a. If there were equally many chameleons of each colour, the common number of chameleons of each colour would be 20. To keep the number of brown chameleons all in all unchanged, there must be 2 decreases by 1 per each increase by 2. Hence the total number of meets must be 3x for some integer x. For changing the number of green chameleons from 25 to 20, there must be 5 decreases by 1 and, in addition, 2 decreases by 1 per each increase by 2. Hence the total number of meets must be 5+3y for some integer y. Thus 3x=5+3y, but this equation has no integral solutions.
b. Analogously, if the number of brown chameleons were 60 then the number of meets must be 20+3x for an integer x; then the number of orange chameleons would be 0, requiring 15+3y meets for an integer y, but the equation 20+3x=15+3y has no integral solutions. If the number of brown chameleons were 0 then the number of meets must again be 20+3x. If the number of orange chameleons were also 0 then the number of meets would be 15+3y for an integer y leading to the same equation; if the number of green chameleons were 0 then we would get the equation 20+3x=25+3y which also does not have integral solutions.