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Can someone tell me where I can get a list of poisonous plants (for chams.) from someone who is reputable?
There are a lot of list out there but they are bunk.

Part of the confusion is...do you want information about plants that are toxic to ingest or toxic in all ways (sap, oils, etc). For chams who don't tend to chew on foliage you list of plants to avoid will be pretty short. A few species do eat some vegetation (notably veileds) so the toxic plant list will be a bit longer. What species are you planning to keep? Check for toxic plant listings on these sites:

Adcham.com
chameleonnews.com

yea Veileds

flchams has agood list of acceptable cham plants , my three favorite plants for jacksons , asian lily (awesome flowers help keep humidity up and are munchable), hawaiian hibiscus , (stiff woody stocks are more climeable than ficus and just the right diam 1/8-1/4", flowers also munchable , will grow 3' tall or taller, coffe also has stiff woody branches , an advantage of stiff woody braches is more secure (for them not you)feeling when they climb, also you can wire tie feeding dishes and climbing branches to them , best chameleon climbing branches ? hands down madrona , lots of chaotic silky smooth twiggy branches( 1/8- 1/4 ) in confused directions at just the right angles the way chams like , contact for photos

you should all check out Melissa Kaplan's site, one of the best documented I have seen. Its at : http://www.anapsid.org/mainplants.html

Also, be aware that commercially grown tropical plants have been treated over and over with a variety of nasty fungicides and pesticides. Some of these may affect reptiles, but I can only find data on frog toxicity. Even here in Caliornia, there are no organicly grown houseplants.