Actually, those 6- to 8-inch reptiles I bought weren't chameleons at all, even though some references call them "American chameleons." They are really anoles (Anolis carolinensis), sometimes called ...

It flashed across the walkway like a lightning bolt, so fast that Bob Thomas had to do a double take. In that split second six months ago, he knew they had finally arrived. “I’d been waiting for them ...