Ball pythons illegal in some states?? What??

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they lied to you theartisticgemini

new york city health code § 161.01. Wild animals prohibited

(10) reptiles (reptilia). All helodermatidae (gila monster and mexican beaded lizard); all front-fanged venomous snakes, even if devenomized, including, but not limited to, all viperidae (viper, pit viper), all elapidae (cobra, mamba, krait, coral snake), all atractaspididae (african burrowing asp), all hydrophiidae (sea snake), all laticaudidae (sea krait); all venomous, mid-or rear-fanged, duvernoy-glanded members of the family colubridae, even if devenomized; any member, or hybrid offspring of the family boidae, including, but not limited to, the common or green anaconda and yellow anaconda; any member of the family pythonidae, including but not limited to the african rock python, indian or burmese python, amethystine or scrub python; any member of the family varanidae, including the white throated monitor, bosc's or african savannah monitor, komodo monitor or dragon, nile monitor, crocodile monitor, water monitor, bornean earless monitor; any member of the family iguanidae, including the green or common iguana; any member of the family teiidae, including, but not limited to the golden, common, or black and white tegu; all members of the family chelydridae, including snapping turtle and alligator snapping turtle; and all members of the order crocodylia, including, but not limited to alligator, caiman and crocodile.

your in ny therefore are you keeping them illigaly>?

I am looking into a license from the department of wildlife and fishing that costs i belive 100$ a year and allows you to keep these guys without a problem.

yes i do live in new york. Do i live in new york city? I plead the 5th. On the grounds i may be kicked off the best ball python forum on the net. Keep me posted on the permit since i never heard of permit given to residents in nyc. If so $100 for each snake? I have friends in the city who own ball pythons.