has anyone else ever noticed this about their favorite herps?

[Experiment397]

hey guys. was reading through some of my notebooks from the last few years and realized that of my top 10 lists ( i have a top ten list of snakes, fish, and lizards. my fav animals that i can keep. my fav is a galapagos tortoise, so he is a no go on any list...) over 50 percent of the animals where from 1 region of the world, and that it was sort of triangular shaped. then the other animals where also in triangular clumps on the globe.
the animals and triangle regions where
Northern austraila/ New guinea and surrounding islands
bearded dragon
blue tongue skink
crocodile skinks
misc. varanus(kimberly rock, timor, peachthroat)
rhacodactylus sp.
woma python
carpet python
mangrove snake
peacock gudgeon/goby

Northern S. america/ central america/ caribbean
rhinoceros iguana
boa constrictor(guyan locality)
cribo indigo snake
rosy boa
king/milk snake
ornate pim catfish
misc. amazonian cichlids
snowflake eel

Northern-eatern parts of africa
flap neck chamealeon
electric blue day gecko
kenyan sandboa
uromastyx sp.
bichirs


just wanted to know if anyone else's favorite herps came from similar geologic clumps

kenyan sand boa

 

[Otolith]

I only keep two species of reptiles, bunch of crested gecks and 2 blood pythons. Both indo-pacific area (New Caledonia and Sumatra).
I'd love to one day own some of the larger Rhacs or Green tree pythons or a FRT as well. They are all kind of aggregated in the same area. Weird!

 

[Experiment397]

ya i was talking to the owner of an exotics store about this and his favorites are all indo.
green tree python
cresties and gargoyle gekcos
whites tree frogs
carpet/blood/retic pythons
new guinea frillies
blue tongues
sailfin dragons


i dont know about anyone else but i find this clustering very interesting

 

[discus-dude]

all of my favorites are from the amazon region i notiiced this a month ago when i wqas trying to set up an amazon tank and all my fish were amazonian and i did this without even knowing it now all i have to do is decorate it like the amazon

 

[Toby_H]

The vast majority of my favorite animals are from middle South America to mid Central America... which also forms a trianble....

 

[Experiment397]

ok so its not just me.

 

[bobblehead27]

this is probably because animals in a specific region are likely to share characteristics that'd suit that area, so if you like the characteristics on one animal, it's likely that you'll like them on the next...

 

[Experiment397]

holy crud! dude you are a genius!^^
now that you say that all of them do sort of act similar, or have similar characteristics