Lately there has been alot of Chrondo talk and I thought I might try and shed a little light on the situation - in terms of numbers.
I am not sure how many of the members on this site are also members of the AHS (Australian Herpetological Society), based in Sydney. Anyway, published in one of the AHS members newsletters last year was the figures from 'NSW reptile keepers in 2002/2003- from annual returns to NPWS.' There was a breakdown for each of the species. Under Chrondopython viridis the figures were; 17 licencees holding this species, bringing forward 64 from last year, 32 were aquired, 60 were bred, 62 were disposed of and 94 were carried forward to the next year. Therefore in one year the number of Chrondos reported and held under licence in NSW alone increased from 64 to 94. It does not specify how many of these were aussie or otherwise.
I hope that was helpful to some people!
I am not sure how many of the members on this site are also members of the AHS (Australian Herpetological Society), based in Sydney. Anyway, published in one of the AHS members newsletters last year was the figures from 'NSW reptile keepers in 2002/2003- from annual returns to NPWS.' There was a breakdown for each of the species. Under Chrondopython viridis the figures were; 17 licencees holding this species, bringing forward 64 from last year, 32 were aquired, 60 were bred, 62 were disposed of and 94 were carried forward to the next year. Therefore in one year the number of Chrondos reported and held under licence in NSW alone increased from 64 to 94. It does not specify how many of these were aussie or otherwise.
I hope that was helpful to some people!