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SO - YOUWANT TO KEEPA PETREPTILE DO YOU? WELL,YOU CAN NOWI

Peter Mawson

fN late2002 nen regulat ions u eregalel led that allou ed I lorthe keeping of a limited rrnge ol'nali\ e repl iles and amphibiansas pets. In March 2003 a list of approved speciesthat canbe kept waspublished and from thatdate people living in Western Australia have been able to 'new makeapplication to own andkeep these pets'. The Til.iquamultifas;ci.lld CentralianBluetongue speciescurrently approvedfbr keeping as pets include Tiliqua occipitalis Westem Bluetongue tree{iogs,geckoes, skinks, dragons, monltors or goannas, Tiliqua rugosa ragosa Bobtail pythons, and a range of freshwater tortoises/turtles, Colegory 3 venomoussnakes. Antaresiarlirrsoni Stimson< Python Theregulations were developed alter f, three-monlh ) Chelodinaoblonga Oblong Tortoise publicconsultation period, in whichmost of thecomments Ctenophorusreticulote s WesternNetted Dragon receivedfromthepublic werein favour of allowing some Egernia kingii King Skink native reptiles and amphibiansto be kept as pets. For Litoria splendida Magnificent Tree Frog thoseinterested in the speciilc detailsof the regulations Mo relia spilota inbricata South-westernCalpet a copy can be found on the Depaftment's Naturebase Python website at http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants-animals/ Nephrurus levis Three lined Knob{ailed Gecko reptiles/index.html. OedurcLmatmorata Marbled Velvet Gecko The list of Approved Speciesis also availableat that Underwoodisaurusmllll Thick-tailed Gecko site,along with applicationforms forpet Keepers,Dealers, Var anus caudol inedlLs Stripe-tailedPygmy Monitot' Farmersand what arecalled Takerslicences. There are also answersto FrequentlyAsked Questions,copies of Cotegory 4 applicationforms for the various types of licencesand Aspichtesmelanocepht us Black-headedpython KeepingAdr ice Sheets for erch of ther arioustl pe' of Aspidites ramsal-l Woma PYthon reptile and amphibian on the list along with links to a ChetorJina steindrtchneri Flat-shelledTufile good selectionof books on reptiles and amphibians. Chlanydosauruslingi Frilled Lizard The pet keepingis anangedinto five categorieswith Heleioporus albopLtnctatus Westem SpottedFrog Category 1 speciesbeing exempt from licensing. At Lophognathus longirostris Long-nosedTa-ta presentthere are no specieslisted in this Category,but it Dragon is expectedthat specieswill be addedto this category Varanusacanthuru'r Ridgetailed Monitor overtime. Category2 speciesare easily keptby anybody Varanusbrevicauda Short-tailedPygmy Monitor and require no prior experience,Category 3 species Varanus tristis lrislis Black-tailed Monitor people requiremore experienceand can only be kept by Colegory5 o\er lhe rge of 18. Category4 speciesrequire more Acanthopisantarcticus SouthernDeath Adder extensiveexperience and Category 5 species(the pyrrhas DesertDeath Adder dangerousspecies) can be kept only by thosepeople wi.th Acanthopis wellsl Pilbara Death Adder extensive experience who can provide high security Acanthopis Olive PYthon facilities. Liasis olivaceus Notechisscutatus Tiger Snake Cofegory | No species. Pseudechtsaaslralls Mulga Snake Pseuclechisbutleri SpotledMulga Snake Colegory 2 PseudorLajaffinis ffinb Dugite Egemia napoleonis South-WesternCrevice Egernia PseudonajanuchaLis Gwxdar Gehyra variegata Tree Dtella Varanu s gouldii Could's Monitor H ete rotlotia binr.rel Binoe's Gecko Vararus rosenbergi SouthernHeath Monibr Litoria caerulea Northern GreenTree Frog Litoria moorei WesternGreen Tree Frog All of the reptilesand amphibiansthat are approved Pogona minor nLirzorWestem BeardedDragon forkeepingmust come from approvedcaptive collections. Strophuruscilirrrls Northern Spiny-tailedGecko It is illegal for peopleto help thernselvesto animalsfrom Strophurusspinigerus South westSpiny{ailedGecko thewild. No threatenedspecies are approved forkeeping,

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