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Allison Banks
Allison Banks is currently a wilderness management planner for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in SE Alaska. She has a degree in Wildlife Biology and Management from Oregon State University and has worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for about 15 years in National Wildlife Refuge System management and endangered species recovery programs. She started her chameleon addiction in 1994. |  | Articles by this author: |
Allison Walker
Allison Walker is an aspiring zoologist and researcher currently studying Biology at Georgia State University. She has mainly worked with one species of chameleon, C.(Tr.) Jacksonii Xantholopus with hopes to expand to the other two subspecies. For questions regarding C. (Tr.) Jacksonii you can contact her at gphibaw83@yahoo.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Andy Beveridge
n/a |  | Articles by this author: |
Angus I. Carpenter BSc.(Hons) MSc
Angus has been working on 'The chameleon project' (http://www.uea.ac.uk/~chameleo/) for the last 3 years in
Madagascar. Prior to this he was working on a Round Island gecko (Phelsuma
guentheri) project on Round Island and Mauritius and for Cambridge University's
department of Geography on their 'Floodplain restoration project'. He enjoys
many sports including scuba diving. He is not looking forward to spending his
first winter back in the UK having spent the last 5 years in tropical climes!!!
You can contact Angus at:
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and
Conservation
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
UK
Tel.: +44 (0)1603 593990
Fax.: +44
(0)1603 507719 |  | Articles by this author: |
B. J. Caruthers (lele)
Known as lele (lay’-lee) to fellow herpers, B. J. Caruthers lives in NH with her veiled chameleon, Luna, 2 cats, 2 tarantulas, and many 6 -legged and 4-winged critters. She has degrees in Horticulture and Nature Literacy & Expression and enjoys writing, drawing and photographing her wild silk moths and other jewels found nature. (all photos by BJC unless otherwise noted) | | Articles by this author: |
Bill Strand
Bill Strand currently works in the area of exotic animal breeding and continues to refine husbandry techniques with a broad range of chameleon species. A special interest of his is the creation of captive environments. He was the Assistant Editor and Webmaster of this CHAMELEONS! EZine from March 2002-March 2004. Bill can be reached at Bill.Strand@chameleonnews.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Brandy Snow - STAFF (Webmaster)
Brandy Snow is a Canadian chameleon enthusiast with deep interest in their proper husbandry and propagation. When she is not working with her chameleons or trying to help others with theirs, she is a website designer and founder of her Feeder company Canadian Silkworms . She can be reached at Brandy.Snow@chameleonnews.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Carl Cattau
Carl Cattau Jr. has been keeping chameleons since late 1996. Since this time, he has worked with approximately 24 species including some species like the now rare Furcifer minor. Recently, Carl’s chameleon addiction has started taking him to Madagascar where he plans to go for future trips as well in an attempt to see more chameleons in their wild habitat. |  | Articles by this author: |
Chad Smith
Chad Smith has spent the majority of his life working with reptiles and amphibians, and over the years he's gained experience with a wide array of animals. It was in his early teens when he first became hooked on chameleons, and he's been working with them for nearly a decade since. Chad is currently working on finishing his bachelors degree in biology at the newly opened California State University Channel |  | Articles by this author: |
Chris Caetta
Chris Caetta: As described in this, my Short Story, my lust for the Quick-Tongue started in 1990 and ruled my every thought and deed. I worked on a receiving dock so every crate or sheet of wood that came in was a potential cage. I spent my lunch hour running through the fields wearing my signature Hawaiian shirt and waving my butterfly net. Yes that paints an ugly picture but NO bug was to escape my quest for new food! After I felt I had a good grip on my husbandry I started Lizard King's True Chameleons ( partial tribute to the original Lizard King, Jim Morrison.) The one principle I tried to maintain above all others is that chameleons and people must always come first. I attempted to treat every one I met as a good friend and even though I have since retired from chameleons ( Due to an unforgiving work schedule and family commitments ) the greatest treasures I have gained from this experience were the close and true friends I have made like Bill Strand and Stephen and Aleshia O'Neal who have carried on my Torch and tradition. God Bless, Lizard King |  | Articles by this author: |
