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? regarding morphs legal to sell?

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nancyg

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I was looking for something else and came to a link that mentioned only being able to sell/possess specific corn morphs in New Jersey:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/pet-dealer_info.pdf

Doe anyone know why this is? I can understand not wanting to encourage normal snakes which might mean they could be taken from the wild.
But why only these specific morphs?
Is it because those were the ones in existance at the time?
Was the regulation writer lazy about looking up all the morphs, or are these picked because breeding any of them together will not produce a 'normal' looking snake?

What if you have snakes with hets, that produce something that is not on this list?

Does anyone know the reasoning behind this law?

For anyone who has not looked at the link, the list is
Red Albino (Amelanistic), Butter, Snow, Pearl,
Lavender, Blizzard, Creamsicle, Sun Glow, Candy Cane

what is a Pearl? is that the same as Opal?
 
The law is an awkward way of protecting indigenous species while still allowing people to keep corn snakes as pets. If you noticed the list basically states that you can sell/keep any corn that is homozygous albino genetically (and in combination) and they threw in Lavender for good measure. These morph types were considered not to occur naturally and therefore safe to own without deleting wild populations. Other states have been less ambiguous in their desire to protect their indigenous populations by banning ownership outright. A perfect example of this is the state of GA. Just ask Jeff Mohr how that affected his collection when he moved there for a job!

Terri
 
When I contacted the NJ Division of fish and wildlife to find out more about this law and what I could own, I was told the list is more of a guideline and they don't have the time or manpower to keep up with all the different morphs available. I called specifically asking at the time if I could have a ghost. She told me yes.
 
Myca said:
Did the state of Georgia come search his house?
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Most likely not, but the way people get caught breaking laws they think no one will enforce is when they break some other law, or there is a natural disaster, or the neighbors call in a complaint about something totally unrelated.

That is how the leucistic western hognose was found and confiscated, in Colorado. Noise complaint from the neighbors.

My neighbor kitty corner through my back field got busted growing pot out in his yard when there was a grass fire and the FD came to put it out.
 
Nanci said:
That is how the leucistic western hognose was found and confiscated, in Colorado. Noise complaint from the neighbors
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That seems very strange, as you can have up to six of each native reptile here. There must have been something else going on.
 
I have heard that the NJ morph list is designed to include snakes with red eyes. The idea being that snakes with red eyes did not come straight out of the wild. And by extension anyone checking your snakes for illegality would not have to know everything about corn morphs to know if the snakes is captive bred or possibly wild collected.
 
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