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Massachusetts Restricted Snakes List



Snakes: This is a list of families and species which do not require permits.  
Any species listed in red are exceptions, and require a permit.

All Uropeltidae Short-Tailed Snakes
All Xenopeltidae Sunbeam Snakes
All Typhlopidae Blind Worm Snakes
All Leptotyphlopidae Slender Blind Snakes
All Anomalepididae Blind Snakes
Boidae Boas, Pythons, Anacondas
- except Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus
- except African Rock Python Python sebae
- except Reticulated Python Python reticulas
- except Green Tree Python Chondropython species
- except Anaconda Eunectes species
Garter and Ribbon Snakes Thamnophisspecies
-except Two-striped Garter T. elegans hammondi
-except San Francisco Garter T. sirtalis tetrataenis
Water Snakes Nerodia {Natrix} species
North American Rat Snakes Elaphe species
-except Black Ratsnake* E. obsoleta obsoleta
Asian Rat Snakes Bogertophis, Elaphe, Ptyas, Zaocys species
Tropical Rat Snakes Spilotes species
King and Milk Snakes Lampropheltis species
Gopher and Pine Snakes Pituophis species
Green Snakes Opheodrys species
Glossy Snakes Arizona species
Ground Snakes Sonora species
Diadem Snakes Spalerosophis species
House Snakes Boaedon/Lamprophis species
Texas Indigo Snakes Drymarchon corais erebennus
Brown and Redbelly Snakes Storeria dekayi
Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus