Chameleon!

I'd recommend doing a beetle clean and ligament mount. I don't think the euthanasia solution will be a problem at all. Prep the specimen, dry it very well (beyond what you normally would), and give it to a smallish beetle colony. Remove it before they have a chance to eat through the ligaments. Sometimes you need to take legs away earlier than the rest because you really don't want them loosening up the bones in the feet. Degrease in acetone and whiten for brief lengths of time so that the ligaments don't get so soft they start to fall apart. I soak, remove, dry fully, soak again, repeat. If this is one of the chameleons with horns, remove them first before the beetles can damage them. Best of luck!

 

The chemicals used to put it down won't harm you unless you start chewing on it. Use beetles to clean it as above. Some might die but they bounce back very quickly.

 

That is a bone in the tongue. I generally cut the tongue skeleton out and set it in the beetles next to the rest of the animal.

 

Keep an eye on the bugs. They will loosen and run off with small bones on you.

 

Had you removed the skin on fingers & tail tip?
Keep an eye out for sclerotic rings, if you don't want to confuse left & right one.
If the body isn't dry enough, bugs would eat cartilaginous ribs and dismember the limbs, shuffling finger bones.

 

I did a gecko of my daughters and they ate the whole thing, so it could happen. I have a iguana to do now and I am nervous to put it in my bigger colonies

 

How large the chameleon was? Young reptile bones have a lot of cartilage, but if dried properly, NOT moistured and isolated from frass, they'll be cleaned.
I had a successful experience with postcranial skeletons of several baby crocodiles.
Those which died from calcium deficiency were eaten completely (besides largest bones), but only if if left unattended. Healthier ones came out nicely.

Same happened with skulls of newborn mammals, e.g. rabbits & guinea pigs.
If presented in dried condition, beetles clean them carefully, leaving even turbinate bones intact.

 

If I do delicate stuff with bugs, you have to watch them. I mean like check on them every couple of hours or so. If it was a small one, or if you have something that is delicate, pick out smaller larva to use and isolate the specimen outside the colony. Don't use the bigger larva because they can damage real small and very fine bones. If the bones were soft due to a lack of proper care leading to the animals death, I suppose the whole thing could have been eaten

 

So you will end up with jar of mixed, rotten bones and fallen-apart skull.
Bugs DO clean chameleons if you do the right things - Precleaning, drying and isolation from frass.
This one was presented as a corpse with skin, full of liquids. No wonder that all bones got eaten.
Also, smaller chameleons are better as wet-preserved specimens - even if not having died from metabolic diseases, they have softer bones. Search for a cham that died of old age.

 

As above. If you macerate a reptile skull it comes apart into an almost impossible puzzle. Use bugs and just do it the right way and it will be a nice ligament mount.

 

How do you skin the chameleon. I have dissected an egg bound cham before to save the eggs, but have not attempted to skin.