read more
Aufgaben der AG Chamäleons
/ Artenschutz unterstützen
Viele Chamäleonarten weltweit sind in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum bedroht. Ihr Habitat wird durch menschliche Besiedlung, Brandrodung, Hotelbau, Viehhaltung und Landwirtschaft immer kleiner. Die AG Chamäleons unterstützt regelmäßig Projekte weltweit, um den natürlichen Lebensraum von Chamäleons zu erhalten.
/ Chamäleon-Ansprechpartner
Fragen zu Biologie, Anatomie, Systematik, Haltung oder Zucht? Die AG Chamäleons versteht sich als Anlaufstelle für Fragen zu Chamäleons jeder Art. In unserem Netzwerk aus Experten für die unterschiedlichsten Belange und Fachrichtungen findet sich für jedes Anliegen der richtige Ansprechpartner.
/ Koordinierte Zucht fördern
Die AG Chamäleons fördert und unterstützt die Zuchtbemühungen privater Halter genauso wie Institutionen wie Tiergärten, Zoos oder Forschungseinrichtungen. Die Nachzuchtstatistik hält fest, wie viele Chamäleons in der Hand der AG Chamäleons im Jahr gezüchtet werden und wie viele davon überleben.
/ Erfahrungsaustausch
Die AG Chamäleons hat vor allem ein Hauptziel: Den Erfahrungsaustausch untereinander. Züchter, Halter, Zoologen, Tierärzte und Biologen teilen ihr Wissen und ihre Erfahrungen, um daraus neue Ideen für Chamäleonforschung und Chamäleonhaltung zu entwickeln.
/ Beschlagnahmungen
Wie bei Hund, Katze und Kaninchen werden auch im Bereich der Chamäleonhaltung manchmal Tiere vom Veterinäramt beschlagnahmt, wenn sie unter tierschutzwidrigen Umständen gehalten werden oder die Halter Auflagen nicht erfüllt haben. Die AG Chamäleons ist Ansprechpartner, solche Tiere geeignet unterzubringen.
/ Veranstaltungen
Die jährliche Tagung der AG Chamäleons ist DER Treffpunkt für alle Interessierte, Freunde und Förderer von Chamäleons. Alle Themen der Chamäleonwelt kommen hier zu Wort, von A wie Artenschutz bis Z wie Zungeschuss.
Countdown to the next conference
Neuigkeiten
(Deutsch) Jemenchamäleons suchen neue Halter
Abzugeben
Two Veiled Chameleons arrived at the reptile rescue centre in Munich yesterday. Both animals were confiscated and will not be returned to their original owners, so they will probably be ... Read more
Presentation in Frankfurt about Madagascar
Live lectures
On Tuesday, 01 October 2024, Rainer Dolch will give an exciting lecture at Frankfurt Zoo. Rainer Dolch has been working for the Mitsinjo Association in the eastern highlands of Madagascar ... Read more
New leaf chameleon in Madagascar
Neubeschreibungen
There are tiny chameleons in many places in Madagascar, including the smallest in the world. Now another tiny terrestrial chameleon has been described by Malagasy and German scientists: Brookesia nofy. ... Read more
Occurrence of the European chameleon in Tlemcen (Algeria)
Verbreitung Science
The 21.6 km² Tlemcen Hunting Reserve is located in the north of Algeria, in the province of the same name. The climate is Mediterranean, the province borders the Alborán Sea ... Read more
New modelling of species loss in Madagascar
Verbreitung Science
For some time now, there have been various programmes and algorithms that can make various predictions about how many species in a country or region could be threatened with extinction ... Read more
Chameleons in traditional medicine in Sierra Leone
Science
In Sierra Leone in West Africa, animal parts are still used in traditional medicine today. Two scientists from the University of Nala have now investigated exactly which ones and what ... Read more
Furcifer viridis offspring in the AG
Nachzuchten
AG member David Prötzel has successfully incubated and hatched a clutch of Furcifer viridis. Congratulations! Furcifer viridis is a small species of chameleon found in western Madagascar. It was long ... Read more
Presentation in Dortmund about Namibia
Reiseberichte Live lectures
Regina Liebel will give a detailed presentation about a great trip to Namibia on July 5, 2024 in Bergkamen near Dortmund. After the European Championship match, of course ;) . ... Read more
Online lecture on environmental enrichment
Live lectures Webinars
The DGHT’s digital regulars’ table was launched this year. This platform is ideal for all those who prefer to watch lectures and exchange ideas with other reptile keepers from the ... Read more
Presentation in Basel about the European Chameleon
Haltungsberichte Live lectures
Markus Grimm, long-time member of the AG Chameleons and for many years entrusted in Switzerland with the implementation of expert courses for chameleon keeping, will give a detailed lecture on ... Read more
Rhampholeon acuminatus offspring at Citizen Conservation
AG Interna Nachzuchten
AG member Falk Eckhardt recently had a great success: His Rhampholeon acuminatus have successfully produced their first clutch of eggs. Congratulations! The Nguru Spiny Pigmy Chameleon occurs in the wild ... Read more
Presentation in Munich about Greece
Live lectures
On Thursday, 20 June 2024, reptile specialist Jochen Zauner will give an richly illustrated lecture on Greece in Munich. He will report on his two trips to the western Peloponnese ... Read more
The population of Furcifer labordi in Andranomena (Madagascar)
Science
After we already discussed a preprint on the habitat of the Labordes chameleon (Furcifer labordi) in Andranomena, Madagascar, last year, the final publication now followed after a long peer review. ... Read more
The flap-necked chameleon on Serra da Neve (Angola)
Verbreitung Science
The Serra da Neve inselberg is located in the province of Namibe in south-west Angola on the south-western edge of Africa. At 2489 metres above sea level, it is the ... Read more
Phylogenetics of African dwarf chameleons
Science
The archives of museums and other zoological collections still contain a lot of single-gene fragment data. Although it is now relatively easy to decode entire genomes and prepare material for ... Read more
Presentation in Dortmund about Socotra (Yemen)
Live lectures
On Friday, 7 June 2024, the ‘AG veteran’ Wolfgang Schmidt will give an illustrated lecture on Socotra in Bergkamen near Dortmund. He will report on a trip to the island ... Read more
Five new Rhampholeon species
Neubeschreibungen Science
There is still a lot to discover about the small, brown pygmy chameleons on the African mainland. After new species were discovered in the Rhampholeon uluguruensis/moyeri complex in Tanzania two ... Read more
Conference report 2024
Conference reports
The first time somewhere else! This year’s annual conference took place from 24 to 26 May in Fulda, Hesse. The Stadtgasthof Drei Linden was both the venue for the conference ... Read more
Calendars for sale
Abzugeben AG Interna
We still have a few calendars to give away! Of course, the calendars don’t start in January, but in June 2024 and extend beyond our next conference into June 2025. ... Read more
