Import of wild-caught reptiles and amphibians.

<p>The figure shows the numbers of live wild-caught amphibians and reptiles imported into Thailand for the period 1990–2007.</p

Captive-bred versus wild-caught animal imports.

<p>The figure shows the proportion of captive-bred amphibians and reptiles imported into Thailand. In some years most of the individuals are captive-bred, whereas in other years almost all are wild-caught (note that in 1992, 1993 and 1999 no trade in amphibians and reptiles is reported).</p

Globally threatened CITES-listed amphibians and reptiles imported into Thailand from 1998–2007 highlighting the role of Madagascar in the export of wild-caught individuals and Lebanon in the export of captive-bred individuals.

<p>Between brackets is the year the species was first given its listed IUCN Red List status; if a previous assessment differed this is presented (DD = Data Deficient). Note that apart from Lebanon and Macau all countries listed are Party to CITES.</p

Import of captive-bred reptiles and amphibians.

<p>The figure shows the numbers of live captive-bred amphibians and reptiles imported into Thailand for the period 1990–2007, illustrating that from 2003 onwards both the number of individuals and the variety of species increased (note the different scale of the left y-axis when compared with <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0017825#pone-0017825-g001" target="_blank">Figure 1</a>). The peak in the 1994–1997 is due to the import of large numbers of green iguana <i>Iguana iguana</i> from Colombia and El Salvador and spectacled caiman <i>Caiman crocodilus</i> from Venezuela.</p

Main source countries for live captive-bred amphibians and reptiles imported into Thailand in the period 2003–2007.

<p>Presented are total number of individuals with species number between brackets, countries are ordered by number of species.</p

Price-size relationships for shells in trade.

<p>Prices of horned helmet <i>Cassis cornuta</i>, Triton’s trumpet <i>Charonia tritonis</i> and chambered nautilus <i>Nautilus pompilius</i> shells in relation to size, in Pangandaran, Indonesia, June 2013. Prices were given in Indonesian rupiah and are here converted to the US dollar at an exchange rate of 10,000 rupiah to the dollar. Small-sized symbols indicate single shells, medium-sized indicate two shells and large-sized symbols three shells; regression lines are for horned helmet and Triton’s trumpet only.</p

Legally protected shells for sale.

<p>Protected marine mollusc shells for sale in Pangandaran, Indonesia, June 2013. Top: Horned helmet <i>Cassis cornuta</i> and chambered nautilus <i>Nautilus pompilius</i>. Bottom: Chambered nautilus</p

Size classes of shells in trade.

<p>Distribution of sizes of three commonly traded protected marine mollusc shells in Pangandaran, Indonesia.</p

Shell trade networks.

<p>Protected marine molluscs shell trade networks in Java and Bali, Indonesia. Size of circles are proportional to the volume of trade: small = 10s, medium-100s, large-1000s and very large = 10,000s. Kendari is situated in south-central Sulawesi 800 km northeast of Bali.</p

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