Hi, Well it look like you're right, the T.sirtalis sirtalis, can be imported, it's more about wild catch them and sell them who is forbidden.

I know there are other kind of red spotted garter than concinnus, but I truly like theses (especially the high red ones) so if possible I'm ready to put a bit more for them .

I just exchange e-mail with a colleague from the Montreal Biodome, who import animals for their living collection from US.

He told me that the best for shipping animal is aerial companies, the more direct as possible, there is no problems on Canadian side of the border, but to cross the US border, there are one or two exportation certificates to obtain from USFWS and USDA (don't really know how these works and the costs of these certificate)