Christopher V. Anderson - STAFF (editor)
Chris Anderson is a herpetologist currently working on his Ph.D. at the University of South Florida after receiving his B.S. from Cornell University. He has spent time in the jungles of South East Asia, among other areas, aiding in research for publication. He has previously traveled throughout Madagascar in search of, and conducting personal research on, the chameleons of the region. He has traveled to over 35 countries, including chameleon habitat in 6. Currently, Chris is the Editor of the Chameleons! Online E-Zine and is studying the kinematics and morphological basis of ballistic tongue projection and tongue retraction in chameleons for his dissertation. Chris can be emailed at Chris.Anderson@chameleonnews.com or cva3@cornell.edu |  | Articles by this author: |
Dave Johnston
Dave Johnston is a pet store owner and breeder of Jackson's chameleons. | | Articles by this author: |
Don Wells
Don Wells has worked with animals much of his life. His present interests include disseminating proper husbandry techniques for animals kept in captivity. He has kept multitudes of insects and continues to experiment with new species. Don can be reached at Don.Wells@chameleonnews.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Doug Johnston
Doug Johnston, AKA "scubadug" began keeping reptiles because of his wife! A former SCUBA instructor (hence the "scubadug" moniker because 8 characters were as long as the ISP would allow), Doug's wife Karen wanted a lizard for Christmas. He didn't follow through until the next summer, when she caught an alligator lizard in the front yard. The cat liberated that one and the anole came in to take it's place but with a much better set-up. Doug proceeded to read up on the creature and found out that they were easy to breed! Uh-oh! Here come the females! From there it was a glorious ride into Phelsuma and then Karen fell in love with the Calyptratus. Now, with many species of chameleons and Phelsuma, anoles, Rhacodactylus, Pagona brevis, assorted insects, plus a wife and a cat, the Johnston menagerie is full! |  | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Dmitry B. Vassiliev D.V.M., PhD
Dr. Dmitry B. Vassiliev D.V.M., PhD is the senior herpetologist at the Moscow Zoo in Russia. He is an ARAV member and has published many articles in Russian, Japanese, and German journals on topics such as captive breeding of elapid snakes, shiniasaurus, and a variety of pythons. In the last ten years he has worked in veterinarian support of reptiles particularily in the field of parasitology, comparative pathology, and surgery. His travels have led him from Irian Jaya to Mongolia to Europe |  | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Ed Pollak, Ph.D.
Ed Pollak is a professor of psychology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he teaches animal behavior and biological psychology. An animal enthusiast since childhood, he has published scientific articles on the behavioral biology of mammals and fish and serves as editor of www.adcham.com. For a brief survey of his varied interests see http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm. |  | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Gary W Ferguson
Dr. Ferguson is a professor of Biology at Texas Christian University. He is well known for his work on the ecology, behavior, evolution and nutrition of lizards. With chameleons, he is particularly known for his description of Chamaeleo (Trioceros) jacksonii xantholophus in 1988 with Eason and Hebrard and for his nutritional and behavioral studies of Malagasy reptiles, concentrating on the Panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis. His demographic, nutritional and behavioral research on F. pardalis is of particular importance to chameleon breeders and keepers. |  | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Matthew Wheelock, DVM
Dr. Wheelock is a small animal and exotic veterinarian in Charlotte, NC. He is a 2002 graduate of Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine where he was keeper for LSU's live tiger mascot and a co-chair for the LSU Wildlife and Raptor Rehabilitation Unit. He did a preceptorship with the Baton Rouge Zoo before graduation, but now can be found as Chief of Staff at Harris Blvd Veterinary Clinic in north Charlotte. He has a special interest in herpetology and herp medicine and presently provides veterinary support for the Metrolina Wildlife Park (reptile house).
