[quote=”Jordy” post=1578]Thank you for your detailed explanation.(…) Great to have see so much knowledge on this forum.
Here comes a new question, which paro species are available at this moment and are in need of breeding (more then others paros)? For my first paro set-up I´m not picky about most colorful species or what so ever, just want to help out and enjoying keeping and breeding them.[/quote]
Jordy, the newest information will be read in the next newsletter: In Germany, we have all 20 described species in private stock, even the long missed allani and gunawani. But some of these are not yet available from the breeders since they must enlarge the stock before. Others are available in very large stocks and not in need of addiditional breeders, e.g. linkei, filamentosus, nagyi-variants or quindecim. On the other hand: These are the best species to gain experience with. I always recommend them to Paro-beginners.
At last there are species that are really in need of being bred more than up to the present, e.g. sumatranus, opallios or alfredi. But there may be distribution-problems again or they are too sophisticated for beginners.
I shall send you privately the last census that was carried out in October 2012; it is slightly outdated but by far not fully. Second, I recommend you to write a mail to our distribution-address (see button “distribution”) and ask for addresses of breeders. Thirdly, if this is necessary, you could write to me personally and I try to help you personally.