Translucent
veiled chameleons were originally found in the wild in yemen. With
that being said a small group was collected only a 1.2. From there
this small group took a journey to Europe where this bloodline was
bred out. These veileds were first seen in 2006 at the National
Breeders Expo in Daytona Florida. Being that these animals are new to
America there has been alot of speculation on health and genetic
defects. Yes translucent is a defect but so is any other morph. There
has been zero negative affect on these animals UV absorbtion. There
has been several recordings of keeping these animals under different
UV spectrums with no noticed affects and have been in Europe for over
7 years with zero health problems.
When
this morph first made it into the US they had a price tag of $3000
each. Since then the price has drastically been reduced to $300 to
$1000 depending on look. What I mean by look is by how much
translucent the animal has on his body. This gene is a codominent
gene meaning it will only take one animal carrying the translucent
look to pass on to its offspring. High end animals will have white
heads with a clear mouth and clear legs. Low end animals will be a
turqouise color with white patches on there feet.
HOW IS THE GENE PASSED:
If
you breed a low end translucent veiled to a normal none gene carrying
veiled you will get a clutch of 50% normal babies and 50% low end
trans babies.
Now
if you breed a low end translucent veiled to another low end
translucent veiled you will hatch out 50% low end translucents , 25 %
normal babies, and 25% high end trans babies.
If
you breed a High end translucent to a normal veiled you will get 100%
low end animals .
Take
a High end translucent to a low end translucent your offspring will
be 50% High end and 50% low end.
And
finally breeding 2 High end Translucent animals together will
get you a clutch of 100% percent high end trans babies.
We
hope that this info will help you better understand how this gene
came about and is passed on through generations of veiled keeping
with zero health affects.