A quick scan of the Columbia, SC municipal code shows that venomous reptiles are indeed prohibited (reference DIVISION 2. - DANGEROUS ANIMALS Sec. 4-91. - Prohibited; exceptions from this website
https://library.municode.com/sc/colu...4AN_ARTIIIANCO.). Here is the language that pertains to herps:
(a) Except as provided in subsection 4-91(d), it shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, harbor or act as custodian of a:
(2) a. Nondomestic member of the family felidae;
i. Alligator, crocodile and caiman;
j. Scorpion;
k. Constricting snake of the following species: reticulated python, python reticulatus; Burmese/Indian rock python, python molurus; rock python, python sebae, and anaconda, eunectes murinus;
l. Venomous reptile; or
m. Lizard over two feet which are members of the family varanidae.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to expose to public view or contact, exhibit either gratuitously or for a fee, any wild or feral animals identified in subsection 4-91(c), or any animal of mixed domestication and feral lineage within the corporate limits of the city on public or private property, except as provided in subsection 4-91(d).
(c) Wild or feral animal means: (1) Any animal which is not naturally tame or gentle, and which is of a wild nature or disposition, and which is capable of killing, inflicting serious injury upon, or causing disease among, human beings or domestic animals and having known tendencies as a species to do so; (2) Any animal declared to be illegal by the animal superintendent or the city manager or his or her designee; (3) Any nondomesticated member of the order Carnivora; (4) The following animals which shall be deemed to be wild or feral animals per se: a. All nondomestic members of the family felidae; b. Wolves, wolf-dog hybrids containing any percentage of wolf, coyotes and foxes; c. Badgers, wolverines, weasels, skunks and mink; d. Raccoons; e. Bears; f. Nonhuman primates to include apes, monkeys, baboons, macaques, lemurs, marmosets, tamarins and other species of the order primates; g. Bats; h. Alligators, crocodiles and caimans; i. Scorpions; j. Any snakes or venomous reptile; or k. Lizards over two feet which are members of the family varanidae;
(d) The prohibition contained in subsections (a), (b) and (c) above, shall not apply to the keeping of wild or feral animals in the following circumstances: (1) The keeping of wild or feral animals in a public zoo, bona fide education or medical institution, humane society, or museum where they are kept as live specimens for the public to view, or for the purpose of instruction, research or study. (2) The keeping of wild or feral animals for exhibition to the public by a bona fide traveling circus, carnival, exhibit or show, properly licensed and permitted by state and local law. (3) The keeping of wild or feral animals in a bona fide, licensed veterinary hospital for treatment.