Dr. Wheelock currently enjoys refining his own husbandry techniques with his panther chameleon, leopard geckos, crested geckos and the various "critters" required for feeding them. Dr. Wheelock can be contacted directly by e-mail, phone, or snailmail:
MWheelock@vetcor.com
(704)-596-7387
Harris Blvd Vet Clinic
c/o Dr. Wheelock
5710 W. Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28269
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Dr. Morgan Dawkins
F. Morgan Dawkins DVM lives in SouthEast Pennsylvania with his wife, Jennifer(also a veterinarian), 4 children, panther chameleons, a leopard tortoise, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a pen full of chickens. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Tennesse CVM. He worked several years doing large and small animal practice, but for the last 5 years has done only small animal and exotic pets. He is currently a partner at Windcrest Animal Hospital in Wilmington, Deleware. He may be reached at the following address and phone number:
Windcrest Animal Hospital
3705 Lancaster Pike
Wilmington, DE 19805 USA
Ph: (302) 998-2995
Fax: (302) 998-5785 | | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Nicolà Lutzmann, Ph.D.
Nicolà Lutzmann keeps chameleons since he was 15 years old. His first species was Ch. chamaeleon from Israel. In the last 14 years he bred about 16 species, some into the fourth generation. In 1997 he starts to study biology in Heidelberg, Germany and he finished in 2002 with the diploma thesis “Investigations about the distribution, systematic and ecology of the chameleon-fauna of Egypt” in Bonn (Museum Koenig), Germany. He finished his PhD with the title "Investigations on the ecology of the chameleon fauna of the Masoala peninsular, NE Madagascar" and works now for a pesticide risk assessment company and as a voluntary freelancer at the Museum Koing in Bonn. namaquensis@gmx.de |  | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Sue Donoghue
Susan Donoghue, VMD, DACVN specializes in the research of herpetological nutrition. She is the founder of Walkabout Farm. She can be reached at
Walkabout Farm
PO Box 625
Pembroke, VA 24136 | | Articles by this author: |
Dr. Tom Greek M.S., D.V.M.
 
About the Author: Dr. Tom Greek M.S, D.V.M. works with chameleons and other exotic animals at the Eastlake Animal Hospital in Yorba Linda, CA. He is very active in the Southern California area herp societies and frequently gives talks aimed at education and improving captive conditions for reptiles. He may be reached at:
Eastlake Animal Hospital
20429 E. Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Ph: (714) 777-1661
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Ed Kammer
Ed Kammer is president of West Coast Reptile, Inc. a wholesale reptile company he started July 17, 1980. He and his wife Liddy are also chameleon breeders and owners of Kammerflage Kreations, their business built on passion . . . a mutual love for these magnificent creatures
Ed and Liddy may be reached at calumma@aol.com or through their website www.calumma.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Euan John Edwards
Euan John Edwards has travelled to over fifty countries to see animals in the wild. He has a keen interest in all forms of wildlife and natural history and presently makes his home in Madagascar. |  | Articles by this author: |
Franco Gagliardi
Franco Gagliardi has worked extensively with chameleons for the past 8 years. During that time, he has had the pleasure of hatching countless baby chameleons. When he is not tending to his breeding group, he can be found walking purposefully through any large body of grass catching bugs to feed to his hatchlings. If you happen to see him, please feel free to say hello. At the end of the day, once all of the chameleons have gone to sleep, he spends his time apprehending loose crickets with the help of his trusty canine sidekick, Bella. Franco has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis and was an Assistant Editor of the Chameleons! E-Zine from May 2004-February 2007. He can be e-mailed at calumma.parsonii@gmail.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Francois Le Berre
Francois Le Berre is the author of The New Chameleon Handbook and has written articles for Reptiles magazine. He is currently working on a revision of The New Chameleon Handbook. | | Articles by this author: |
Gasper Gomboc
