i've actually been keeping my eye's out for these guys too and i've seen them offered on fauna every once and a while but again not often and thay tend to be too expensive for me at the time.I hear you. Viper geckos are really hard to find right now. Another member on here (LifelessForm) has about 6 females and has been trying to find a nice male for the last 2 years with no luck.I LOVE them!
They remind me of my viper geckos I had years ago. They were so awesome! Sadly, they're about impossible to find now, but I'd get them again in a second if I found some nearby.
as vicious already pointed out the loss of these guys in the wild is more do to deforestation and loss of habitat more then cetaching them for pets. it's not just these guys ether it basically happening all over the place. if anything we as keepers will probably be the only ones to have some of these animals at some point.and then we question why they are going extinct in the wild....
at least we can reintroduce them down the line.
how big do the adults get?
btw: congrats alway nice to see some babies, i had the privilege of seeing one of my cresties hatch out yesterday and there is nothing quite like it.