Obtaining a Tuatara???

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

Are you a Zoo or do you work for a species recovery program? Otherwise, no. Being that the population is estimated at less than 100k worldwide, methinks they are likely very strictly regulated. Maybe look into Fiji Iguanas, eh? :O


~Kat

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Lmao:rofl:
Yea Shes right you cannot aquire either of those herps through any legal means! Very awesome though I would love to have(or even see and touch a Tuatara) Fijis are also one of the most gorgeous Iguanas around:D

Heres a lil bit of info on the Tuatara
http://nzphoto.tripod.com/animal/tuatara.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara

Fiji Iguana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Crested_Iguana

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...+iguana&sz=all

As I understand it they are not lizards but in a classification all by them selves,& are highly protected.

Exactly! That is part of why they are so unique.They stand apart from Lizards.snakes.crocs,turtles they are in theyre own class:D

Its to bad private collectors cant obtain them, in my opinion they are the holy grail of the reptile world for private collectors

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

I think we can assume he meant that was the only way to get one not as a suggestion of a course of action - otherwise we'd have to moderate it. :rolleyes:


dr del

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definitely... just my attempt at a bad joke. :colbert:

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Originally Posted by Richard

Its to bad private collectors cant obtain them, in my opinion they are the holy grail of the reptile world for private collectors

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IMHO it's great that collectors can't obtain them; they seem to be such a vulnerable animal that they should be left alone altogether. :)

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Originally Posted by Richard

Its to bad private collectors cant obtain them, in my opinion they are the holy grail of the reptile world for private collectors

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As close to a true dinosaur as you can ever get!

Yup, if only there were a thriving wild population.. The difficulty in breeding makes them impractical to produce in captivity, for the purposes of private purchase. Even if someone did obtain, say, 20 healthy adults, the rarity of the offspring would cause the market value to skyrocket seriously beyond the scope of 99.999% of all private collectors.

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

IMHO it's great that collectors can't obtain them; they seem to be such a vulnerable animal that they should be left alone altogether. :)

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I wish that they were obtainable, because that would mean that they weren't vulnerable :D

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

As close to a true dinosaur as you can ever get!

Yup, if only there were a thriving wild population.. The difficulty in breeding makes them impractical to produce in captivity, for the purposes of private purchase. Even if someone did obtain, say, 20 healthy adults, the rarity of the offspring would cause the market value to skyrocket seriously beyond the scope of 99.999% of all private collectors.

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If this were to happen, then the offspring would probably go to zoos and captive breeding programs, and not private collectors... correct?

I was meaning, even if someone did get 20 healthy adults and the OK to begin a private breeding program, with the legal right to sell offspring as they chose.