This isn't the breeding information you're looking for but here goes. I don't know of anybody that has sucessfully bred Graceful Chameleons in capavity. Gracefuls along with Senegal Chameleons are imported by the thousands. There are some importers of Panthers and a few other chamelons that are decent about the process. They take special precautions to insure that their shipment will arrive alive and be and in fair to good condition. This is usually not the case with Gracefuls and Senegals, These disposable chameleons are abused during the entire import process --during capture, at the holding facility, upon arrival, and unfortunately for some even after finding their new owners.



These chams arrive with huge parasite loads and under more stress than they have ever experienced before. The real problem is that they are deprived of water for a few days. They are offered standing water in bowls at the holding facilities and not given water at all during their shipment. This causes kidney (and possibly other internal organ) failure at a later date.



This leaves me to believe that they are very difficult to breed in captivity because so many of them are not in good health and living on borrowed time. These chameleons are not attractive to many sucessful breeders because the wild caught ones are sold so cheaply, they are difficult to breed and have a long incubation period.

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