Venomous reptile laws/regulations VA
 

We are thinking of adding a hot to our collection. We have been doing research on keeping and handling for 3 yrs. But we can't seem to find regulations on specific species as to what is legal/illegal to keep. I have a permit for my current snakes so i didn't want to email them so we aren't put on a watch list or something. We are looking at Eyelash Vipers and Copperheads. Leaning towards the Eyelash. But don't want to do anything that could cause us to lose our animals, license and permit. Anyone know where I can find out anything?

I know certain legal snakes in one county can become illegal in the next county over.

You can check out www.VaHerps.com if you want. There are a few venomous owners that are fairly familiar with both the snakes and the laws.

Here's some stuff that pertains to Virginia and Venomous on the site:

http://www.vaherps.com/f3-venomous-discussion

Here's some great info from VHS. They have a plethora of knowledge:

http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsoc...plaw/index.htm

Thanks Nick!

Oh and I tried about 15 times to register on the Vaherps page and it kept sending me back to the beginning. Maybe it isn't mobile ready