Stefan F. Wirth<p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Terraristics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terraristics</span></a> and its <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/pettrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pettrade</span></a> can increase people's sense for responsibility and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a>. But even strictly protected species are traded illegally, harming their populations. M. Auliya et al. (2025) point to the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/illegaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegaltrade</span></a> with <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Gal%C3%A1pagosiguanas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galápagosiguanas</span></a>, e.g. Conolophus subcristatus.</p><p>© This sci blogarticle <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> 2025</p><p>Reference</p><p>M. Auliya et al. (2025)<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111104" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.</span><span class="invisible">111104</span></a>.</p><p>Photo<br>C. subcristatus, by Haplochromis, 2008, Creative Com. 3.0 Unported,&nbsp;2.5,&nbsp;2.0, 1.0 Generic&nbsp;licenses</p>