Permits:

You are legally required to hold a permit from National Parks and Wildlife before keeping most wildlife.  When moving animals between states or territories, you need an import or an export permit. Please follow the links below for more information. Our permit numbers are in the terms and conditions section.

Northern Territory
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/permits/pdf/permit_keep_wildlife.pdf 
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/permits/keep.html

Queensland
https://www.epa.qld.gov.au/ecoaccess/plants_and_animals/recreational_use_of_animals/keeping_wildlife_for_recreational_purposes.html

South Australia
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/faunapermits/permit.html

Victoria
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/B26F8AF7E3D97226CA257193007930EF/$File/Application+for+a+Private+Wildlife+Licence.pdf

New South Wales
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifelicences/GettingAReptileKeepersLicence.htm

Other helpful resources:

Lots of good information on UV lighting for reptiles, and some of the challenges you may face. http://www.reptileuv.com

Professor Julian White's website is an excellent site for understanding the results of a moments' inattention with an elapid. http://www.toxinology.com

http://www.VenomousReptiles.org Chris Harper's US based site has some excellent articles and papers on vens.

For some lovely adders and very generous information from an experienced breeder, go to Jamie Gover's new website http://deathadders.weebly.com

Reptile based jewellery! Jeweller Tracey's site has some lovely reptile based jewellery and you will find it on http://www.snakejewellery.com

This site had some very, very pretty snakes on it, and it is good to see what they are doing in Europe. They are based in Italy.   http://www.UnitedHerps.com

If you would just like to have a look at some lovely snakes (check out the captive bred Zhaoermia) and what people are doing overseas, it is interesting to have a look at Zoological Connections www.zoocon.com