Fig 1.
Location of protected areas surveyed across the Eastern Arc Mountain chain, with villages and number of people surveyed around each reserve indicated below.
A) Reserve network of Tanzania with surveyed Nature Reserves (blue) and National Parks (red) highlighted, with non-surveyed reserves in green. B) Reptile species richness across Tanzania showing the location pf the Eastern Arc Mountains ecoregion (from Meng et al., 2016). C) Villages surveyed in each mountain block (reserve name and number of respondents in brackets).
Table 1.
Trade and prices of Tanzanian Chameleons in trade since 2000 (last trade registered 2016 due to blanket ban (1USD = 2299 Tanzania Shillings [01/08/2019]).
Fig 2.
Geographical and temporal patterns in Chameleon trade.
A) Main trade routes of live wild-sourced chameleons from African range States, 2000–2019, for commercial trade as reported by exporters. Country combinations represent 60% of total trade (327,552 individuals). Graph created in RawGraphs - https://app.rawgraphs.io/ - using Alluvial plot. B) Top six exporters of global direct live wild-sourced chameleon species, 2000–2019, for commercial trade as reported by exporters. Six countries trade represents 91% of total trade (498,734 individuals).
Fig 3.
Map showing the destination of live, wild sourced Chameleon exports from Tanzania 2000–2019 (for graphical representation see S4 Fig in S1 Annex).
All data were based on exporter-reported CITES trade data. (The designation employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or any of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries).
Fig 4.
Direct exports of live, wild sourced Chameleons from Tanzania 2000–2019.
Endemics comprise 41% of all trade in chameleons from Tanzania over the study period. Tanzania had not submitted their annual trade reports to CITES for years 2007 and 2012 at the time of data download. Species level graph detailed in S5a Fig in S1 Annex.