About Us

We are a group, as the mission statement says, interested in sharing information about melleri and creating a network with other keepers. The content of this site is not copied from books, nor is it fiction; it is all from direct experience, over years, with captive Meller's chameleons.

If you are a keeper with melleri information to share, even with directly contrasting experiences, please contact us. We are all here to learn, no judgement is passed. Everyone who has kept melleri, no matter what duration, has something to contribute. Each animal is so unique that we will never complete the study of this creature. No one keeper knows everything about melleri. We have all contributed to the content of this site:

Kristina Lucas Francis	Group member Kristina Lucas Francis is a hobbyist who has been keeping Ch. melleri since 1999. She first acquired a wild-caught male, then a captive-hatched adult female in 2001. She is currently raising her F1 captive-breds from this foundation pair. With all the data she has amassed, she is working on a book about the species and how the discoveries apply to chameleons in general. As part of her ceramic art career, she participates in realistic animal art competitions across the country. She also judges competitions and researches anatomy, physiology, color genetics, and zoology to remain an informed critic. She has worked with a few other chameleon species, and is currently learning the husbandry of a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians. Here is Kristina's 2008 article about Senegal chameleons: http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=164
Allison Banks	I've kept several species of chameleons for about 9 years including melleri, deremensis, B. fischeri fischeri and fischeri multituberculatum, verrucosus, calyptratus, cristatus, and jacksoni.  I kept 2 rescued melleri in a free range setup for about 3 years and adopted 2 others with major health problems who did not survive.  Melleri were my favorite species and were the most demanding, but they taught me the most about how to accomodate the needs of chameleons.
Juan Antonio Alvarez	Loving animals in general, and reptiles in particular, he became interested in the maintenance of several species of turtles in captivity. In 2004, he had his first Veiled Chameleon, and soon thereafter he encountered melleri through books. He found this species fascinating when he saw it for the first time in a pet store. At the moment, he is collaborating on the Spanish version of The Melleri Discovery and other sites, to spread knowledge of this species of chameleon. He hopes that the commercial pressures in their natural habitats diminish.