Laws
- Brantford
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Prohibited herps: Boas and pythons; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Text of by-law.
- Burlington
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Prohibited herps: Boas and pythons; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Text of by-law.
- King Township
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Prohibited herps: Boas and pythons; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Text of by-law.
- Kitchener
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Prohibited herps: Venomous/poisonous animals; crocodilians; tuataras; caecilians. Text of by-law.
- Oakville
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From Lisa’s e-mail, prohibited herps reportedly include: poison-arrow frogs; giant salamanders; marine toad; crocodilians; marine turtles; alligator snapping turtles; terrapins; giant tortoises; boas; pythons; indigo snakes; venomous colubrids; vipers; rattlesnakes and coral snakes.
- Ottawa
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Prohibited herps: Chelydridae (snapping turtles); Iguanids, Teiids, Varanids (monitors) over 1 m in length; boas and pythons over 2 m in length, other snakes over 3 m in length; venomous reptiles; crocodilians.
- Peterborough
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Prohibited herps: Venomous reptiles and crocodilians. Boas and pythons require a permit, and it appears that other nonvenomous snakes may also need to be identified to the City Clerk—there is a fee. Text of by-law.
- Richmond Hill
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Prohibited herps: Boas and pythons; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Text of by-law.
- Stratford
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Prohibited herps: Venomous reptiles; snakes that grow to more than 2 m in length; lizards that grow to 65 cm SVL; crocodilians; tuataras; caecilians. Reference.
- Timmins
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Prohibited herps: Boas and pythons; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Reference. E-mail from Stephen, who talked to a Timmins by-law officer: “Prohibition of all snakes is a typo—no constrictors but others OK.”
- Toronto
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Prohibited herps: Snakes over 3 m in length; lizards over 2 m in length; venomous reptiles; crocodilians. Text of by-law.
- Woodstock
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All reptiles prohibited. Text of by-law.