Micro-chipping BP

[muddoc]

Photo ID is unreliable at best, (and not legally binding) even if the animal is still alive.
Once the snake dies and starts to deteriorate, photo ID is pretty much irrelevant.
Even a snake that's been necropsied, or frozen can be verified with a simple chip reader.

This is completely incorrect. A snakes pattern is just like a fingerprint. It never changes. I have a photo of every snake I have ever purchased and produced. I have used these photos numerous times to id snakes that I sold 3 or 4 years ago, and also to id snakes that got mis labeled in tubs. I am no lawyer, but I am pretty sure that a photo of the animal would definitely be admissable in a legal trial, as it does positively identify the snake.