Table 1. Percentage of reptiles acquired over five years preceding the study which were reported by respondents (N = 265) to be captive bred, wild, captive farmed or of unknown origin.
Also includes the number of respondents and the total number of individual animals used in the analysis.
| Taxa | % captive bred | % wild | % captive farmed | % unknown | n (respondents) | n (animals) a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All snakes | 97.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 203 | 4954 |
| Boas & pythons | 96.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 165 | 3517 |
| King & rat snakes | 97.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 134 | 1038 |
| Other snakes | 92.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 55 | 417 |
| All chelonians | 69.2 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 62 | 276 |
| Tortoises & box turtles | 70.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 49 | 165 |
| Turtles & terrapins | 48.4 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 25.3 | 18 | 91 |
| All lizards | 86.8 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 185 | 1459 |
| Chameleons | 88.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 39 | 98 |
| Geckoes | 93.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 120 | 782 |
| Skinks | 83.3 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 17 | 36 |
| Iguanas | 76.1 | 15.2 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 22 | 46 |
| Tegus & monitors | 68.3 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 43 | 101 |
| Agamids | 84.1 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 84 | 271 |
| Other lizards | 58.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 70 |
a Some respondents’ were unable to provide data for the more detailed categories e.g. ‘boas and pythons’, therefore their sum is not always equal to the total for that group e.g. ‘all snakes’. The total number of reptiles used in the study is calculated from the sum of the ‘all snakes’, ‘all chelonians’ and ‘all lizards’ categories.