A court has been told a well-known Tasmanian reptile handler did not obtain a permit to keep a carpet python or blotched blue-tongued skink, despite the reptiles allegedly being found in his possession by wildlife officers.
Bruce Charles Press, who shot to prominence when he discovered a snake with a rare genetic condition in 2015, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled animal that has been brought into the state, and possession of protected wildlife without a permit.
