If I read the cites.org site correctly, they (and B. schlegelii) have been removed. Can anyone tell me when this occurred?
Thanks
Matt
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Bothrops asper removed from CITES III?
Matt Harris
Jul 29, 2003 01:00 PM
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Larry D. Fishel
Jul 29, 2003 01:43 PM
>>If I read the cites.org site correctly, they (and B. schlegelii) have been removed. Can anyone tell me when this occurred?
>>
>>Thanks
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>> Matt
Notification to the Parties
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Larry D. Fishel
Side effects may include paralysis
and death but are generally mild.
Matt Harris
Jul 29, 2003 02:00 PM
Thanks much. I probably would've found it eventually!
Rhodostom
Jul 30, 2003 08:39 AM
So Matt,
Is removing those species a good thing or bad (for Costa Rica fauna and private keepers)?
It must mean the species are on a come back in CR right?
-Michael
Matt Harris
Jul 31, 2003 04:36 PM
It really has no effect on Costa Rican fauna. CR never required a CITES permit, just a certificate or Origin (still, anything coming from Costa Rica has to be captive-born and from an authorized exporter)(FYI, I was told a Canadian was nailed a couple months ago trying to smuggle bushmasters out...not a bright idea). It(for my sake) makes it less of a hassle to clear shipments so USFW isn't playing 20 questions when the inspectors aren't sure what they are dealing with. Costa Rica's format for Certificate of Origins are a statement on the export permit saying they were cb at such and such place in CR. It's just one less thing to deal with.
If anything it may make it easier to get animals out of Honduras(not that I will bother). As for B. asper specifically, they are so common, why they were listed to begin with had nothing to do with their populations, it was to control exports from Honduras.
