Overrated & Underrated reptiles!!!

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smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

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Since Ive already gone over the most highly slept on gecko species, Ive decided to make another thread about what are the most overrated & underrated reptiles the public always be fascinated about.

In case you folks dont know what Ive meant about overrated & underrated, they actually meant as the most familiar to the most unfamiliar & here's some examples Ive readily came up with:

Overrated: Green Iguanas, Bearded Dragons, Leopard geckos, Ball Pythons, Burmese Pythons, Common (Red-tail) Boa Constrictors

Underrated: Giant Geckos, Crested Geckos?, Gargoyles, virtually all of Rhacodactylus, New Zealand Geckos, Indigo Snakes, Ringneck Snakes,
Green Tree Pythons, Emerald Tree Boas, Sand Boas, Matamatas

p.s. you can also include amphibians & another note they dont have to be kept as pets; it could be any reptile or amphibian you are at least familiar about.

Aight then, LETS BRING IT ON!!! :mrgreen:
 
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klondike4001

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You forgot corn snakes in the overrated section. personally if I see another snow morph I'll be sick, one buys a snake for the color, the lack of color is depressing. That goes for all reptiles. The more vibrant the color the more I'm drawn to it, maybe it's just me.
 
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hatecrew

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that's true but the price come with the "rated"... sell a leopard gecko 100$ and the crested 40$ and the crested will be more common....and overrated....
but this is my "quebecers" comment the market is absollutely not the same thing. :x
 
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sune jensen

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This is funny :p
Iove thsi thread. looks like once again you have listed som eof the most popular and expensive geckos and snakes and then claim they are underrated :lol:

So let me try to settle the balance a little with a more provoking claim:

1, Everything australian is overrated .- specially knobtails and strophurus
:arrow: Not the that I have any thing against Aussie speices. I keep a few myself.


2, every morph is overrated (how on earth can people claiming to be interested in anilams and nature go for these aa-far-away-from-nature-as-possible animals?

And furthermore

1, every gecko form Africa, America and Asia is underrated. Teratoscincus, parodura, colelonyx, cyrtodactylus, stenodactylus and manny many more, are all underrated and ridicilously cheap.

Sorry if Im joking around, but to be seriuos for a second it is funny too see how the words rare, interesting og underrated are sometimes used among herpetoculturists. Truly rare species might be some that we dont have a habit of thinkg of as rare.

Sune
 
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vn_m_us

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there were about 3 posts lost after the changeover yesterday. i think i saw a post
mentioning australian species then.
 
smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

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Yeah that was me, I did had a post after hatecrew's post & I listed more overrated & underrated reptiles from all over & I came back & noticed that my post got deleted somehow & I wondered why?????? :?
 
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sune jensen

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As indicated by the smilies my post was more or less a joke, but joking can also be a way to provoke a bit. Sometimes turning things uopside down can shed new light on a debate and hopefully make people think twice.
Just clarify: I have nothing against Aussie gex, and keep quite a few myself. But what I feel is a negative development in the hobby is, that all other but these Assie (and a few other 'rare' species) are being underrated at the same time as Aussie species are getting ever more popular. I know quite a few people who went 'australian only' - I even thought about that myself - and I dont have a problem with those individual people, in fact some of them are my freinds. But if you look at this as an overall trend, it is clear that something gets lost along the way. Non- aussie species get sold, when poeple clear out space to make room for an other aussie Gecko. Then get sold again, and again, and again end eventually end up with fools who dont know how to - or dont care to - keep them alive. so species that were once bred and well establihed are lost form captive populations. That is the negative side of the popularity of Aussie geckos.
So maybe many of these so called rare Australian gex are not so rare after all. At least not compared to Saurodactulys mauretanicus brosetti, Cyrtodactylus papilionoides, Teratoscincus micopleis 'makrenis' and Stenodactylus 'maynardi'. Just to name a few species, that I have noticed at shows in the past years and fear are now gone from the hobby.
But of course Aussie gex are not the only reason for this development.

Sune
 
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Brian

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I agree. Underrated species are typically anything found in US/Canada/and Europe. At least here in the states. Or at least from Europe and actually avialable.

Other underated things are basically highly imported cheap African and Asian species. For instance I beleive Plated Lizards could be as good as Bearded Dragons, butr if I want a captive bred one I'll have to breed one myself.
 
smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

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sune jensen said:
This is funny :p
Iove thsi thread. looks like once again you have listed som eof the most popular and expensive geckos and snakes and then claim they are underrated :lol:

So let me try to settle the balance a little with a more provoking claim:

1, Everything australian is overrated .- specially knobtails and strophurus
:arrow: Not the that I have any thing against Aussie speices. I keep a few myself.


2, every morph is overrated (how on earth can people claiming to be interested in anilams and nature go for these aa-far-away-from-nature-as-possible animals?

And furthermore

1, every gecko form Africa, America and Asia is underrated. Teratoscincus, parodura, colelonyx, cyrtodactylus, stenodactylus and manny many more, are all underrated and ridicilously cheap.

Sorry if Im joking around, but to be seriuos for a second it is funny too see how the words rare, interesting og underrated are sometimes used among herpetoculturists. Truly rare species might be some that we dont have a habit of thinkg of as rare.

Sune
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I really dont think you understood my question here Jensen.
What Ive meant by overrated & underrated reptiles are actually the ones familiar or unfamiliar by the public as a "whole" & not by a herpetculturist's perspective. When I meant by the public I really meant the modern day society from all over the world that can able to identify & recognize certain animal species. It doesnt have to be from herpetoculturist's perpective & another thing you've been noting quite a bit is the rating by a monatary value, & thats not what Im looking for as far as meaning of "overrated & underrated". Am I getting myself clear on this one??????
 
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Brian

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Well then anything not regularly featured on TV could be underrated. Only things like Giant tortoises, Iguanas, etc. and the like could be considered underrated.

i don't entirely understand the question now though.
 
smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

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In my opinion Tuataras are under underrated! Since hardly any are kept at any zoo or private collection outside New Zealand just cuz theyre critically endangered & dont do very well in captivity (one reason is their slow lifespan)...

Another reason why they are underrated in my perspective is that when other people & children look at pictures of them from reptile books or stuff without even bothering to read about them, they just roughly dismiss tuataras as "lizards" or "iguanas", ya know what I mean; or has anyone ever noticed something like that??? :|
 
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DeadIrishD

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In my opinion I belive that geckos are under rated in todays society if I do understand your question, which I blame Geicko for.

nearly everyone that see's Skunx is suprised that he is a gecko due to the fact that "he looks nothing like the lizard in the commercial."

I also see alot of people who dislike geckos due to their smaller size, when compared to thoes of Iggys, Tegus, and Monitors don't get me wrong some kinds of monitors, and tegus are cool, and Iggys ehh... I dont mind them but hate the greens as their way to over rated.
 
smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

smallskiluv-tha-rhaco

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Yeah theyre a lot of gecko species that are underrated especially the ones that are heavily discussed on this board & at the same time, they tend to be avoided & rejected by urban (inner-city) residents who dont know much about reptiles... :|
 
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