BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

i want to know how to get a permit to keep reptiles in western australia, namely snakes, skinks etc but also scorpions...

if anyone would know what i had to do it would be very appreciated, especially a person who actually lives in western australia would be pretty helpful.....

please, if there was a smily that had knees and was on them praying, i use it

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Didn't I already give you a link? Why don't you just google it?

i have been googling it for the past 3 days, nearly straight and i have found bupkis...nothing, nuda, zip zilch...you name the wierd expression for zero and i have found it...

that link was for new south wales...thats not very near perth now is it

I don't live in West Oz but try here.

http://www.naturebase.net/component/opt ... temid,711/

If that does not work put the word 'calm' in google.

i know you can only keep species native to your own state.

i dont think scorps are on licence but i could be wrong.

(i live in vic)

ok, thanks all, also one other thing, what about new south wales

NSW is good, just get a $60 licence and it covers a lot of animals, scorps don't need licences.

For blueys (skinks), scorpians and geckos you dont need reptile licences but for snakes you do.
I live in Victoria/Australia so im not sure if these rules apply in WA.

f.C

really? no licence for geckos?

i have snakes so i have a licence anyway but i got my bluey originally cos i didn't need a licence.



(even though i would've got one anyway!)

for the best information, you're better off going here...


http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/

in NSW though you just send away to NPWS and pay to get your licence.

so what exactly can you keep, i read on one relativly reliable site that you can keep coral snakes...is this true??

Hey bluetonguemad, send Ian[Deadeye} apm, if he's not flat out busy he might be able to help, he's the man, and he's in Perth or near I think.

bluetonguemad wrote:so what exactly can you keep, i read on one relativly reliable site that you can keep coral snakes...is this true??

in austrialia, we can only keep native animals. in most states theres one or two animals included or left off (eg, in Queensland and NSW you cant keep crocodiles but can keep rough scaled pythons yet in victoria and a few other states you can keep crocs but not roughies)

in western australia like this forumer is from, you can only keep species native to that state.



basically only natives but each state has a list from all the natives which you can keep in that state. some have better laws or systems than others but all are different.

Not sure, but this may be relevant

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:a3m6tEcwQ_kJ:www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/PDFs/reptile_licensing_outline.pdf+australia+reptile+license+list&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

yep, thats for New south wales on the east cost of australia (where Sydney is )

yes, i know that, thanks all, any chance any one could answer that question...are there actually coral snakes in nsw?

if they are the USA natives im thinking of then no unless its in an illegal collection or zoo.

well if you look at that link russman gave (thanks mate, its the same one i found lol) then it shows iff you go down to mildly venemous snakes and go to the bottom of those you will see coral snake, that means they must be native or nsw state has some problems with their typos?

bluetonguemad wrote:well if you look at that link russman gave (thanks mate, its the same one i found lol) then it shows iff you go down to mildly venemous snakes and go to the bottom of those you will see coral snake, that means they must be native or nsw state has some problems with their typos?

Yeah in NSW you can keep a coral snake with the standard class 1 licence.Brachyurophis australis.....Australian coral snake.

Kris