Where in MO are you? I am in Joplin (sw MO) here is an AMAZING link you should check out. Kinda gives you an idea of your odds. And it is fun to help fill in the blanks http://www.herpindex.com/



Missouri has a pretty simple law. It's called a "blanket law" because it is the lazy way to cover everything all at once. You can collect up to 5 of each species and keep them no questions asked. Meaning... you can have 5 wc black rats, 5 wc prairie kings, 5 ringnecks, 5 brown snakes, etc. This does not apply to hotts and I am sure you need permitts to keep these. I talked directly with my counties conservation agent and he didn't know anything about herps SURPRISE! If it's not a deer, a turkey, or a bass they could care less. I will change that whenever I become an agent. Anyway I was able to get 1 or 2 usefull things out of him. The way he interpreted the law is that you can not sell these wc snakes and if you breed them you must release the babies (which seems counter productive to me) So say you breed your wc ratsnake and it throws 15 eggs. Before you bred them you had 1.2 wc black rats so you have 1.2 wc rats and 15 eggs. All the eggs hatch so now you have 18 technically wc black rats. By law you have to release 13 of these snakes and it doesn't matter if you release the babies or adults. I asked if I bred a cb to a wc if the law still works the same and he interpreted it as a yes. I don't think if I bred my orange albinos to a wc and then bred the f2 that I should have to release albino black ratsnakes.....but the laws don't always make sense. If you purchase a wc from another state this law doesn't apply as long as you can provide some proof of purchase. This is a state law and there can still be county and city laws that may limit your rights to own snakes. Such as in Joplin it is illegal to own a snake over 6' in city limits. I hope this helped a little.



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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"

1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)

1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)

.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"

0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

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