Terrapin Turtles Allowed In Aust/qld??

[sxc_celly]

Hi guys,

Ive found someone with terrapin turtles for sale, and Im quite interested in them. They say they got them legally imported and dont need a license for them where they are. Now are these turtles legal in aust, and even more so QLD? THX!

Celeste

 

[cjcolla]

I had two of these guys a year or so ago, very active little things and fun to watch...especially eating!
I don't think they are legal in Victoria, but I'm pretty sure they are legal in SA...
Doesn't really answer your question about QLD, but i guess they'd be on your species code list if they were??

 

[hornet]

illegal everywhere in aus

 

[sxc_celly]

Thought so

 

[cris]

Do you mean red ear sliders?
can you please post their detials on this site.

 

[snakesrule]

terrapins

as far as I know they are an exotic .
Exotic reptiles are not allowed in Australia unless you have a zoo license and some states a displayers license and if a zoo was to bring them into australia they would have to meet a very strict quarantine criteria and they would have to have the appropriate paperwork to prove they have met the AQiS standards

 

[sxc_celly]

No they were not red earred sliders, they were just an exotic type of terrapin. Its been dealt with now

 

[ldheav]

Did you report em??