ah, okay. I agree that reptiles do tend to cope with being released into the wild after being raised in captivity, provided that the environment is suitable for them (which is where the adaptability bit comes in - how far from their native environment would they still cope) and they find adequate shelter from predators quickly enough. Food is less of an issue for they can go for a fair while without it while learning to find the local food sources.

With rare species, however, it isn't often that they are disappearing because someone is removing the animals from the environment so that captive breeding will help save the species. Usually there is some other factor involved (introduced rats eating the eggs, habitat destruction, competition with introduced species, removal of their prime food source, environmental toxins - who knows?)so the released animals will die off as did the wild born ones that preceded them.

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