Hopefully, and with the hard work of zonata experts, logic will prevail and the law will protect those mountain kings that need it by locality. Because, when you think about it, it is essentially that way now.



For example, multicincta are legal to have (1), and they live in the Sierras, so make Sierra kings legal. Mtn kings from mtns in San Diego county and Orange county can be protected if they want to continue that. Same for Santa Monica mtns if they want to continue that. I don't care what ssp they are or were, protect by locality. Basically, that is what is being done now anyway, its just that they call them a ssp.



It is so hard to tell a mtn king from San Bernardino from one from Santa Monica mtns anyway, yet the law makes a distinction now, so the same distinction may be kept, just lose the ssp title.



The worst case would be that zonata are illegal in total. But, as long as they allow possession via a captive breeding permit, those that really want zonata may have them here in Calif. As it is now, if I have a Calif reptile breeding permit, I could legally possess zonata far outnumbering the Fish and Game bag limit of 1. As long as that stays, who cares what the gov't calls these snakes.
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