CRATE REQUIREMENTS FOR

Inside of ends to be smooth

Screened ventilation openings Plywood

Wood Frame

Top twisted and looped

SINGLE CONTAINER

Linen or fine cloth bag

Elastic bands

Ventilated sliding shutters

Screened ventilation openings

Exit

Center Plywood / wooden construction converted with divider polystyrene to provide insulation against temperature fluctuations

Entry MULTIPLE CONTAINER

(suitable for small or young not exceeding 50 cm [20 in] in total length) Ventilation openings

Dividers of water resistant fibreboard or similar material

Water resistant fibreboard, water resistant hardboard or plywood of minimum 3 ply

Small ventilation openings

EXAMPLE Horizontal compartmentalisation only permitted to allow air to circulate

Kindly note: Only the above crates will be accepted. We may not accept any modified or incorrect crates.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS > Black-headed python, woma (Aspiditis spp.) > Milk and king snakes (Lampropeltis) • All rigid containers must have some kind of packing material > (Clelia clelia) (i.e. crumpled paper). • Burlap (hessian) sacks are not allowed for any • The following snake species are very delicate and should be less than 120cm (48inc) packed singly and need soe with some moist substrate: • The maximum number of animals per bag or container must > File snake (Achrocordus spp.) not be increased even when larger bags or containers are used SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR VENOMOUS SNAKES • If the bag is suspended, it must be suspended horizontally from the opposite ends and the maximum number of animals • In general, venomous snakes have the same requirements as per bag should be divided by two other snakes, but they must be packed singly and if possible • Plastic containers are permissible for snakes less than 60cm in clear plastic containers which enable inspection and in length. These containers must be rigid and able to support control of the animals without opening the container the entire weight of all other containers when stacked upright • Labelling of each bag or inner container must list the and if turned upside down, without failing structurally (without specimen’s scientific name, common name and venomous / bending, cracking or collapsing or collapsing). The size of poisonous or a pictorial warning label these containers must enable the animals to have contact • When venomous snakes are shipped in the same crate with their whole ventral surface to the floor of the container. with other non-venomous species, they must be separately compartmentalized in a wood container • The following snake species should be packed singly because • All outer containers with venomous species must be covered they are cannibalistic: with a secured wire mesh under the lid. This mesh must prevent the (s) escaping when opening the container for inspection purposes • All venomous snakes must be placed in a secured inner container, which is inside another secured container (e.g. a double bagged system)

• Venomous snakes as defined here include the true venomous snakes of the following Taxonomic groups: Elapidae – Cobra • Mambas • Coral Snakes • Kraits and Relatives • Viperidae-Adders • Vipers • Crotalidae-Rattlesnakes Copperheads • Palm Pit Vipers • Atractaspidae – Mole vipers • Burrowing asps • Hydrophiidae- Sea Snakes

• Rear fanged snakes must be packed like the true venomous snakes, they are: Boomslang (Dispholidus) • African vine or twig snakes (Thelotonis) • Rhabdophis • Mangrove and cat snakes (Boiga)

• Some snakes with uncertain or apparatus must be packed like the true venomous snakes, they are: Homolapsinae • Xenodontidae

NOTE: Permits are required for the air transportation of snakes into different Provinces.