---
type: restriction
id: usps-small-harmless-cold-blooded-animals-except-snakes-turtles-turtle-eggs
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm
source_quote: "Small, harmless, cold-blooded animals, except for snakes, turtles, and turtle eggs, are mailable only when they meet requirements specified in Exhibit 526.6"
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs)"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "domestic mail"
conditions: "Mailable only when they meet specific requirements including ability to reach destination in good condition, not requiring food or water (except fish), not creating sanitary problems or obnoxious odors; includes baby alligators, chameleons, frogs, lizards, newts, salamanders, tadpoles, goldfish, tropical fish, worms, leeches, snails, and nonpoisonous insects"
verified: true
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, restriction_type, scope
---
**Item category:** small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs)

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** domestic mail

**Conditions:** Mailable only when they meet specific requirements including ability to reach destination in good condition, not requiring food or water (except fish), not creating sanitary problems or obnoxious odors; includes baby alligators, chameleons, frogs, lizards, newts, salamanders, tadpoles, goldfish, tropical fish, worms, leeches, snails, and nonpoisonous insects

> Small, harmless, cold-blooded animals, except for snakes, turtles, and turtle eggs, are mailable only when they meet requirements specified in Exhibit 526.6

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm>