Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
I very much doubt any of these lizards would choose cuddling in a corner. To me, this sounds as if they are extremely stressed, trying to hide from view, or trying to escape the setup. Just not a normal behavior. Stress can be pretty subtle but a killer. They won't necessarily fight, but eventually the weakest animal will get sick, parasites will overwhelm it (yes they ALL have some parasites due to their insectivore diets), and this in turn will become a problem for all the others. Each of these species will have different sensitivities to different parasites especially if they originate in different native habitats. Most herps are experts at hiding signs of weakness until they are too far gone to help. As already mentioned, exposing all of them to the skin toxins of the newts and firebelly toads isn't going to go well.
Even if you could make sure each species has access to the correct nutrition, doesn't eat or injure any of the others, handle all the bio waste this group will create, find a way to keep the bacteria and parasite loads down, the space is simply too small for the chameleon. An adolescent to adult veiled chameleon will need a MINIMAL living space of 2'x3'x4' just to itself.
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