i got the info from a PDF file on the California Fish & Game website. You can get it here:

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm/2003/freshfish03.pdf



In reading it, I know now that I was ok to capture this snake, because I DO have a fishing license. It defines "taken" to include capture.



My question is now that I have it, am I allowed to keep it as a pet? It seems so, but I don't want to get into trouble if I take it to the vet to be sexed or for a checkup, etc



Here is the section I read about propagation, taken from dfg web site:



(1) Subspecies Authorized. Only the following subspecies may be propagated, imported, exported, or possessed for commercial purposes, or purchased or sold pursuant to the provisions of this section:



(A) California common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae);



(B) California subspecies of the gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus): Great Basin gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus deserticola), Pacific gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer), San Diego gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus annectens), and Sonora gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus affinis);



(C) California subspecies of the rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata): Coastal rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) and Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata gracia).

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