EU invasive species ban, reptiles

another update to my EU invasive species ban blog posts, i've put together a risk map! yes i've had a very productive day, sort of.

click it! it should get bigger, and readable because it's a little bit small to read i think!

quick key - the numbers refers to how many species of reptile we are currently aware live in each continent. i've split the map into 3 sections by temperature, going on 2011 figures on june highest temperatures and january lowest temperature ranges.

SECTION ONE MOST AT RISK
....north american species = 255 species
....asian species = 1387

total risk = 1642

SECTION TWO MODERATE RISK
....asian species = 360
....african species = 660
....asian species = 693
....north america species = 1145
....aquatic = 500

total risk = 3358

SECTION THREE NO RISK (HOPEFULLY)
....africa species = 660
....australian = 850
....south american = 1560
....aquatic = 610

total risk = 3680

so there we go, for all the reptile keepers out there, this is what is at risk!!!!! we need to stand up against the ban!!!!

loves x

edit - from approximately half way down south america, draw a line horizontally, anything below this line could potentially be considered for the act too, as the temperatures last year averaged 20 celcius upward throughout the year and thus species in this section could be supported in a europian climate

loves again x