JB, potentially anyone has the opportunity to "create" a new locale out of thin air, just by showing photos of chameleons with slightly different colours or patterns than the norm- not that it happens with any frequency. They just have to have the presence on the internet to get it to catch on. And there in lies the problem. No proof has to be shown. No collected data, no photos from the wild habitat, nothing. In fact, almost every time a new locale is released to some select market, the location is hidden and not disclosed, and the name is called a designer name because it is made A) to be catchy and sell well, (
COUGH Cough Vincent...) and B) to hide the geographical source of the new panthers.
Also, you list is missing a few, and technically all the islands would be called a locale since they have the greatest geographical division from other locales, even though the panthers on these islands may not be much different at all from those on neighboring islands. (Fenerive, Ille Reunion, Nosy Mangabe, Ankify, Nosy Faly (?~Oorana Mena), Olafs' Turquoise Blue Panther.
Unfortunately, the last attempt to study and document this with any clarity, was done (by Gary Ferguson, James B. Murphy, Jean Baptiste Ramanamanjato, Achille P. Raselimanana) [/I]in the book "
The Panther Chameleon: Color Variation, Natural History, Conservation, and Captive Management". And unfortunately this book only focuses on a couple locales from the east and a couple locales from the west, with minor documentation of a few others with incomplete data. Fantastic book, but disappointing if you want answers for the grand scheme of things.
Here is some light reading for you as well on the subject of how locales are defined from each- or to be honest- how there isn't a way to sometimes.
The Ambilobe Debate By: Ronnie Buck
Last bit of ramble, just recently, maybe not for the first time, but you can see a new *speacial* line of one locale, because someone with the power I mentioned before, tries to pull a blanket over your eyes and offer one locale as a stunning and rare specimen from another locale.
Anyways, there's 2 cents, on a subject thats worth a hundred bucks.
breeding. 
looks like that is just a ploy, but you never know. I believe they named theirs oorana mena. 
