Mississippi Information
Potential and current vendors, please review these pages to become familiar with Repticon’s rules and show schedule, and also to review State and local laws and requirements. You may also register for tables using our online form or contact a Vendor Coordinator at the Booking Office.
Bookings Office Hours:
10:00am-4:00pm EST
Monday–Friday
407- 734-EXPO
[email protected]
Mississippi Rules & Information
These Rules & Information are provided as a convenience to Repticon vendors and exhibitors, and may not be comprehensive for every animal. Each vendor is responsible for researching and complying with all current laws regarding their animals.
Mississippi Animal Restrictions
- No permit is required for non-native reptiles. Reptiles native to Mississippi may NOT be sold.
- Native amphibians are also restricted.
- Native cornsnake, kingsnake, and other native species morphs MAY be sold so long as the morphs are readily recognizable.
- However, morphs which are locally found in the wild, such as Okeetees corns, are not allowed.
- NO hets of these species may be sold as they cannot be visually distinguished from normal animals.
- For any questions, please contact the MS State Herpetologist, Dr. Bob Jones, at the MS Museum of Natural History at 601-354-7303.
Please also review the native species list at the bottom of this page.
Gulfport:
Vendors for this show will need to document they have a valid business license from any state or city.
– Below is a list of reptiles native to Mississippi.
| Testudines (Turtles) | Kinosternidae - Musk and Mud Turtles | Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum Razorback Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatus Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus |
| Trionychidae - Softshell Turtles | Smooth Softshell Trionyx mutica Spiny Softshell Trionyx spinifera |
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| Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles | Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Alligator Snapping Turtle Macroclemys temmincki |
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| Emydidae - Pond Turtles | Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina Alabama Map Turtle Graptemys pulchra Ringed Map Turtle Graptemys oculifera Black-knobbed Map Turtle Graptemys nigrinoda Yellow-blotched Map Turtle Graptemys flavimaculata Pascagouls Map Turtle Graptemys gibbonsi Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta Slider Pseudemys scripta Alabama Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys alabamensis Mississippi Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys sp. River Cooter Pseudemys concinna Cooter Pseudemys floridana Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin |
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| Testudinidae - Tortoises | Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus | |
| Lacertilia - Lizards | Gekkonidae - Geckos | Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus |
| Scincidae - Skinks | Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus Ground Skink Scincella lateralis |
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| Anguidae - Anguid Lizards | Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus Mimic Glass Lizard Ophisaurus mimicus |
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| Teiidae - Whiptails | Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus | |
| Polychridae - Anoles | Green Anole Anolis carolinensis | |
| Iguanidae - Iguanas | Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus | |
| Serpentes - Snakes | Colubridae - Colubrid Snakes | Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus Western Ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus Common Garter Snake Thomnophis sirtalis Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula Smooth Earth Snake Virginia valeriae Mississippi Green Water Snake Nerodia cyclopion Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon Southern Water Snake Nerodia fasciata Queen Snake Regina septemvittata Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida Graham's Crawfish Snake Regina grahamii Brown Snake Storeria dekayi Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma Mud Snake Farancia abacura Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos Southern Hognose Snake Heterodon simus Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata Scarlet Snake Cemophora cocinea Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum Corn Snake Elaphe guttata Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta Gopher Snake (Pine Snake, Bull Snake) Pituophis melanoleucus Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais Racer Coluber constrictor Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum |
| Elapidae - Coral Snakes | Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius | |
| Viperidae - Vipers | Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus |
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| Crocodilia- (Crocodiles) | Crocodylidae - Crocodiles | American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis |
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