Status and Permits

 

Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais couperi)

Federal

"The Federal (USA) Government considers Eastern Indigos (Drymarchon corais couperi) "Threatened" or "Endangered". Classified as such, they cannot be sold, traded, or bartered for in interstate commerce without a federally issued permit. At this time the person you need to contact at the USF&G to obtain a permit is:

Victoria Davis
US Dept of Fish and Wildlife 1875 Century Blvd. Ste. 200 Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 679-4176

  Federal permits for Eastern Indigos cost $100.00 and are valid for 90 days.  If you want to buy an Eastern Indigo from someone within your own state, the only regulations will be those of your particular state. No Fed permits are required for INTRA-state commerce."


Here is a link to the actual forms that you can download, print, and then get the permit process rolling. This will make it so you can skip the step of having Victoria Davis send you the permit forms. You'll need "Adobe Acrobat Reader", linked here, to read it. Don't be intimidated by all the forms. You only need deal with pages 1 following the instructions on pages 14, 15,16.

State

It is illegal to keep/breed Eastern Indigos in Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, New Jersey, New York & Mississippi without a special permit.  Some of the permits are difficult to obtain due to either requirements of the permit, or bureaucratic delays.
So far, these are the only states that we "know" will not allow the keeping/breeding of the Eastern Indigo without a special state issued permit.  ~

 

Texas Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais erebennus)

Federal

A Federal permit IS NOT required for interstate commerce with this subspecies of Drymarchon.

State

Click here to review Texas law on keeping Texas Indigos.

As far as we know, it is perfectly legal to keep and/or breed D.c. erebennus in the other states (except Hawaii in which case all snakes are illegal to keep) and in other countries.

 

There are NO permits required for the following subspecies of Drymarchon.

Blacktail Cribo (Drymarchon corais melanurus)

Yellowtail Cribo (Drymarchon corais corais)

Unicolor Cribo (Drymarchon corais unicolor

Margarita Island Cribo (Drymarchon corais margaritae)

Mexican Redtail Cribo (Drymarchon corais rubidus)

Drymarchon corais unicolor

If you know of any other information regarding legal status or permitting of Drymarchon that should be listed here, please email the IndigoSnakes.com webmaster.

 


Home Forums Gallery Articles and Information Caresheets Breeders Ways to Help Status and Permits Ask the Vet


Powered By Kingsnake.com