Ball Python — species legality crosswalk (US/CA/FL named lists + EU/JP/CITES framework)
Source: per-jurisdiction first-hand law texts (US Lacey Act 50 CFR 16, California Fish & Game Code § 2118, Florida FWC Ch. 68-5, EU IAS Regulation 1143/2014, Japan Invasive Alien Species Act, Japan Wildlife Protection & Hunting Act, CITES / 50 CFR 23). This crosswalk reports ONLY what each landed source *names* for ball python; jurisdictions whose enumerated species list is not yet landed are marked honest-pending rather than guessed.
Species-specific prohibition list
Ball Python is not named in the three landed US state/federal prohibition lists (US Lacey Act 50 CFR 16 injurious-wildlife lists; California Fish & Game Code § 2118; Florida FWC Ch. 68-5). Under those three sourced lists it is not on the prohibited roster we hold. (Status under other jurisdictions below.)
Framework acts applying to all kept exotics (verified C1)
- `Invasive alien species of Union concern shall not be intentionally:
(a) brought into the territory of the Union, including transit under customs supervision; (b) kept, including in contained holding; (c) bred, including in contained holding;` — *eu_ias_regulation_1143_2014.txt*
— *jp_ias_act.txt*
( a ) Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction that are or may be affected by trade.
— *us_cites_50cfr23.txt*
第九条第一項の規定による許可を受けて捕獲をした鳥獣のうち、対象狩猟鳥獣以外の鳥獣（同項の規定により許可を受けて採取をした鳥類の卵からふ化させたものを含む。第二十二条第一項及び第八十四条第一項第七号において同じ。）を飼養しようとする者は、その者の住所地を管轄する都道府県知事の登録を受けなければならない。
— *jp_egov/wildlife_protection_act_2002_law88.txt* (Japan: keeping permit-captured wildlife requires prefectural registration)
Per-jurisdiction status (honest gap map)
| Jurisdiction | Ball Python status | Basis |
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| US-Lacey | Not on landed injurious list (honest-pending: confirm species not listed) | Framework only |
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| US-CITES | Depends on species' CITES Appendix (honest-pending: per-species Appendix not yet enumerated) | CITES 50 CFR 23 framework |
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| US-ESA | Honest-pending: per-species ESA listing not yet enumerated | Framework only |
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| EU-IAS | Honest-pending: EU Union-list species enumeration not yet landed | Art 7 framework verbatim |
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| UK-IAS | Honest-pending: UK IAS Order 2019 species list not yet landed | Framework only |
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| CA-§2118 | Not named in landed §2118 examples (honest-pending: confirm) | Framework only |
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| FL-Prohibited | Honest-pending: not on landed FL list (confirm) | Framework only |
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| AU-Biosecurity | Honest-pending: per-species Biosecurity import status not yet enumerated | Framework only |
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| JP-IAS | Honest-pending: designated specified-invasive list not yet landed | Art 4 framework verbatim |
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| JP-Wildlife | Registration duty if wild-captured (framework); species listing honest-pending | Art 19 verbatim |
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| CN-Wildlife | Honest-pending: 三有/protected list species enumeration not yet landed | Framework only |
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| NL-Wet-dieren | Honest-pending: enumerated prohibited list not yet landed | Framework only |
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| DE-TierSchG | Honest-pending: per-species keeping rules not yet enumerated | Framework only |
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Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
- `Invasive alien species of Union concern shall not be intentionally:
(a) brought into the territory of the Union, including transit under customs supervision; (b) kept, including in contained holding; (c) bred, including in contained holding;`
( a ) Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction that are or may be affected by trade.
第九条第一項の規定による許可を受けて捕獲をした鳥獣のうち、対象狩猟鳥獣以外の鳥獣（同項の規定により許可を受けて採取をした鳥類の卵からふ化させたものを含む。第二十二条第一項及び第八十四条第一項第七号において同じ。）を飼養しようとする者は、その者の住所地を管轄する都道府県知事の登録を受けなければならない。