I am in contact with a guy from the Maine Gov......

"" As you mentioned below, our state herp laws certainly have some inconsistencies. While it is illegal to posses a live, native reptile, there are no regulations regarding dead ones provided they are not used commercially or are not listed as state endangered or threatened ""

I have been back and forth with this guy a lot lately....

In other words I can kill them dry them out and hang them on my wall legally but not keep them live... Go ****ING figure..

They are in process of rewriting the code however this takes time....