New Reptiles Discovered

[franks]

Hey guys. Hope all is well with you. Check out this article my wife linked me. Pretty cool- its about new reptiles species discovered in Australia.

Scientists discover new species in 'Lost World' in Australia - Telegraph

[infernalis]

saw that... cool stuff.

[alessia55]

Neat stuff... I'm sure there are so many more animals out there that we have no idea exist yet.

[Awaiting Abyss]

Very interesting.

Like thylacines. I'm sure they exist.

[drumcrush]

Really cool stuff! I wonder if they will ever go on the market in the near future.

[franks]

I wish i could get to an isolated reptile plateu.

[Zoo Nanny]

Originally Posted by drumcrush

Really cool stuff! I wonder if they will ever go on the market in the near future.

Not unless they are smuggled out of the country. It's illegal to export out of Australia.

[drumcrush]

Originally Posted by Zoo Nanny

Not unless they are smuggled out of the country. It's illegal to export out of Australia.

Oh man, that would be cool though. I think really like that frog

[Donnie]

It's amazing that there is so much still undiscovered out there. Thanks for the link.

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by Zoo Nanny

Not unless they are smuggled out of the country. It's illegal to export out of Australia.

Then how did things like bearded dragons and carpet pythons ever make it into the pet trade? Just curious.

[Zoo Nanny]

They were exported prior to the ban. Some of the others like Blue tongue skinks have been imported through New Guinea. There is some question as to the numbers of animals that were smuggled out of Australia into New Guinea that have made it into the pet trade.