Chameleon literature available

Chameleon literature available

by Alex Negro Abzugeben AG Interna

A long-standing member of our working group has kindly provided us with a whole series of books and papers on chameleons and other reptiles, which are now being made available for the benefit of the Chameleon Working Group (AG Chamäleons). Among them are some very old original treasures and many out-of-print editions of books. All books and papers can be sent by post (from Germany), with shipping costs added to the price. If you are interested, please send an email to info@agchamaeleons.de . Below is a list of the available literature with information on its condition. Photos of all items are available on request or here.

1 Philippe Philippe de Vosjoli: Essential Care of Chameleons
Paperback, 72 pages, 3rd edition from 2004, out of print
Price: €10
Condition: Very good, inside flawless, outside with slight wear to corners and edges

2 Wolfgang Schmidt, Klaus Tamm, Erich Wallikewitz: Chamäleons, Drachen unsrer Zeit
Paperback, 160 pages, 2nd edition from 1996
Price: €10
Condition: Very good, inside flawless, outside with slight wear to corners and edges

3 Rolf Müller, Nicolá Lutzmann, Ulrike Walbröl: Furcifer pardalis, das Pantherchamäleon
Paperback, 127 pages, 1st edition from 2004, out of print
Price: €10
Condition: almost like new, minimal wear to corners on the outside

4 Dr. Wolfgang Uthmöller: Schlangen wie ich sie sah
Hardcover, 127 pages, probably from 1948
Price: €20
Condition: very good for its age, pages naturally yellowed, edges and cover stained in places, remnants of old stickers inside the cover, pages themselves in perfect condition.

5 Joseph Nicolai Laurenti: Austriaci Viennensis Specimen medicum exhibens Synopsin Reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum
Paperback, 248 pages, reprint with English translation from 2005
Price: €25
Condition: like new

6 James B. Murphy: Chameleons: Johann von Fischer and other perspectives
Paperback, 123 pages, 1st edition from 2005
Price: €15
Condition: very good, minimal wear to corners and very slight creases on the outside, inside in perfect condition

7 Vincent A. Wagner: The life of the chameleon
Paperback, 32 pages, 2nd edition from 1987
Condition: good to very good, cover slightly worn on the edges and corners (see photo), inside in perfect condition

8 Philippe de Vosjoli: True chameleons Part II, Notes on popular species, diseases and disorders
Paperback, 28 pages, 1st edition 1990, out of print
Price: €15
Condition: good, cover with storage stains and minimal creases, interior flawless

9 Philippe de Vosjoli: True Chameleons Part I Husbandry
Paperback, 36 pages, 1st edition 1990, out of print
Price: €15
Condition: good, cover with minor stains, spine slightly bumped, interior flawless

10 Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences: A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar
Paperback, 480 pages, 2nd edition from 1994
Price: €5
Condition: very good, edges and corners bumped, inside flawless

11 Krystal Tolley, Marius Burger: Chameleons of Southern Africa
Paperback, 100 pages, 1st edition from 2007
Price: €15
Condition: almost like new, corners and edges minimally bumped

12 Michaela Jötzlaff: Das Helmchamäleon (Trioceros) hoehnelli
Paperback, 63 pages, 1st edition from 2008
Price: €10
Condition: like new, inside with dedication and name

13 Rudolf Malkmus: Die Amphibien und Reptilien Portugals, Madeiras und der Azoren
Paperback, 98 pages, 1st edition from 1995
Price: €15
Condition: very good, minor stains on the cover and edges, inside flawless

14 Francois LeBerre, R.D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett: The Chameleon Handbook
Paperback, 128 pages, 2nd edition from 2000
Price: €15
Condition: like new, price sticker on the back of the cover

15 R.D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett: Chameleons, a complete pet owner’s manual
Paperback, 103 pages, 1st edition from 1995
Price: 10 €
Condition: very good, corners and edges slightly bumped, spine faded

16 Günther Masurat: Vermehrung von Chamäleons
Hardcover, 143 pages, 1st edition from 2005
Price: 15 €
Condition: very good, corners slightly bumped, inside like new

17 Gaston-Francois de Witte: Les Caméléons de l’Afrique Centrale
Paperback, > 200 pages, presumably 1st edition from 1965, out of print
Price:  40 €
Condition: very good, spine faded, edges minimally bumped, pencil notes on first page inside, interior flawless

18 E.-R. Brygoo: Faune de Madagascar, XXXIII Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae Genre Chamaeleo
Paperback, 318 pages, 1st edition from 1971
Price: €40
Condition: good, cover yellowed, edges of spine clearly bumped, both corners of back cover missing; inside completely flawless

19 Philippe de Vosjoli, Gary Ferguson: Care and Breeding of Chameleons
Paperback, 128 pages, 1st edition from 1995, out of print
Price: €15
Condition: good to very good, cover scuffed, especially at the corners and edges, with small tears and creases, spine faded, inside in perfect condition

