in the early 90-ies, up ti 1994 crested geckoes were presumed extinct, so rare were they, in 1994 this fantastic gecko species was rediscovered and a very very small founder population of wild crested geckoes was extracted from the wild popuation and the captive cresty populaton was founded.

This fantastic gecko fell madly in love wit the responsible vivarium keeper, and it seems that this feeling was mutual because ten years later, 2004, the crested gecko was one of the 10 most commonly bred herps in the UK and I think maybe also the US?

At least.. there are alot of cresties in the US, so many in fact, that it may be difficult to regard as a threatened species, but they are in the wild at least..



This is one example of a great success in herpetoculture made possible by a joint PR campaign fom a handful of scientists and the sea of amatuer hobbyists.



Same can be done with turtles, granted they need more space and propagate at a little slower rate.



As for banning turtles from texas, what is the logic behind that crap anyways?

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