I recently found a couple of chameleons in my garden and also found the leaves of a number of plants eaten. My front porch was also "blest" by faecal deposits.

I wonder whether all these are the work of these chameleons, though I thought they eat only insects.

Currently these chameleons are still babies (about four inches and growing fast!). I would love to be a good host to them. Nature loving though I am, I'm scared of their fangs, teeth and claws. And I'm reluctant to sacrifice my plants for them.

Can anyone advise me?

Thanks very much!

As for your garden damage, it is definitely not being caused by the anoles, as they are insectivores, with the occasional snack of nectar or rotting fruit. They are also too small to be causing damage by their movements among the foliage.

Finally, do not be scared of them, they are amazing creatures with a charm all their own among all lizard species. They are effective natural insect control, they are lovely in and of themselves, and most importantly, they have teeth the size of a grain of sugar, and are hesitant to bite anyway, much preferring to run away from
you then to stay and pick a fight.

All, I forgot to mention I reside in South East Asia, where it's sunny most of the time, though we've just been through a period of heavy year-end rainfall.

If the leaves are not eaten by them, who are eating my plants? I don't see any other animals in the garden. The leaves look as though they were torn off and chomped away. I can't see any teeth mark. The faecal deposits are small green pellets. What I'm doing now is to play "musical chairs" with whoever, by shifting the moveable plants around. I hope to prevent too many leaves from the same plant from being eaten away.