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The pet and skin trades pose little threat to reptile species: new research

By Rick Shine, Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Timothy J. Colston, Associate Professor, Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

The international reptile trade has long been viewed as a conservation threat, but recent research suggests that’s not the full story.

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