Picture of my Tetrataenia female 03/08

[DIRK]

I have a question to all the americans here...

You are not allowed to hold tetrataenias in tanks, is that correct?

Ok

Is it possible, to bring you a San Francisco Garter from here to you???
Because it´s not a wild caught and you get anofficial decleration where you get the snake.

Sorry for this question, but i can not understand this problem.
Wild caught snakes ok, that is not possible, but imported Snakes???

I hope anyone can give me an answer...
Thank you very much

[FunkyRes]

I have a question to all the americans here...

You are not allowed to hold tetrataenias in tanks, is that correct?

Ok

Is it possible, to bring you a San Francisco Garter from here to you???
Because it´s not a wild caught and you get anofficial decleration where you get the snake.

Sorry for this question, but i can not understand this problem.
Wild caught snakes ok, that is not possible, but imported Snakes???

I hope anyone can give me an answer...
Thank you very much

I do not believe they may be legally kept anywhere in the United States without a federal permit. I believe they are listed here as critically endangered. A few years back, many CB babies were killed because the breeding produced far more than they could afford to care for and the red tape to make them available to private collectors just could not be cut through. It's really unfortunate, I think captive lines would pretty much eliminate poaching from the wild completely, as garters are easy to breed and therefore the market value would quickly drop to the point where poaching just isn't worth the risk. But the laws are the laws.