what species do you recommend?

[thinkmore]

I would still check personally to find out what exactly the current regulations are. Sometimes they change and you only find out by accident when you check again.

In Saskatchewan the law turns out not to be as scary as it appears at first sight. The bigger problem is the difficulty of US export regulations, and the severe lack of garter morphs available in Canada at all. The US has become much pickier of late, so might as well forget about flying anything in directly from there. Try driving and putting lots of time and effort into it.

We've been snake hunting for a couple of years, and after all that effort eventually managed to get a checkered from Florida flown to Vermont and picked up by an importer in Montreal and then flown here. Very little to pick from though.

And just to really screw with you, every Canadian province has different laws.

[charles parenteau]

In my book of Reptiles and Amphibiens from Quebec and Maritimes its say 10 eastern garter snake maximum if you want more or other protected species you can ask for a licence .
But I think its 10 thamnophis whatever is the species Im not sure about san francisco garter .

But I'M 95/100 sure that its illegal to sell thamnophis all over Canada....

[duh duh duh]

The restrictions in the first post are taken from the Alberta regs.

You can possess but not import the sirtalis and radix.

I've seen checkered come through a few times, but I'd like a morph or two or three rather than a "normal"

[thinkmore]

In my book of Reptiles and Amphibiens from Quebec and Maritimes its say 10 eastern garter snake maximum if you want more or other protected species you can ask for a licence .
But I think its 10 thamnophis whatever is the species Im not sure about san francisco garter .

But I'M 95/100 sure that its illegal to sell thamnophis all over Canada....

Wildlife is a provincial responsibility in Canada, so each province has its own regulations. It's illegal to sell WC animals, so that's why it's important to get an import permit so you have the paperwork to prove you're not selling wild thamnophis (if you decide to sell later).