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!

#showyourcolours #internationalchameleonday #chameleonday #chameleondayMay9 #agchamaeleons #chameleonweekend #chameleonconference

Excursion after the conference

Excursion after the conference

by Alex Negro AG Interna

As we are also exploring new terrain this year with a new conference venue, there is another special novelty for Sunday, 26 May 2024: anyone who wants to can explore the Fulda “Tümpelgarten” with the Chameleons Working Group after the lecture part of the conference. This is the 13,000 m² site of the “Scalare” association. In a specially constructed aquarium and terrarium exhibition, the members of the association keep a variety of reptiles, fish and invertebrates. Outside, the facilities are complemented by aviaries with birds, squirrels and enclosures for land and water turtles. The meeting point is at 1 p.m. in front of the gates of the association’s premises, which are only one and a half kilometres away from the conference venue.

Photos: Aquarium and Terrarium Club “Scalare” 1925/55 e.V. Fulda

Preliminary conference programme online

Preliminary conference programme online

by Alex Negro AG Interna

Our preliminary conference programme is online! As an absolute novelty, we will not be meeting in Boppard on the Rhine this year from 24 to 26 May, but in Fulda. Fulda not only offers a beautiful historic city centre and excellent ICE connections, but also a great conference venue in the form of the Stadtgasthof Drei Linden. The Stadtgasthof not only has newly renovated rooms, but also its own butcher’s shop (don’t worry, there are also vegetarian and vegan dishes), a playground for children and a beer garden for adults.

The first travellers will meet up on Friday evening for an after-work beer in the old town of Fulda, which is just a ten-minute walk from the conference venue. On Saturday, the conference programme will get underway, which will once again offer a colourful mix of travel lectures, terraristics, veterinary aspects and research projects. A first preview can be found here.