Shipping issues with eastern frog species?!?!

[UncleChester]

Did you mention to the Fish and Game people that some places sell them in California? It's possible no one actually noticed but you'd expect larger reputable public sellers to have looked into this. Small pet stores around me often have illegal insects for sale (in Canada, almost all exotics insects are illegal to keep), and there's no problem as long as the right/wrong person doesn't notice..

You might check out California Laws Regarding Reptiles and Amphibians they have some info about importing species at the bottom of the page (and a link to more complete official info). It looks like there are only a few non-natives that aren't allowed to be imported into California, and Greys and Peepers aren't on the list so that's confusing. Selling might be a different story though. Wading through government regulations is never fun, but you might have to do just that.

Does anyone there actually sell Spring Peepers? I wouldn't expect them to be a popular pet at all. Skittish and the potential of being disruptively loud.