Florida FWC votes to ban ‘high-risk’ reptiles as snake lovers protest and beg for mercy Jim Waymer, Florida Today Tags: Python Bowl kicks off Friday in Florida Everglades The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Thursday voted unanimously for a set of rules that would ban owning or breeding six types of pythons, the green anaconda and nine other “high-risk” reptiles, News 6 partner Florida Today reports. The upshot of the ruling means that your pet tegu can live out the rest of its lizard days in Florida, but don’t expect to buy a new one after that. Same goes for the other “high-risk” reptiles that biologists see as ecological terrorists, but enthusiasts love as scaly family members.