I'm not sure if you got the full intent of my post because nowhere did I say or imply that an understanding of population genetics would not be needed in a reintroduction program.

You can reread the post but I will try to make it a little clearer and condensed so you can understand what I meant.

Here goes. Interested hobbyists could breed the herps under the oversight of scientists, biologists and wildlife agencies. That is all.

I will add, scientists, biologists and wildlife agencies may have many reasons why they do not wish to include hobbyists in such projects but a lack of ability on the part of hobbyists to breed herps is probably not one of them.

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