Thats exactly it - there will not be any species replenishment! A section of habitat can only support so many individuals, and with no additional habitat, you cant exceed the maximum capaity of the given area.



Its not that the pet trade alone is driving the animals to extinction, its that they lack the habitat to be able to reproductively combat natural population controls and collection.



This isnt unique to Uroplatus - this is a Madagascan epidemic. You figure, all of the animals that live there are all subject to this habitat loss, and those that cant adapt are all going to be living in the same protected areas. This can spell out all kinds of trouble for all of these species, you are going to have massive competition for food and resources, among other things.



I feel the starting comments on this thread are nothing more than marketing.
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