20 Rolf Müller, Wolfgang Schmidt: Stummelschwanzchamäleons der Gattung Rieppeleon Paperback, 95 pages, 1st edition from 2008
Price: 10 €
Condition: very good, edges bumped in places, dedication by the authors on the first page, otherwise inside in perfect condition

21 Fitzinger’s Systema Reptilium
Paperback, 115 pages, reprint from 1973, out of print
Price: €30
Condition: small note in pencil on the first page, otherwise flawless; spine slightly faded, corners and edges slightly bumped

22 Henkel, Schmidt: Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Seychelles and Comoros
Hardcover, 312 pages, 1st edition from 1995
Price: €10
Condition: good to very good, corners slightly bumped, cover faded, interior flawless

23 J.E. Gray’s The Zoological Miscellany
Paperback, 90 pages, 1st edition from 1971
Price: €10
Condition: good to very good, spine and parts of the cover discoloured/faded, otherwise flawless

24 William R. Branch, Aaron M. Bauer: The herpetological contributions of Sir Andrew Smith
Paperback, 85 pages, 1st edition from 2005
Price: €15
Condition: like new

25 Charles Klaver, Wolfgang Böhme: Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology
Paperback, 64 pages, 1st edition from 1986
Condition: minor damage to spine, spine faded, otherwise very good

26 Robert Mertens, Willi Henning, Heinz Wermuth: Das Tierreich, eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen
Paperback, 38 pages, 1st edition from 1966
Condition: very good, corners and edges bumped, pencil note on the first page, otherwise flawless inside

27 A. E. Gunther: The miscellaneous autobiographical manuscripts of John Edward Gray (1800-1875)
Paperback, 245 pages, 1st edition from 1980
Price: €10
Condition: good to very good, pencil note on cover, cover with minor creases and stains, interior flawless

28 A.S. Rand: Notes on the Chamaeleo bitaeniatus complex
Paperback, 30 pages, 1st edition from 1963
Price: €10
Condition: very good, minor stains on the bottom of the cover, spine faded, edges ditto, interior flawless

29 Robert Mertens: The Chameleon of Pemba Island
2 pages from 1964
Price: €10
Condition: very good, minimal creases on the top edge

30 Separate of a paper published by The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature on behalf of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
3 pages stapled, from 1971
Price: €10
Condition: very good, cover with crease in upper corner and very small spots

31 Prof. Dr. Robert Mertens: Live-bearing three-horned chameleons
Issue 7/8 Natur und Volk from 1949, 5 pages
Price:
Condition: very good, slight creases, interior flawless

32 Thomas Barbour: Two new species of chameleons
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. XVI, 1903, 1 page
Price: €15
Condition: very good

33 Zoologischer Anzeiger from 10 April 1893
Price: €25
Condition: very good, title page with stamp and handwritten note, otherwise flawless for its age

34 A. Stanley Rand: A new subspecies of Chamaeleo jacksonii Boulenger and a key to the species of three-horned chameleons
Breviora, Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 99, 4 pages from 1958

Price: €15
Condition: very good, note on the top right of the title page, slight creases

35 Claudia Schnieper, Max Meier: Das Chamäleon, Meisterschütze und Verwandlungskünstler
Hardcover, 40 pages, 2nd edition 1988
Price: €5
Condition: very good, minimal marks on the cover, slight discolouration of the inner page edges

36 Friedrich Wilhelm Henkel, Wolfgang Schmidt: Agamen im Terrarium
Hardcover, 151 pages, 1st edition 1997
Price: €10
Condition: very good, two corners of the cover clearly bumped, tiny tear in the spine, otherwise flawless

37 Martin Eisentraut: Im Schatten des Mongo-ma-loba
Hardcover, 240 pages, 1st edition 1982
Price: €5
Condition: good to very good, cover faded with minor creases, corners slightly bumped, small pencil note on first page, interior flawless

38 Gunther Köhler: Inkubation von Reptilieneiern
Hardcover, 205 pages, 1st edition from 1997
Price: €10
Condition: good to very good, cover significantly faded, otherwise flawless

39 Kameleon Vereniging Nederland: Chameleons, a fascinating hobby
Paperback, 96 pages, Lacerta 64-5/6 from 2006
Price:
Condition: very good, corners and edges minimally bumped

40 Martin Eisentraut: The vertebrate fauna of Fernando Poo and West Cameroon
Bonner Zoologische Monographien No. 3, 1973
Price: €20
Condition: good to very good, cover faded in places, edges and corners bumped

41 Annals of the South African Museum Cape Town, Vol. 61, 1973
Paperback, 160 pages
Price: €40
Condition: good, cover with various creases and stains, interior flawless

42 Herpetozoa 18(3/4) from 2005
Paperback, pages 97-208
Price: €20
Condition: like new

44 E.-R. Brygoo: Faune de Madagacar 47, Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae: Genre Brookesia et complement pour le genre Chamaeleo
Paperback, 174 pages, from 1978
Price: €35
Condition: very good, crease and small tear in the spine, inside in perfect condition