Gasper Gomboc is a Slovenian chameleon enthusiast working with numerous chameleon species. He is interested in all forms of reptiles and is always trying to improve husbandry and incubation techniques. august.gomboc@triera.net | | Articles by this author: |
Jamie Long
Jamie Long, a 2007 graduate of Thiel College, is currently continuing
her education at Case Western School of Dental Medicine. Always a
wildlife hobbyist, Jamie became a full-fledged chameleon enthusiast
after acquiring her first chameleon "Snickles" in early 1999. Since
then, she has played an integral role in the development of her
family's chameleon breeding business Total-e-Chamz. Although
attending college required her to leave the chameleon ranch, it did
afford Jamie the opportunity to pursue research into the life of these
fascinating reptiles. |  | Articles by this author: |
Jason Descamps - STAFF (assistant editor)
Jason Descamps has been keeping and breeding reptiles and amphibians for over 12 years. To date he has worked with over 135 species of reptiles including breeding 18 species of chameleons. His current focus is creating a stable captive chameleon gene pool through the CCBTD and working with rarely bred chameleon species such as C.(Tr.) weidersheimi, C.(Tr.) werneri, and C. (Tr.) fuelleborni. Jason is currently an assistant editor for the Chameleons! Online E-zine. You can contact Jason at Jason.Descamps@chameleonnews.com or admin@chameleondatabase.com. |  | Articles by this author: |
Jim Flaherty
Jim Flaherty has been breeding reptiles for over 40 years, but only as his sole means of income since 2001. He is the primary owner and Managing Member of The Chameleon Company LLC , located in central Florida, working primarily with F. pardalis. Father of 4, and Grandfather of almost 3 (3rd Grandson due in Oct '06), he enjoys not being hit by hurricanes when he can. He can be reached at chamco@tampabay.rr.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Jim Nozaki
Originally from Toronto, Ontario in Canada, Jim moved to California 22 years ago and considers it his home. When not working with chameleons he lives life as a Physical Therapist and serves as the Director of Rehab Services at a small rehab hospital. He is married to Mari (who really runs the show from behind the scenes!) and has two teenage kids. You can email him at amzgbluereptiles@aol.com or at his website www.amazingbluereptiles.com |  | Articles by this author: |
John Lucas
John W. Lucas has been working in the pet industry for 5 years. He has always been fascinated by chameleons and maintains a small breeding group focusing on F. pardalis locales. He is located in beautiful Southern California. His articles and website, Chameleon Paradise, reflects his focus on issues of cutting cost via DIY (Do It Yourself) projects. He enjoys sharing some of his ideas with others who share a passion for chameleons as he does. You can contact John via email at info@chameleonparadise.com. |  | Articles by this author: |
Josh Mease
The Chamaeleo Research Group was conceived of by Josh Mease, in 1987, at the age of 15 years old. What started as a chameleon import monitoring and information portal has now turned into a lifelong vocation. Josh has worked with well over 40 species of chameleons including some of the only species imported into the US. His study of reptiles, in their natural habitat, has taken him from the Biological Reserves in Central and South America, to those in East Africa. In Africa, Josh was able to study extensively the chameleon species endemic to Mt. Meru and the East Usumbara Mountain Range. His mentor, Joe Berraducci, of Mt. Bird & Trophy (MBT) Reptile Centre, Snake Park and Chameleon Farm is currently collaborating with Josh to introduce CITES Farm Raised Quota Chameleons to the US. Their hopes are to introduce a new standard of chameleons to the US Pet Trade and to offer an alternative to the current devastating wild-harvest practice of chameleon collection. He now enjoys home-life with his wife Rachel and their daughter Jayde. His website is http://www.chamresearch.com and his email is jmease@chamresearch.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Ken Kalisch
Ken Kalisch has worked with over 40 species of chameleons in the last decade. He was co-editor of the Chameleon information Network, as well as being published by Advanced Vivarium Systems dealing with his experience breeding Calumma parsonii parsonii in captivity. He was the editor of this CHAMELEONS! EZine from March 2002-March 2004. Ken can be reached at Ken.Kalisch@chameleonnews.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Kenneth Barnett
