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Two years before you can own a snake in the ACT? Really? That cannot be true...
Territory and Municipal Services - Keeping Snakes
Keeping a Snake
The ACT Government has developed a 'Reptile Policy' against which applications for activities involving reptiles in the ACT are assessed.
This policy was produced in consultation with the ACT Herpetological Association, the Wildlife Research Unit of Environment and Recreation, ANPWS (now Environment Australia)and leading ACT and NSW herpetologists. The Policy has been endorsed by the Minister for Environment, Land and Planning.
Reptiles to be kept for hobby purposes have been categorised into three groups.
Category A
CATEGORY A refers to captive-bred reptiles that can be kept by individuals with no prior experience in keeping such animals. These include exempt species and species considered relatively easy to maintain, regularly bred in captivity and suited to the Canberra climate. Exempt species do not require a licence to keep under the Act and are identified below with the symbol (E).
LIST A
Chelidae Common Long-necked
Turtle Chelodina longicollis (E) Scincidae
Eastern Blue-tounged Lizard
Tiliqua scincoides (E)
Blotched Blue-toungedLizard
Tiliqua scincoides (E)
Shingleback Lizard
Trachydos aurusrugosus (E)
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Pogona barbata (E)
Category B
CATEGORY B includes species of captive-bred reptiles which may be held for
hobby purposes by experienced amateurs with at least two years experiences in keeping one or more species from a family in CATEGORY A. Generally applicants for species on this list must be 15 years of age or over.
LIST B
Cheliadae Murray Turtle
Emydura macquarii
Agamidae Tree Dragon (Jacky Lizard)
Amphibolurus muricatus
Mountain Dragon
Amphibolurus diemensis
Gippsland Water Dragon
Physignathus lesuerii howitti Scincidae
Common Grass Skink
Lampropholis guichenoti
Delicate Skink
Lampropholis delicata
Cunninghams's Skink
Egernia cunninghami
Black Rock Skink
Egernia saxatilis
White's Skink
Egernia whitii
Southern Water Skink
Sphenomorphus heatwolei
Mountain Water Skink
Sphenomorphus tympanum
Boidae Children's Python
Liasis childreni
Diamond Python
Morelia spilota ssp spilota
Carpet Python
Morelia spilota ssp variegata
Spotted Python
Liasis maculosus
Stimson's Python
Liasis stimsoni
Varanidae Ridge-tailed Monitor
Varanus acanthurus
Black-headed Monitor
Varanus tristis
Central Bearded Dragon
Pogona vitticeps
You have to remember, it does get VERY cold in Canberra, so keeping not local Reptiles and not caring for them properly can easily kill them.