| Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? | |
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RalphMills VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:24 pm | |
| Just a heads up but once the black rat snake was renamed the eastern rat snake along with yellow, greenish and everglades rat snakes it bacame illegal to sell any of them here in VA unless it's an albino. They are ALL now considered Pantherophis alleghaniensis. What was once scorned as a hybrid in the hobby (everglades x black rat) is now considered the same species with no subspecies designation.
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Focal VaHerps Janitor
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:47 pm | |
| Do you have any links to this info for clarification purposes? I own one and gave one away a while back. I hope I didn't mess up :/
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RalphMills VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:59 pm | |
| You can still posses up to five. I doubt DGIF will go after you for having a hypo everglades or yellow ratsnake but like JW explained to me yesterday they all use the same taxonomic source and what was formerly known as everglades rat snake, yellow rat snake and black rat snake are now all renamed as the Eastern Rat Snake. I just confirmed this name change with Floridas website as well. The Eastern Rat Snakes range now covers from southern Ontario to the Florida Keys.
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RalphMills VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:31 am | |
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b_rickard VaHerps Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:23 am | |
| I am glad I moved out of Virginia then! I had a ton of Everglades! | |
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jw VaHerp Board Member+
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:52 am | |
| You were able to move your snakes to Hawaii? | |
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allaboutthekings VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:26 pm | |
| I guess that will also include white oaks as well? | |
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jw VaHerp Board Member+
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:11 pm | |
| The intent of many of the herp regulations is to stop and/or regulate the sale of native species. My guess is the DGIF will treat atypical looking eastern ratsnakes in the same manner as atypical looking corn snakes. I've asked the DGIF for an "official statement" on this matter and will post it here.
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RalphMills VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:03 pm | |
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b_rickard VaHerps Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:39 am | |
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jw VaHerp Board Member+
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:07 pm | |
| The official word from the DGIF regarding the sales of P. alleghaniensis in Virginia:
"These snakes cannot be sold in Virginia, even if they are captive breed or collected outside of the state. The restrictions on the sale of native herps, does not apply to albinos of any species except for T&E or otherwise designated."
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Don Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:29 pm | |
| Thanks for the clarification JW. | |
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RalphMills VaHerp Senior Crew
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:06 am | |
| Yes, thanks for getting that info JW. BTW, what is T&E? | |
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Grymm VaHerp Board Member+
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| Subject: Re: Everglades ratsnake and yellow rat snakes now illegal to sell in VA? Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:03 am | |
| Threatened and endangered | |
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