UPDATE: S373 Python Ban

[snakemastercanada]

Maybe a stupid question... But what do they mean by "boa constrictor"... Does this include the red tail boa?

Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor
Boa constrictor amarali, Amaral's boa
Boa constrictor constrictor, Red-tailed boa
Boa constrictor imperator, Common northern boa
Boa constrictor longicauda, Tumbes Peru boa
Boa constrictor melanogaster, Ecuadorian boa
Boa constrictor nebulosa, Dominican clouded boa
Boa constrictor occidentalis, Argentine boa
Boa constrictor orophias, St. Lucia boa
Boa constrictor ortonii, Orton's boa
Boa constrictor sabogae, Pearl Island boa

[snakemastercanada]

Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor
Boa constrictor amarali, Amaral's boa
Boa constrictor constrictor, Red-tailed boa
Boa constrictor imperator, Common northern boa
Boa constrictor longicauda, Tumbes Peru boa
Boa constrictor melanogaster, Ecuadorian boa
Boa constrictor nebulosa, Dominican clouded boa
Boa constrictor occidentalis, Argentine boa
Boa constrictor orophias, St. Lucia boa
Boa constrictor ortonii, Orton's boa
Boa constrictor sabogae, Pearl Island boa
so all these are now on the list.

[takagari]

someone explain to me how any of these are dangerous to the habitat in the top 70% of the usa. where i gets to cold for them to survive past fall?

[Oxylepy]

They aren't. And Florida is possibly the only area with a climate that can sustain all of them. I think we should kick them out of the Union.

[J.Vandegrift]

someone explain to me how any of these are dangerous to the habitat in the top 70% of the usa. where i gets to cold for them to survive past fall?

Don't try to use common sense when it comes to anything the Gov does.

[Nate]

Don't try to use common sense when it comes to anything the Gov does.

LOL true

[mechnut450]

Don't try to use common sense when it comes to anything the Gov does.

you know that goverment and common sense don't go together that like calling a ford f150 a muscle car lol

thanks for the common names cause I know if the newpaper ever call and send the photographer out for pics of the snakes I want to have the common names about the band onhand.. I also want o poiint out that outside the corns and other snakes theses guys would not last past a summer and that most would end up as road kill or the wrong end of a shovel/shotgun around here if they went too far.

[cardell75]

Just got off the phone attempting to set up meetings with elected officials, unfortunately this session is going to run long and the staff doesn't know what their local schedule will be. I was offered the opportunity to come to washington and meet with legislative staff and potentially my elected officials. I will take them up on that offer and travel to DC to voice my opposition. I am waiting for a call from the scheduler/deputy scheduler for my Senator and Congressman, I will keep you all updated.

[MarkS]

I guess I'm really behind the times... Got lots of questions...

When did Retics get lumped into the genus Broghammeras?

When did Anacondas get split up into their own species rather then all being subspcies of Eunectes murinus?

When did African Rock pythons become two completely different species rather then two supspecies of Python sebae?

How widely accepted are these re-classifications amongst the majority of taxonomists?

What would happen if some taxonomist got a wild hair and decided that different populations of retics were really members of several closely related genus' and reclassified them under new taxa? Would certain populations then become legal again?

S373 has been amended to include ONLY:

1. Python molurus
2. Broghammeras reticulatus
3. Python sebae
4. Python natalensis
5. Boa constrictor
6. Eunectes notaeus
7. Eunectes deschauenseei
8. Eunectes murinus
9. Eunectes beniensis

[brainman1000]

For those of you interested in doing a little reading, Here is a link to the USGS report that they are getting their list from:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1202/pdf/OF09-1202.pdf