John,

I can't really help much, but I found it interesting that dinodon mentioned snakes weren't very popular in Japan. There is only one pet shop that I've visited near my inlaws house (in a mall), and I've never seen a snake for sale there......multiple visits over the past five years.
I've seen ornate box turtles, as well as foreign "tortoises," and a lot of Sceloporus sp. Some of the scelops were large and dull, probably Texas Spinys (olivacea), and some were small, perhaps undulatus ssp.??

That's about all I know.

Shane
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