Dear Listers,
My favorite subject!
There is no such thing as legal wild caught P.cepediana from Mauritius!!!
The only possibility is P.cepediana from a small introduced population on
Madagascar, but still very questionable!
Emmanuel
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] WC P. Cepediana????????
> In a message dated 4/4/01 7:59:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> <<
> I just saw an add for Cepediana on Kingsnake classified that list
Cepediana
> wc for sale.
> Now that's an interesting thing I'd say.
> Has CITIES spoken or permit allowed or has someone finally fessed up
about
> all that has been said before on the list about their wc or cb status.?
>
> also I will be at Pottstown PA on sat anyone else going ,?
> >>
> Hi-
> I believe that these ahem! legal WC cepediana are supposedly from Comoros
> and Mauritius. Some are entering the US as CB. But- I think the legality
of
> any WC phelsuma in the US is questionable at best.
> But remeber also-- A cities listing does not prohibit trade in that
animal.
> It only requires permits from the exporting country and an importers
permit
> or whatever your country requires for import. So each member nation can
issue
> export permits at will. It stands to reason some countries raise cash this
> way. Some simply decide that the wild population is healthy enough to
allow
> some harvesting.
> Jason
>
>
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