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Pigmy Chameleon
scientific name: Rhampholeon kerstenii
| Cites status: | Not protected |
| Geographical Extension: | East-Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania) |
| Habitat: | evergreen coastal forests, near moist habitats. Diurnal |
| Size: | up to 9 cm, females smaller |
| Life Expectancy: | up to 3 years |
| Reproduction: | lays up to 9 eggs. At 28°C offspring hatched after 50 days. |
| Temperature: | Daytime temperature at 25°C, locally higher, at night 20°C |
| Humidity: | 80-95% |
| Lighting: | Daylight fluorescent tubes and UV tubes(see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Substrate: | loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). |
| Cage Furniture: | climbing facilities, blinds for back and rear panels, planting is possible (Ficus benjamina, Scindapsus sp., Epipremnium sp., Hoya sp., etc.). Many hiding places. Good air circulation is required! |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): | 30 x40 x 40 cm (LxBxH) for 2-4 animals |
| food: | Insects (e.g. fruit flies, cricktets, smaller grasshoppers, small cockroaches, wax moths, plant lice etc.) also products from the "Sorry Link missing". Regular additions of "Sorry Link missing" and "Sorry Link missing" are necessary. |