Have to make this point...



I did get out of your message this; you don’t understand the point I was trying to make about the guentheri (by the way, specific epithets have never been capitalized, not in the nearly 250 years the binomial system has been in use). I was merely stating the fact that he has collected guentheri, a rarer species, so he does know where the Uros are… I’m sure you understand, but when someone is seeking to “rediscover” a species they need only to collect a very small number of specimens (sometimes only one) to compare against the holotype… Therefore, unlike your greedy friends, he was not out trying to bag every gecko he laid his hands on… You seem to be stuck in another world where Uroplatus bountifully run through the trees, frolicking and laughing joyously… I mean, here’s what you say… “I have been dealing with reptiles for about 10 uears now. I have unpacked thousands of Uroplatus over the years of all kinds from Alluadi, to ebenaui and everything in between” AND out of those “thousands” of Uros you “have owned over 40 and sold 40”… Wow, that really shows me right there how rare at least this species is, thanks for proving my point for me… You, as well as any other uneducated person, hasn’t given me a single reason to believe that all the other Uroplatus spp. aren't heading in the same direction… But then again, I don’t “make sense”…
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Ben

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