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at Wed Jul 14 11:23:22 2010 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dustyrhoads ]
>>I'm unaware of any snakes being extirpiated by the pet trade.
I don't think it's common in the U.S., but it does happen in some other areas, and perhaps here as well, in certain localities.
This is a quote from pg. 111 of Halliday's and Adler's Encyclopedia of Reptiles:
"Among specialist reptile-keepers, there is often a particular demand for species that are rare in the wild or have a restricted distribution, or those that are either attractively patterned or venomous.
Some species, including vipers in Turkey and Southwest Asia, combine all these properties, and many have been severely overcollected."
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