Hi everyone,
I have no experience in this area, but I was wondering what the legalities in Australia are on the Indonesian localities of green tree python?
I am aware it is illegal to import any reptiles from another country (not trying to go into the debate of whether this is reasonable or not in the case of GTPs), but I have occasionally seen advertisements for Indonesian locale GTPs and I am not sure how this works.
Were enough individuals brought into Australia at some stage before the current laws that locality lines were able to be maintained?
On a similar note, I am sure I have also seen a few advertisements for hybrids (eg M. bredli x M. spilota) which I also thought were illegal. Is it legal in some states perhaps? (I doubt it). Or is it maybe an error in the advertised species name? Since thinking that, I just realised RDU seems to have bredli listed as a subspecies of M. spilota whereas as far as I know, M. bredli is its own species. So that is probably where I got the impression that hybrids were being sold.
Still, just to confirm, interspecies hybrids are illegal in Australia, correct?
Any insight or contribution is much appreciated.
Thanks!
I have no experience in this area, but I was wondering what the legalities in Australia are on the Indonesian localities of green tree python?
I am aware it is illegal to import any reptiles from another country (not trying to go into the debate of whether this is reasonable or not in the case of GTPs), but I have occasionally seen advertisements for Indonesian locale GTPs and I am not sure how this works.
Were enough individuals brought into Australia at some stage before the current laws that locality lines were able to be maintained?
On a similar note, I am sure I have also seen a few advertisements for hybrids (eg M. bredli x M. spilota) which I also thought were illegal. Is it legal in some states perhaps? (I doubt it). Or is it maybe an error in the advertised species name? Since thinking that, I just realised RDU seems to have bredli listed as a subspecies of M. spilota whereas as far as I know, M. bredli is its own species. So that is probably where I got the impression that hybrids were being sold.
Still, just to confirm, interspecies hybrids are illegal in Australia, correct?
Any insight or contribution is much appreciated.
Thanks!