Yes, no, what does the law say?
Mike
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Texas Indigos in FL.?
mikesmonitors
Feb 15, 2006 11:40 AM
Replies (2)
Sighthunter
Feb 15, 2006 12:04 PM
I do not know all of the ins and outs of the law but it seems to me that there are enough alternative snakes to keep us all happy. The Indigo community is under a magnifying glass by default. The eastern Indigo is probably my favorite snake but there are none in Kansas and I do not want to somehow break the law inadvertently without knowing it. I also do not like the idea of being under a magnifying glass. In my thinking Rubidus fills a gap. They are close enough to couperi and erebennis to fill a need and far enough removed from couperi and erebennus to keep most of us out of trouble. The only problem I see is states with control at the genus level.
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epidemic
Feb 15, 2006 02:24 PM
The state of Florida offers protective status for Drymarchon spp. at the sub-species level, meaning the only Dry you cannot own within the state fo Florida, without specialized permits, are D. couperi. Go ahead and get yourself a D. m erebennus, but keep a good phenotypic comparison chart handy...
Best regards,
Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
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