Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers' motivations and husbandry practices.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was carried out in accordance with the requirements of ethical/legal procedures, being approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley (CEP/HULW, authorization # 853.115). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by an MSc grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) awarded to BMCA and a postdoctoral grant from the Research Support Foundation of the State of Paraíba (FAPESQ-PB) awarded to MFDF. We thank the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for the productivity research grant granted to RRNA. This study was also supported by CNPq (grant 422041/2018-1) and FAPESQ-PB."