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

https://www.azgfd.com/

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

https://delcode.delaware.gov

https://www.fishwildlife.org

Florida

https://www.fishwildlife.org/

Georgia

https://www.fishwildlife.org/

https://gadnrle.org/

Idaho

https://idfg.idaho.gov/

https://www.fishwildlife.org

Illinois

www.fishwildlife.org

www.wildlifeillinois.org/

www.animallaw.info

Indiana

www.in.gov

www.eregulations.com/indiana/

Maryland

https://onestop.md.gov/licenses/

https://dnr.maryland.gov/

Massachusetts

https://www.mass.gov/guides/wildlife-as-pets

neherp.com

Minnesota

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/sales.html

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians/index.html

https://www.fishwildlife.org/

Nebraska

https://www.animallaw.info/

Nevada

www.ndow.org

www.animallaw.info

New Jersey

http://www.nj.gov/de…df/permregs.pdf

www.animallaw.info

New Mexico

www.wildlife.state.nm.us

https://law.justia.com/

New York

www.dec.ny.gov

North Carolina

http://www.uappeal.org/north-carolina.html

Ohio

http://www.uappeal.org/ohio.html

https://www.animallaw.info/

Oklahoma

wildlifedepartment.com

https://legalbeagle.com

Pennsylvania

www.fishandboat.com

www.animallaw.info

Rhode Island

http://www.dem.ri.go…pdf/huntabs.pdf

https://dem.ri.gov/

South Carolina

http://www.dnr.sc.go…gs/pdf/wmas.pdf
http://www.scstateho…ODE/t50c015.htm

Tennessee

https://www.tn.gov/

www.animallaw.info

Texas

https://tpwd.texas.gov/

www.southwesternherp.com

http://www.tpwd.stat…les_amphibians/

Utah

http://www.uappeal.org/utah.html

https://www.southwesternherp.com/

Vermont

https://www.vtherpatlas.org/

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/

Virginia

dwr.virginia.gov

wildlifecenter.org

Wisconsin

https://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/er/ER0708.pdf

dnr.wisconsin.gov

 

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.