Easy there Buckwheat. No one is saying you smuggled these lizards or you yourself is doing anything illegal, just that if these lizards (or the ancestors of these lizards) were collected in Mexico after 1980-85ish without a scientific collection permit issued by the government of Mexico, then, they were probably illegally smuggled out of that country, but that is not your problem. You are just the benefiter of this situation. That said, they are here now and cannot be returned. So, since keeping them in europe is "not" illegal, you might as well make the best of what you have and try to breed them. So enjoy what you have and make good use of them. As far as the Mexican government demanding that individuals send thier lizards back is a little far fetched. There would be no way for Mexico to enforce that and the logistics of sending live animals half way around the world to a thid world country that would not have a clue about what part of the country they came from.

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