Well, I think we'll just have to agree to disagree regarding importation, marketability, etc.

However, you raise a couple interesting questions. Most of my information regarding Plated Lizard breeding has indicated although it can be done, it is not common either in the private sector or in zoos, although I believe the Honolulu Zoo has had some success in recent years with their G. major. You say you have bred many Gerrhosaurus spp. along with Zonosaurus, over several generations. I'd like to know how your caging is set up as well as how you've incubated your eggs.

The second thing I was wondering about was , but you mentioned you knew other people who'd bred Gerrhosaurus and would not share their husbandry or breeding techniques with others? Why not share that information, it can only help advance the hobby? Anything that can lessen the pressure on the wild populations - assuming people eventuall become successful enough to sell offspring - would be a benefit .
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Matt Campbell
Animal Keeper, Small Mammal/Reptile House
Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, Illinois

Assistant Curator
Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, Illinois

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