Biak island/Aru island and the province of sorong are all Indonesian territory,only half of the mainland of New Guinea is actually papua New guinea,other locales under Indonesian ownership are Manokwari/Yappen island/Missool island also wamena and bokondini and merauke locales, the fact is that papua New Guinea does not export whereas Indonesia does so all the popular collecting localities are in Indonesia,usually in or around protected areas where snakes are abundant and close to airstrips for ease of transport
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PS: smuggling of Australian animals is or was widespread any ways,whetre do you think all the indigenous Australian species we keep came from,they are all technically illegal under international law and definately illegal under Australian law,i have had some dialogue with the federal Australian Government on this score and their attitude is that the horse is long outta the stables now,apart from the fact that it was their own wildlife officers who were doing the bulk of the trafficking,ironically they contacted me with the idea of re-importing some species as this was considered easier than getting Australian permits for collecting in one state and exporting to another,how daft is that??
