Where is the tokay gecko legal?

Gekko gecko. Nothing in any of the 18 jurisdictions we checked restricts this animal, which is why the map below is blank. That is the answer rather than a gap.

Alabama: no restriction found for tokay geckoAlaska: no restriction found for tokay geckoArizona: no restriction found for tokay geckoArkansas: no restriction found for tokay geckoCalifornia: no restriction found for tokay geckoColorado: no restriction found for tokay geckoConnecticut: no restriction found for tokay geckoDelaware: no restriction found for tokay geckoFlorida: no restriction found for tokay geckoGeorgia: no restriction found for tokay geckoHawaii: no restriction found for tokay geckoIdaho: no restriction found for tokay geckoIllinois: no restriction found for tokay geckoIndiana: no restriction found for tokay geckoIowa: no restriction found for tokay geckoKansas: no restriction found for tokay geckoKentucky: no restriction found for tokay geckoLouisiana: no restriction found for tokay geckoMaine: no restriction found for tokay geckoMaryland: no restriction found for tokay geckoMassachusetts: no restriction found for tokay geckoMichigan: no restriction found for tokay geckoMinnesota: no restriction found for tokay geckoMississippi: no restriction found for tokay geckoMissouri: no restriction found for tokay geckoMontana: no restriction found for tokay geckoNebraska: no restriction found for tokay geckoNevada: no restriction found for tokay geckoNew Hampshire: no restriction found for tokay geckoNew Jersey: no restriction found for tokay geckoNew Mexico: no restriction found for tokay geckoNew York: no restriction found for tokay geckoNorth Carolina: no restriction found for tokay geckoNorth Dakota: no restriction found for tokay geckoOhio: no restriction found for tokay geckoOklahoma: no restriction found for tokay geckoOregon: no restriction found for tokay geckoPennsylvania: no restriction found for tokay geckoRhode Island: no restriction found for tokay geckoSouth Carolina: no restriction found for tokay geckoSouth Dakota: no restriction found for tokay geckoTennessee: no restriction found for tokay geckoTexas: no restriction found for tokay geckoUtah: no restriction found for tokay geckoVermont: no restriction found for tokay geckoVirginia: no restriction found for tokay geckoWashington: no restriction found for tokay geckoWest Virginia: no restriction found for tokay geckoWisconsin: no restriction found for tokay geckoWyoming: no restriction found for tokay geckoDistrict of Columbia: no restriction found for tokay gecko

Select a state for the rule behind its colour. Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia are drawn out of position so they can be clicked.

What the colours mean

  • BannedNo legal way to keep one, and no permit to apply for.
  • Permit requiredLegal, but you need a permit or licence before the animal arrives.
  • Conditions applyLegal without a permit only if a stated condition is met, such as a generation, a size or an indoor-only rule.
  • UnclearThe rule genuinely does not resolve for this animal. Ask the agency before relying on it.
  • No restriction foundNothing in the body of law we read restricts this animal here.

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Every restriction on the tokay gecko

Nothing in the 18 jurisdictions checked restricts this animal.

Past the legal question? See the tokay gecko profile.

How to read this

A state with no colour is one where nothing in the law we read restricts that animal. That is not the same as a guarantee: it means no restriction was found in the specific body of law checked for that state, which is recorded alongside each jurisdiction. Cities and counties regularly ban animals their state allows, and several states say so in their own rules.

Hatched grey means the rule genuinely does not resolve. Usually a definition arguably reaches the animal without naming it, and the honest answer is to ask the agency rather than to guess. Those entries are marked unclear on purpose rather than being rounded to a yes or a no.

Every entry links to the regulation it came from. None of this is legal advice, laws change without much notice, and the agency that issues the permit is always the last word. For the federal layer and how state schemes are structured, see the exotic pet legal hub.