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From 16 to 18 May 2025, the annual meeting of the AG Chameleons took place once again in Boppard am Rhein. Traditionally, the chameleon friends \u2018Diverso\u2019, who had already arrived on Friday, met in the Rheinallee for a cosy and very tasty dinner. An exchange of experiences and many discussions about, with and around chameleons heralded the start of the conference.<\/p>\n
Saturday morning began with the first remote lecture directly from Berlin in front of around 35 conference participants. Sophie Obermeier reported on the expert training courses offered by the VDA\/DGHT Expert Training Centre East<\/a>. There, interested parties can complete both the certificate of competence according to \u00a72 TschG and that according to \u00a711 for commercial and – attention, this also applies to many private owners – commercial owners. Sophie also explained why every chameleon keeper should obtain a certificate of competence – even if it is not yet compulsory in Germany. A training course focussing solely on chameleons is currently being planned. Now that the technology is working perfectly after a few teething problems, there are already initial thoughts about using this option at future annual conferences to allow speakers to speak who are unable to attend in person due to physical distance.<\/p>\n Falk Eckhardt then presented his keeping of Trioceros serratus<\/em>. The animals – especially the females – are visually difficult to distinguish from Trioceros peretti<\/em> and Triocecros wiedersheimi<\/em>. Falk had taken over a group from another keeper and also bred them. He explained how they are kept in gauze enclosures with cork walls on two sides and discussed egg laying and successful incubation of the eggs. As the species’ country of origin, Cameroon, has not allowed chameleon exports for years, the terrarium population of Trioceros serratus<\/em> is unfortunately not particularly large at present. A lack of females in particular makes the long-term conservation of the species in German terrariums rather unlikely at present. Anyone keeping animals of this species, including individuals, should definitely contact Falk so that any individual animals that still exist can be reunited.<\/p>\n\n\n