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Talked to 2 officials.
Basically state can cite and prosecute but chooses not to.
Border does not matter and technically today there is only 2 species.
Technically there are no subspecies in today's taxonomy.
State uses the subspecies status in this case because it allows protection of San Diego and San bernadino mountain zonatas.
I was looking for documented legal wording. It doesn't exist though herpers believe it does.
Even state will just say you should be ok. But stop short of saying it's legal.
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