Talk:Blue anole

The photo appears to come from the linked webpage - is it really from the user koven.rm or has it been borrowed accidentally? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.41.167 (talk) 15:15, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Possible extinction

The second external link article says that there are collectors who keep this species in captivity. If they are as easy to breed as green anoles, there's no way that they could become extinct. They could become extinct in the wild, but not extinct.

Also, why is it illegal for pet shops to breed and sell these? Legalizing this would be a 100% guaranteed way to save them from extinction. Grundle2600 (talk) 14:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect, on all three accounts. First, the second link says that it has been considered to bring some into captivity, i.e. future, not present. Secondly, depending on your country of residence, it may very well be legal to keep this species (i.e. nothing to legalize), considering that it is not listed on CITES. Third, no, it would certainly not "be a 100% guaranteed" way of saving them from extinction. These are not green anoles, and you (or anyone else for that matter) have no way of knowing how easy or difficult it would be to keep them in captivity. Considering that they already have become quite rare and apparently have difficulties when dealing with introduced predators, it can only be assumed that they are much, much harder to keep than green anoles (which is a highly adaptable and consequently easy to keep in captivity). 212.10.70.113 (talk) 04:29, 15 January 2009 (UTC)