There are several issues here: CITES, The ESA (United States 'Endagnered Species Act') and also international export.



The Endangered Species Act is a USA Federal Law and regulates the use of animals that are listed Endangered or Threatened within the borders of the USA.



CITES oversees the use of animals traded internationally.



D.couperi are listed by the ESA. Commerce between states of ESA listed animals is allowed with proper permits. They can be given or donated to people in other states without a permit. Unfortunately exporting or importing them in or out of the United States is pretty much prohibited period.



D.couperi are not listed in any CITES appendix. As such, outside the United States, they can be easily exported between countries as easily as any other drymarchon.



This will not change. No legal D.couperi will be exported out of the USA unless done by Zoos with LOTS of clout. Individuals and small businesses will simply not be able to do it ever.

Doug T



>>Other subspecies like D. corais corais, melanurus, rubidus, unicolor.... can be imported and exportet, only D. c. couperi not. I do not understand this at all. Mr. Dean Allesandri knows Mrs. LaClaire of the U.S.-Fish and Wildlife Service, he could get a detailled answer because of this.

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>>Thank you and greetings to all from a German Indigo fan.

>>

>>Juergen




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