45 Linda J. Davison: Chameleons, their care and breeding
Paperback, 112 pages, edition from 1997
Price: €25
Condition: very good, dedication by the author on the first page (without name), slight crease at top right, cover with several very small spots

46 Draco Terraristik special issue Madagascar
No. 19, Volume 5, 3-2004; paperback, 96 pages
Price: €20
Condition: like new

47 Draco Terraristik Special Issue Chameleons
No. 1/2000, Volume 1(1), 96 pages
Price: €20
Condition: like new

49 Verenigingsblad van de Kameleonvereniging Nederland No. 1, 2004
28 pages
Price: €5
Condition: good to very good, punched and cover slightly yellowed, inside flawless

50 Treatises of the Senckenberg Natural History Society, No. 442
Robert Mertens: Herpetological Findings from a Trip to Cameroon
Paperback, 60 pages, 1938
Price: €35
Condition: very good for its age, cover with a very small tear at the top, spine bumped, a small piece missing at the bottom, above which the spine is torn, cover and pages yellowed at the edges, first page inside with small stains, everything else inside in perfect condition

Location for the 2024 conference

Location for the 2024 conference

by Alex Negro AG Interna General topics

It’s now official: we will be meeting for the 2026 conference in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony. As voted by the members, the conference will take place from 29 to 31 May 2026. Hanover is a very diverse city and offers excellent ICE connections and an airport for travellers from further afield. We will meet in the Lister Turm district centre, a historic building beautifully located on the edge of the Eilenriede city forest. There is a beer garden for adults and a playground for children in the immediate vicinity. The Hannover Adventure Zoo is located directly on the other side of the Eilenriede forest, within walking distance. There are also several hotels within walking distance, so there will be something for every budget and length of stay. We look forward to seeing you there!

Picture: Lister Turm CC BY-SA 3.0 losch

Lectures wanted!

Lectures wanted!

by Alex Negro AG Interna

Our conference programme for 2025 is not yet full! That’s why we need your help: We are looking for chameleon keepers or travel enthusiasts who would like to tell us about their chameleon experiences next year in beautiful Boppard am Rhein. Whether you have recently found chameleons in Malta, Uganda or Portugal – we want to know! Or have you had a chameleon species for a few years and bred offspring for the first time? We would be very interested in a husbandry report! Even food animals or terrarium technology offer a lot of thematic choice – who dares?

P.S.: We also welcome ‘first-time presenters’ ;)

Photo: Furcifer oustaleti in Madagascar, photographed by Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

The new CHAMAELEO is out now!

The new CHAMAELEO is out now!

by Alex Negro AG Interna Beobachtungen CHAMAELEO Haltungsberichte Science

Good things come to those who wait: we have just received the latest issues of CHAMAELEO 49. They will now go into the mail as soon as possible and will then be on their way to all AG members. The current contents can be found here. And if you are not yet a member of the AG Chameleons, you might want to become one soon! How do you like the current issue? Do you have any comments, wishes or criticism? Too thick, too thin, too much English, too little? ;) We look forward to your feedback!

Rhampholeon acuminatus offspring at Citizen Conservation

Rhampholeon acuminatus offspring at Citizen Conservation

by Alex Negro 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 exclusively in the small Mingu Nature Reserve in the eponymous Nguru Mountains in Tanzania. The IUCN classifies the species as critically endangered on the Red List of Threatened Species. Rhampholeon acuminatus is the first chameleon species for which a professional breeding programme has been set up as part of Citizen Conservation. The original animals come from Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna (Austria). So far, there have only been F1 offspring (= offspring of wild-caught animals). Falk’s offspring, if they hopefully hatch, would be the first F2 offspring of the Nguru Spiny Pigmy Chameleon in the Citizen Conservation project. We keep our fingers crossed!

Picture: The eggs

Calendars for sale

Calendars for sale

by Alex Negro 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. They contain many fantastic chameleon photos from our last photo competition – finally there are changing chameleons for the wall. ;) The format is 30 x 30 cm, the print is very high quality. To the right of the dates you have the option of entering dates or notes for each day. Cost: €20 plus shipping. If you would like to secure one of the last copies, simply send an e-mail to info@agchamaeleons.de !

Addendum: All calendars have now been sold.

 

Chameleon DAY? Chameleon WEEKEND!

Chameleon DAY? Chameleon WEEKEND!

by Alex Negro AG Interna Internationaler Chamäleontag

And for those who have acquired a taste for chameleons and can’t get enough of them: There is not only an International Chameleon Day this year, but also a whole weekend dedicated to chameleons! Our 2024 conference is the right place for you. From 24 to 26 May 2024, chameleon friends from all over the world will meet in Fulda, Germany, to exchange experiences, learn tips and tricks and pursue their shared hobby, the world of chameleons. We have prepared a colourful series of lectures and a photo competition. Anyone who is interested can register without obligation via our website. We look forward to seeing “old friends”, but also new faces!

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