Laws in FL
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Hello, I am new to the group and I had a couple of questions. I live in Florida and was wondering if anyone knows any of the legalities on owning Diamondbacks down here. Section 68A-25 of the Florida Fish and Wildlife rules state that collectors are limited to two Diamondback Terrapins in their collection and connot be sold or purchased within the state. In other words, you can ship them in but you can’t sell them within the state lines. My question is whether this applies to all subspecies? It simply says Malaclemys terrapin. Would that include Northern and Western populations that are clearly different looking subspecies (with seperate taxonomic names) than the ones that are native to FL? I wonder because the same section of the laws make distinctions between Map turtles and Musk turtle subspecies, but seem rather vague when addressing the Diamondback issue. Any help would be appreciated. My plan was always to get twp pairs of seperate subspecies (one being the native ornate). Although it looks like I am going to be limited to two total, so I was thinking a concentric and an ornate. I am sorry if this has been addressed here before, but I cannot seem to find it in the past archives. Thanks. Jon
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