Kenneth Barnett is a 44-year-old Pesticide Control Specialist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. An all around naturalist, Kenneth has always been fascinated with animal behavior. Ken's chameleon observations in the early 1990's eventually led to the first recordings of chameleon vibratory sounds. Kenneth continues his chameleon studies while conducting wildlife lectures throughout the State. A licensed New York State wildlife rehabilitator and raptor handler, Ken's diverse background includes stints as an electron microscopist for the Yale Universtiy School of Medicine, a horticulturist in a plant pathology laboratory, and salamander field biologist. More recently Kenneth and his wife have been leading tour groups into Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. Ken can be emailed at kbgecko@aol.com, or natureXchange@aol.com. |  | Articles by this author: |
Kevin Stanford
Kevin grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, keeping and breeding various species of native and exotic herpetofauna before moving onto chameleons about 5 years ago. His current focus is on carpet chameleons, though he also keeps some panthers and veileds, along with poison dart frogs. An avid field herper, Kevin has done work with the Fish and Boat Commission assessing local rattlesnake populations. Currently he is in his last semester as Penn State University, graduating with a BS in Business Administration. |  | Articles by this author: |
Kristina Francis
Kristina began her journey with chameleons in 1999. She remains a perpetual student of this fascinating lizard family. When not busy caring for her chameleons, she is a professional animal artist. She is the editor of the Melleri Discovery web site, and a moderator of the mellerichams Yahoo! group. She breeds a clutch only once every few years, and shares her data on each species she works with. She volunteers each day to answer questions of fellow hobbyists, via phone and email. It all repays a small measure of the joy of chameleon keeping. |  | Articles by this author: |
Leah Kroo
Leah Kroo has been working with reptiles since 1996. She started with chameleons and has captive bred over 10 species, and kept many others. Currently, she is working with C. quadricornis. Leah also keeps a wide variety of geckos, primarily Rhacodactylus and Uroplatus species, and is breeding various insects from exotic praying mantids to beetles. You can contact her at sales@wildeyereptiles.com, or www.wildeyereptiles.com. |  | Articles by this author: |
Lynda Horgan
Lynda Horgan lives in Ontario, Canada and has been keeping chameleons for about 15 years now. She has bred them since 1994 with Chamaeleo chamaeleon being the first kind that she hatched. She keeps a number of other lizards and turtles too but, in spite of them being one of the most difficult species to keep, the chameleons are her favorites. |  | Articles by this author: |
Matt and Mary Lovein
Matt and Mary Lovein are gallery owners in Holualoa, Hawaii. He is a ceramic artist and she is a painter. They observe Jackson's chameleons daily, as they live and work from their open air studios at their home. www.lovein.com |  | Articles by this author: |
Mike Coraggio
Mike's infatuation with chameleons began in 1995 with his first chameleon handbook and amplified only with reading. His interests in chameleons only continue to grow. Some of his chameleon research includes field studies on Hawaiian Jackson chameleon populations in Maui and publication involving caesarian sections performed on eggbound Furcifer pardalis. He has experience with the husbandry and reproduction of 23 chameleon species. Current breeding interests are concentrated on the rainforest chameleon species of Cameroon and Tanzania. In his spare time, Mike enjoy countless hours of college work…just kidding! He is a student at Rutgers University finishing up his BS in Landscape Architecture. His love for chameleons is only matched by my love for the outdoors, traveling, and working with poison dart frogs. You can reach Mike at macswatergardens@hotmail.com. |  | Articles by this author: |
Neils Pedersen
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Rob Trenor
