Maine's UNRestricted Species List!

Has anyone seen the news? I just got an email from the Maine Herpetological Society that More than FIFTY species have been added to the list of unrestricted species in maine!!! I'll try to find a link to the news. I don't want to reprint it without permission....

Isn't that public information? post it :)

Well I won't post the text of the letter-- just the species!!!! w00t!! All of the followijng are being added to our list and can be owned without a permit!

Look for an update on the Fish and Wildlife’s web site.

Green Tree Python Morelia viridis

Boelen’s Python Morelia boeleni (captive born only)

Sumatran Short-
Tailed Python Python Curtis

Borneo Short-
Tailed Python Python breitensteini

Blood Python Python brogermai

Macklot’s Python Liasis macklotti

D’Alberts Python Liasis albertsii

Angolan Python Python anchietae

Black Headed Python Aspedites melanocephalus

Spotted python Antaresia maculosa

Stimpson’s python Antaresia stimsoni

Pygmy python Antaresia perthensia

Calabar Burrowing
Python Calabaria reinhardtii (CB only)

Emerald Tree boa Corallus caninus

Amazon Tree boa Corallus hortulanus

Solomon island boa Candoia ssp.

Western Hognose Heterodon nasicus ssp

Mandarin Ratsnake Euprepiophis mandarinus

Trinket Rat Snake Coelognathus h. Helena

Beauty snakes Orthriophis taeniura ssp.

Green Red-Tailed
Rat snake Gonyosoma oxycephaia

Blue Tree Monitor Varanus macraei

Black tree monitor V. beccarli

Green tree monitor V. p. prasinus

Spiny-tailed monitor V acanthurus

Timor monitor V. timorensis

Frilled Dragons Chlamydosaurus kingii

Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus

Panther Chameleon Furcifer pardalis

Jackson Chameleon Chamaeleo jacksonii

Parson’s Chameleon C. parsonii

Spiny-tailed lizard Uromastyx ssp.

Knob-tailed geckos Nephrurus ssp. EXCEPTION: N. deleani

Leaf-tailed geckos Uroplatus ssp.

Giant geckos Rhacodactylus leachianus

Gargoule geckos R.auriculatus

Russian tortoise Agrionemys horsfiedldii

Greek tortoise Testudo graeca

Herman’s tortoise T. hermanni

Red-foot tortoise Chelonoidis carbonaria

Yellow-foot tortoise C.denticulata

Striped Mud-turtle Kinosternon bauri

White Lipped Mud
Turtle k. leucostomum

Mississippi Mud
Turtle k. subrubrum hippocrepis

Amboina Box turtle Cuora amboinensis

Arrow frogs Dendrobates ssp EXCEPTIONS: D. terribilis

Arrow frogs Phyllobates ssp. EXCEPTIONS: P vittatus

Whited lipped tree
Frogs Litoria infrafrenata

all i can say is LOL.

Why LOL? This is actually a pretty good step. People have been working hard here to open up communication so that the super tight restrictions could be lifted. This is a really good first step...