The agency estimated that Norwegian snake-enthusiasts were keeping some 10,000 ball pythons, 6,000 boa constrictors, and 1,000 tiger pythons, as well as more than 70,000 lizards of various types.
The research was carried out to inform plans earlier this year to legalise reptile and snake ownership, plans that have since been blocked by Agriculture Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
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