"Highly Desirable" to import?

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

I hope you realize that the picture was of a baby

That's an adult. They get anywhere from 5-6 feet, which is pretty damn reasonable for a crocodilian.

u do realise i have a smooth front caiman?? if i can handle claudia i can handle a chinese gator

 

[varanio]

That brevicauda is an adult

 

[Etunes]

I've seen them go on Kingsnake for about $1,500

Ya, i was shown a mated pair for sale for 3.5 grand. If i had th emoney, it would be high on my list to grab out of all the very expensive reps out there.

 

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

u do realise i have a smooth front caiman?? if i can handle claudia i can handle a chinese gator

Ooh, you have a smooth front? One of the two dwarf caiman is supposed to be extremely aggressive but I don't know which one it is. How is yours behavior wise?

 

[coura]

I have wanted a shingleback skink for the llongest time, I got to play with some a while back and they have fun personalities. But are they EXPENSIVE when they pop up. And if i am gonna spend the money on a animal like that its gonna be a albadra.

Now, i would love to see someone to start introducing fiji iguanas more often in the trade.

Also we need some of the Draco species in captivity, such as Draco blanfordii, Draco dussumieri, draco volans, and draco maximus.

You see Dracos on kingsnake, I dont agree we need more, first people have to figure out how to keep them alive and well, then we can have rarer ones otherwise its just a waste of animals. Dracos are allmost like the lizard equivalent of the moorish idol, over 90 % of the wc ones die. People have actually already sucssed in keeping and breeding them...the thing is you have to get them from a good sorce that took really good care of them, get those lizards fed and hydrated...and of corse the fun part have a huge tropical greenhouse for them, then you will get some long lived dracos, otherwise dont even try. I think wc Dracos is really just for people with such facilities and HUGE Draco experience. Maybe some day cb ones will be able to be kept in smaller terraria and be more used to captive foods.
As for the rest of the species, here in Europe there are already a good handfull of people with chinese gators. Fidji igs would only need to be allowed privatly in the states, they are triving in Europe, to the point that some higher end keepers are trading their fidjis for rarer monitors like pilbaras and kimberlys. I would say a few more singlebacks wouldnt hurt but they are on the increase. There are a few guys here that ONLY do singlebacks, they have those really owesame red ones and the few they produce go straigh for Japan.
Big head turtles, some more unrepresented asian turtle species, several boids and rare lacertids,....we could use more founder stock of quite a few species

 

[fishy12]

OMG!, That's crazy D:, I find them out the back all the time haha.

Dude find what your regulations on collecting are. And then find people who will buy over here. Get them set up for shipping and you can make some money. Sell for like 1,000 a peice.

 

[coura]

Dude find what your regulations on collecting are. And then find people who will buy over here. Get them set up for shipping and you can make some money. Sell for like 1,000 a peice.

That is a bad idea, there is ufornatly no way he can get those lizards exported i a legal way.

 

[fishy12]

That is a bad idea, there is ufornatly no way he can get those lizards exported i a legal way.

Thats why I said figure out the regulations before doing it.

 

[SnaKeheAdSrAwSomE]

i completely agree with coura.
big headed turtles are so uncommon around here!
more people should breed/export them!

 

[coura]

i completely agree with coura.
big headed turtles are so uncommon around here!
more people should breed/export them!

And big head turts in the wild could have their days cut very short. Very few zoos keep them and even fewer breed them. Private keepers had some sucess in the past but really at this time, people that have them need to get them together and get some breeding done.