Well, I didn't get the permit, but I think I got something just as good... from Angela Williams of FL FWC:



"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Division of Habitat and

Species Conservation, Species Conservation Planning Section has reviewed your

application dated 11/28/2012 requesting authorization to possess an Eastern indigo

snake under a Scientific Collecting permit.

Your application requests authorization to take or incidentally take species that are

protected by the USFWS Endangered Species Act (ESA). Previous rules required

both a state [FWC] permit as well as a federal [USFWS] permit for ESA species

occurring in Florida. According to newly revised Rule 68A- 27, Florida Administrative

Code (F.A.C.), effective November 8, 2010, “… take of Federally designated

Endangered and Threatened Species [does] not require a permit from the Commission

[FWC] when authorized by [the federal agency] …” Hence, you are no longer

required to obtain a state [FWC] permit from this office for any of the targeted ESA

species."



In regards to Federal permissions, I also have an email from Cam Shaw from when I originally initiated the FL permit app informing me that the Fed did not require a permit for such a circumstance either. He directed me to Florida FWC.

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