Captive Reptile Mortality Rates in the Home and Implications for the Wildlife Trade
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1 Have you acquired a reptile in the last five years? please circle Y / N If yes, continue with questionnaire 2 What type of reptile keeper do you consider yourself to be? Tick one option a Private reptile keeper (those keeping reptiles for pleasure) b Private reptile breeder (those keeping and breeding reptiles mainly for pleasure) c Private reptile breeder (those keeping reptiles mainly for monetary gain) d Commercial enterprise (those buying/selling/breeding as part of a business) If Q2 d was selected, ask question 3. Otherwise, continue to Q4 3 Do you sell dry goods as well as animals? please circle Y / N
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Correction: Captive Reptile Mortality Rates in the Home and Implications for the Wildlife Trade
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141460.].
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