# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO9edURgGfm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34949364-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f882b64dae.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-23T21:54:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Any fairy tale will tell you: dragons are best kept at a safe distance — not as pets. 

That advice also applies to dragon-like earless monitor lizards: captivating creatures whose only habitat is rainforest-covered Borneo. 

Just five subpopulations of these lizards remain, but the exotic pet trade is driving these real-life dragons toward extinction.

Following a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed listing earless monitor lizards as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but still wants to allow trade. That contradicts the science showing trade is one of the two greatest threats to the species. 

The exotic pet trade is driving these real-life dragons toward extinction, and it needs to stop. 

#stopwildlifetrade #wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies

[Image description: An earless monitor lizard sits on a green-covered rock.]

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## Tags

stopwildlifetrade, wildlifeconservation, endangeredspecies

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