talked to the wildlife permit place in nj

Originally Posted by Nanci

You'd think there would be a way for them to get grandfathered in. How is anyone going to know? I mean, I wouldn't knowing sell a prohibited morph/species, but if you already have it, and it was legal in a different snake, does anyone really care about two little cornsnakes?

You would have had to possess them prior to the law taking effect in order to grandfather them.

Owning a permit in most states that require one, gives the authorities having jurisdiction the right to inspect your collection without a search warrant or probable cause.

We have eastern massasauga rattlesnakes where I live. It's a $500 fine for attempting to catch one, a felony to possess one. It's considered possession once you capture it. http://www.paherps.com/herps/snakes/massasauga

I did not ask about breeding or selling, I just asked that I had these certain morphs and she asked about eye Color and if they looked like a normal cornsnake. The eye colors were no concern to her, she said I just could not own a cornsnake that looked like a normal because they are endangered over in Nj. But everyone that does not look like a normal was ok.