Quote Originally Posted by rebelrachel13 View Post
For the time being, Alabama seems like an excellent place to keep herps. The only laws we have are for native species (indigos, pines, southern hognoses, alligator snapping turtle, AL map turtle), although venomous are illegal without a permit.

So far we haven't fallen victim to the legislation that's sweeping the nation. I'm kind of worried about it though, being that we're so close to Florida and this state has its fair share of closed-minded politicians and voters.

http://www.alabamaherps.com/laws%20&...ateRegulations

I'll second this. However, there's nothing to do there. At all. At least GA has ATL. But if you don't care about that kinda stuff then it's perfect. You can own any non-Federally protected species. And a permit to HOTs is as easy to get as a hunting permit.

I live in GA. You can't own a native species as a pet. So no cornsnakes here.