Are axolotls legal in Western Australia?

[darren79]

I've been keeping them since 1981, BUT they are not listed as approved pet herpetofauna
under the Wildlife Conservation (Reptiles and Amphibians) Regulations 2002 or the Pet herpetofauna notice from 2003. ?

 

[ali000]

Thought I would reply as no one else has you might be better posting in the axolotl section.

I don't really know about Australian law but there are plenty of other here fron Australia so I'm sure you are not breaking the law.

 

[Nathan050793]

It is legal to keep Axolotls in Australia. Every other salamander species however, is illegal.

 

[darren79]

Not everywhere in Australia - they are definitely legal in New South Wales, South Australia and possibly Queensland (they are counted as an 'exempt' pest), but possessing axolotls is definitely illegal in Northern Territory:

www.nt.gov.au/nreta/publications/media/pdf/2005/11/axolotls20051130.pdf

In Tasmania they are Restricted Wildlife (same as all other Caudates and the loveable Cane Toads) - the Tasmanian Wildlife Regulations 1999 theoretically allow permits to keep Restricted Wildlife - what government official would give a permit to keep an animal thrown in with cane toads??

 

[Nathan050793]

Sorry about that, thanks for straightening that out for me, it is greatly appreciated.