Rob Trenor feels very lucky to be able to follow his dream. With the support of his wife, Kim, he left his job as an engineer to start RK Reptiles. The company specializes in chameleons. Rob hopes that his enthusiasm will spread and that the spread of solid husbandry information will increase the enjoyment of these special lizards. |  | Articles by this author: |
Stephen O`Neal
Stephen O'Neal and his wife Aleshia own and operate Natural State Chameleons-a humble operation that they say enriches the lives of their family (3 children) and all those who visit their "menagerie". Stephen serves as a Research Biologist for the AR Game and Fish Commission and, along with many other facets of the position, gives presentations statewide with the native herpetofaunal collection (over 40 species) that he keeps and maintains. |  | Articles by this author: |
Steven Deckers
Steven Deckers is a 22 year old chameleon keeper from The Netherlands. He has been keeping chameleons for approximately 7 years. He has bred a number of species over the years and considers those from the African mainland to be his favorite. | | Articles by this author: |
Susan James
Susan James is a co-founder of the ADCHAM web site. | | Articles by this author: |
Suzanne Boom & Jim Nieberding
Suzanne and Jim have been keeping chameleons for as long as they've been keeping each other (5 years). Though they started of with more 'common' species, such as veiled and Jackson's, it was the melleri that truly stole their hearts. They also share a strong passion for the true masters of the chromatophores – the cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish, squid) - and it was on a research expedition to study the visual 'language' of reef squid that Suzanne and Jim first met each other, on a tropical island that neither of them called home. |  | Articles by this author: |
Thomas Hildenhagen
Thomas Hildenhagen is a 41 year old chameleon breeder from Germany. He has been keeping and breeding various reptile and amphibian speices for over 25 years and chameleons for more then 15 years. His current focus is on the stump-tailed chameleons and other true chameleons from Tanzania. He is a member of the Chameleon Working Group board (AG Chamäleons) within the DGHT (German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture, presented by the newsletter CHAMAELEO) and the community of interests of chameleons (IG-Chamaeleons). He can be emailed at thomas.hildenhagen@chamaeleons.org |  | Articles by this author: |
Tom Routhouska
My interest in reptiles started when I was around 7 or 8 years old. One spring while visiting my Grandparents in Florida it dawned on me that there were lizards everywhere. I remember my parents dragging me to Disney World kicking and screaming - I wanted to stay at the condo and catch anoles and skinks instead. I have always loved reptiles (more specifically lizards) so I decided to get back into the hobby again. I like to take the road less traveled and I wanted a challenge, so I decided on chameleons. My first chameleon was a veiled, and it didn’t take long for me to want more of them. Pygmies sparked my interest since they require smaller enclosures/less lighting, and there didn’t seem like a lot of hobbyist were keeping them compared to true chameleons (again, road less traveled). Another aspect about pygmies I enjoy is putting together their enclosures - you can really be creative and I think it’s a lot of fun. I currently keep R. temporlais, brevicaudatus, and nchisiensis. I have successfully bred/hatched R. brevicaudatus and my goal is to breed other species of pygmies and to raise several generations of captive bred Rhampholeon. In addition to pygmies I also keep C. calyptratus and F. lateralis. | | Articles by this author: |
Trevor Dell
Trevor Dell grew up in South Africa, and now resides in Denver, Co. USA. He enjoys wildlife of all kinds, but lists chameleons as his favorite. |  | Articles by this author: |
Wolfgang. Kruger
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Zerah Morris
Zerah Morris is a mortgage originator in Lawton, Oklahoma. He began his journey into exotic pets and reptiles at age 12. After 5 years working with marine aquaria, he began keeping chameleons three years ago. In that time he has worked with F. pardalis, C. deremensis, C. wiedersheimi, C. p. parsonii, F. lateralis, F. oustaleti, and briefly with B. oxyrhinum. He is currently taking some time off and traveling, but hopes to return to chameleon keeping soon.
Zerah can be reached by email at: zerah_m@sbcglobal.net |  | Articles by this author: |
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