The Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Purchase and Captive Care This article appeared in the July 1997 issue of Reptiles Magazine by Petra Spiess-Rocky Mountain Herpetoculture The veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) is the most commonly bred and available species of its genus in herpetoculture. The popularity of the veiled chameleon is due to a number of factors: veiled chameleons ...