Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the heads-up; here's the new link: Round Island Boa Back in Wild after 150 Years That Reptile Blog The folks who manage the blog made some changes to the layout and neglected to inform me. I can't seem to figure how to edit the post itself., so that the new link appears there as well (no surprise there, I;m a dinosaur!)

You raise some great points; unfortunately, I'm not up on all, but there are some useful facts in this account of the Durrell Institute's activities in the region. I'm guessing, based on work with other herps having tiny founder populatiuons, that genetics won't be much of a problem, especially as, having been isolated for so long, the species has likely found a way around the usual problems; but accelerating environmental changes, new diseases or invaders could change all that.

Thanks again for your interest, enjoy, best, Frank