The infamous Bornean earless monitors are once again becoming available on various reptile classified sites. They were being field collected illegally in areas that were being deforested and sold as uscbb due to the legalities involved. Captive breeding is possible but unlikely. I know one keeper in Japan has produced them, so maybe someone actually "cracked the code" as we say. Idk, they're cool looking, but I've heard that their behaviors aren't exactly exciting to observe.
Not quite exotic but another interesting development: several "new to the US" green iguana morphs have been popping up lately. For years we mainly say standard green, blue, red, and two different types of albinos. Now we are seeing hypo "zero" morphs, "orange sunburst", "lime zero", "purple passion", and "granite gray".
I looked into this relatively recent phenomenon, as the animals were often listed as domestically produced. I'm near positive that they are not, as the species is now banned in Florida, which is the most optimal place to breed them stateside.
Turns out that they are sort of domestically produced but not in the US. My source told me that these animals are being imported from Vietnam and Indonesia and shipped to the US. Not field collected, yet not uscbb. The iguana morph breeding hobby in SE Asia is apparently decades ahead of anyone else in the world and they now ship them to the states. Of course, iguanas are still tough animals to keep, and long shipping times are undoubtedly detrimental to their survival once they get here. I still thought it was interesting, as iguanas were once the lifeblood of the reptile hobby until people really figured out how demanding they can be.
Not quite exotic but another interesting development: several "new to the US" green iguana morphs have been popping up lately. For years we mainly say standard green, blue, red, and two different types of albinos. Now we are seeing hypo "zero" morphs, "orange sunburst", "lime zero", "purple passion", and "granite gray".
I looked into this relatively recent phenomenon, as the animals were often listed as domestically produced. I'm near positive that they are not, as the species is now banned in Florida, which is the most optimal place to breed them stateside.
Turns out that they are sort of domestically produced but not in the US. My source told me that these animals are being imported from Vietnam and Indonesia and shipped to the US. Not field collected, yet not uscbb. The iguana morph breeding hobby in SE Asia is apparently decades ahead of anyone else in the world and they now ship them to the states. Of course, iguanas are still tough animals to keep, and long shipping times are undoubtedly detrimental to their survival once they get here. I still thought it was interesting, as iguanas were once the lifeblood of the reptile hobby until people really figured out how demanding they can be.
