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Cameroon Expedition Blog

Back in Europe!

After travelling together for nearly 3 weeks, the members of the Exo Terra expedition team all went their separate ways. Some of us are travelling to the US, Canada and Germany... We can all look...

Last leg!

Right now we are on our way back to Douala. It was a very successful expedition and we nearly saw everything we hoped for! On top of that we have several new records as well! More later, I hope t...

Trioceros serratus

Some images of Trioceros serratus from the Mount Oku area. One of the most colourfull species we encountered during this expedition...

Trioceros quadricornis gracilior

Some more image as promised from T. quadricornis gracilior and from the field measurements taken...

Manebgouba Mountain

Breathtaking scenery near the the Manengouba lakes...

On our way to Bakossi Mountains

Today we drive back south to the Bakossi Mountains area, the last leg of our expedition. We have been very successful this far when it comes to finding Chameleons, but we have seen very few other sp...

Trioceros serratus

Just done photographing T. serratus, beautiful animals... Some good pictures later...

Trioceros quadricornis gracilior from Mount Oku

Good morning from Mount Oku, Cameroon. Yesterday was a great day where we again found what we were looking for; Trioceros quadricornis gracilior and Trioceros serrat...

On top of Mount Oku

Yesterday after a full say driving on one of Cameroon's worst roads we reached the town of Kumbo. Now searching for chameleons... Hopefully some pictures soon!

Mount Oku

Finally we see Mount Oku in the distance... Hopefully we reach there before dark, the road is getting worse again...

Bamboutos

Driving through the Bamboutos region, in the background Mount Bamboutos. As you can see there is no forest left at all... We continue towards Mount Oku...

Entering Mbouda...

On our way to Mount Oku... Just stopping in Mbouda to try and change some money, then on our way to Bamenda where we will have lunch... Hoping to arrive before darkness near Mount Oku.

Dschang

Rainy day! It rained all night last night, and it still is... Cold night as well, we lit the fireplace in our hut, and forgot we were actually in tropical Cameroon... Today we will decide on our...

Some more chameleon shots...

Hi everyone, time for some more Chameleon pictures! Great expedition so far... Today we head for Dschang. More news soon!

Manengouba Mountains

Right now in the Manengouba Highlands (1770m) where we just found a pair of Trioceros perreti! Great looking animals, more images later...

On Mount Koupe!

Right now on Mount Koupe (1550m) in search of T. quadricornis quadricornis and T. pfeferi. This was the toughest journey so far!!! Hopefully we find some...

Rough road!

Almost there, not so easy!

On our way to Mount Kupe

This morning we left Mount Cameroon an now we are heading for Kupe... More news soon!

Some chameleon shots...

Finally we are able to share some Chameleon shots we took over the past two days on mount Cameroon! W hop hope you enjoy them, even they are rath...

Back down...

We made it back safe down the mountain!!! It was though for some of us... Loren and Guy here near the waterfall were we found 6 chameleons... Great expedition so far, tomorrow we head Mount Kupe....

At 1400m!

Rewarding trip up the mountain... Again several specimen of T. montium... Right now filming some close ups.

Up on Mount Cameroon again!

The climb seem to be tougher then yesterday, but I guess we still have yesterdays ascent in our legs!!! We found our first T. montium already at 8:45 am this morning... Our Chris Anderson is now ...

T. montium

We found 17 t. montium today!!! One of them this incredible male! What a successful dag today... Tomorrow we will be back up mount Cameroon again!

Mount Cameroon...

This afternoon we reached Mount Cameroon which we are now climbing up to the primary rain forest! We just found our first Trioceros montium female!!! Pictures soon. This mountain is steep!

Mount Cameroon...

This afternoon we reached Mount Cameroon which we are now climbing up to the primary rain forest! We just found our first Trioceros montium female!!! Pictures soon. This mountain is steep!
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Habitat Kit Cameroon 2010

Il kit habitat foresta tropicale Camerun di Exo Terra è l’attrezzatura iniziale perfetta per tutti gli appassionati di rettili! Il kit vi fornisce tutto il necessario per allestire il vostro primo terrario, incluso il terrario in vetro di Exo terra progettato da erpetologi europei.
Comprende inoltre un manuale di istruzioni che vi guiderà nell’installazione, decorazione e manutenzione del terrario Exo Terra.

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Camerun

Affacciata sul Golfo di Guinea, la Repubblica del Camerun divide l’Africa occidentale dall’Africa centrale. La zona settentrionale del Camerun è arida e caratterizzata da ampie savane, mentre il sud ospita fitte foreste tropicali. Il Camerun è una terra estremamente ricca dal punto di vista ecologico e culturale: conta oltre 200 gruppi etnici e una biodiversità particolarmente elevata.

Si tratta di uno degli Stati geograficamente più eterogenei dell’Africa. Comprende tre aree principali: la savana settentrionale, le foreste tropicali meridionali e orientali, e la regione collinare nord-occidentale, vicino alla Nigeria. Per la sua grande varietà geografica e culturale, il Camerun viene spesso chiamato ‘Africa in miniatura’. Nelle pregiate foreste pluviali del Camerun, crescono diverse specie di alberi tra cui palme da olio, palme bambù, alberi di mogano, teak, ebano e gomma. La fauna è variegata e numerosa, composta da scimmie, scimpanzé, gorilla, antilopi, leoni ed elefanti, oltre a diverse specie di uccelli e, ovviamente, di rettili e anfibi. Foreste pluviali soffocanti e sultani impettiti, riserve di caccia e pollo grigliato: il Camerun è uno degli stati africani più diversificati a livello naturale e culturale. Il Monte Camerun non è solo la cima più alta dell’Africa occidentale, ma anche l’unico vulcano attivo del continente.

Esplora le foreste pluviali del Camerun con Exo Terra. Durante queste spedizioni, sono state scoperte tre nuove specie di rettili. I dati raccolti sono estremamente importanti per le comunità scientifiche e di conservazione, poiché ampliano il bacino di conoscenze e contribuiscono così a salvaguardare il futuro di rettili e anfibi. Comprendendo meglio il loro comportamento in natura, i nostri esperti di ricerca e sviluppo possono capire meglio anche i loro bisogni in cattività.

 
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