7 Banned Snakes Illegal In New York State

A lot of people are scared of snakes, but there are plenty of people who aren't and in fact, keep them as pets. If you're one of those people who have a fondness for reptiles, you should know that New York State bans the ownership of certain types of snakes.

You Can't Legally Own These 7 Snakes In New York State

All of the snakes below are considered "wild animals" by New York State and thus are illegal to breed or own as pets:

Breeding or owning any of the snakes below could result in a $500 fine for the first offense and $1,000 for any following offenses,

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who knowingly breeds a wild animal or knowingly possesses, owns, harbors, sells, barters, transfers, exchanges, or imports a wild animal for use as a pet or intentionally releases or sets at-large any wild animal, authorized by this section for use as a pet, from the location where the animal is permitted to be possessed or harbored in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for a second and subsequent offenses.  Each instance of breeding, owning, harboring, sale, barter, release, transfer, exchange, or import of a wild animal in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

1. All venomous snakes

2. Burmese pythons

3. Reticulated pythons

4. African rock pythons

5. Green anacondas & Yellow anacondas

6. Australian amethystine pythons

7. Indian pythons

Credit: Nat Geo WILD via Youtube

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