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Plated Leaf Chameleon
scientific name: Brookesia stumpffi
| Cites status: | Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: | Madagascar and Nosy Be |
| Habitat: | evergreen rain forest and adjoining dry forests |
| Size: | up to 9 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 3 years |
| Reproduction: | lays 2-5 eggs. At 23°C offspring hatches after about 60-70 days |
| Temperature: | Daytime temperature at 22-25°C. At night 20°C |
| Humidity: | 70-95% |
| 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 x 30 x 40 cm (LxBxH) for one pair |
| 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. |