Amphibian Laws By State
Reptile & Amphibian Laws By State
There seem to be a lot of questions regarding amphibian and reptile laws. Hopefully this helps.
Federal Links
http://www.fws.gov/
http://www.cites.org/
US
http://www.api4anima…als_summary.php
http://www.ssarherps…onservation.php
Alabama
https://www.outdooralabama.com
Arizona
Arkansas
https://www.agfc.com/
http://www.snakesofarkansas.com/
California
http://www.animallaw…shgcode5000.htm
Colorado
https://cpw.state.co.us/
http://www.dem.ri.go…pdf/huntab.pdf
Connecticut
https://www.fishwildlife.org/
http://www.northeast…ocs/ct-laws.pdf
Deleware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
https://onestop.md.gov/licenses/
Massachusetts
https://www.mass.gov/guides/wildlife-as-pets
Minnesota
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/sales.html
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/index.html
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
http://www.nj.gov/de…df/permregs.pdf
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
http://www.uappeal.org/north-carolina.html
Ohio
http://www.uappeal.org/ohio.html
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
http://www.dem.ri.go…pdf/huntabs.pdf
South Carolina
http://www.dnr.sc.go…gs/pdf/wmas.pdf
http://www.scstateho…ODE/t50c015.htm
Tennessee
Texas
http://www.tpwd.stat…les_amphibians/
Utah
http://www.uappeal.org/utah.html
https://www.southwesternherp.com/
Vermont
https://vtfishandwildlife.com/
Virginia
Wisconsin
https://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/er/ER0708.pdf
There would be nothing worse than losing your amphibian pet due to not understanding the local laws or getting a huge fine on top of that! Please understand your state laws before purchasing or even breeding your pets!
If anybody has any other links to add please feel free to do so. For the states that aren’t listed no information could be found. I do not guarantee the information found within these links to be current. If your state is not listed I suggest you call or email your state wild life service.