What, they found only 3 males and 15 females, suggested themselves it should be considered an endangered species, yet they killed one of each to study???
Also looking at the paper it seems that the female had 7 eggs in her
Also looking at the paper it seems that the female had 7 eggs in her
It's a tradeoff. They had to kill two animals in order to adequately catalogue and study this species.
Just as it would be a tradeoff to decide and take some for captive breeding. Which may also fail.