Herpets are reptiles and amphibians. Our collection includes three tropical anoles, a corn snake, two bearded dragons, and a batch of frogs that my husband told Anoreth to turn loose, only I know she didn’t.
My younger son went to science camp this summer at the Catholic high school my older son will be attending in the fall. On the last day, the director of the camp, my older son's prospective biology teacher this coming year, gave all the young lads and lasses a small terrarium (he called it a “biome”) with a green anole residing therein.
But he called it a chameleon. So, for two weeks, I'd been searching the Internet for something to tell me what sort of chameleon he is. As I'm sure you're aware, green anoles are sometimes called American chameleons, but of course, they aren't actually chameleons.
Anyway, the gifting of these little creatures was all done without consulting any of the folks who would actually be caring for the poor little beasts - the parents!
As the official bearer of live, gut-loaded crickets to the poor little animal, I'd like to go give the teacher a piece of my mind (beating him up is pretty much out of the question, as the teacher is about six or eight inches taller than me, younger, and mildly athletic-looking), but my older son is afraid of what that will do for his grade this coming year. LOL.
So, now we're learning all about the care and feeding of this little fellow. And just today, we finally discovered he wasn't a chameleon at all, but a green anole, probably the southern sub-species (no pink or red dewlap).
Oh, and “he” is likely a “she.”
But we named him,... er,... her, "Smaug," anyway.
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