I'm not questioning anything at this point, I just thought it was a useful exchange worth posting. At any rate, I would still like to have more than one frog, and from what I gathered from this exchange, is that it is perfectly legal to do that as long as each one has a separate human owner (the first loophole, and one I plan on exploiting). I also think it would be useful for others to post the laws in their respective states and Providences, etc, on here just for reference... Laws are convoluted enough, without being difficult to find. I do agree though, I have no plans on dabbling in breeding native species, I have a goldfish pond for that, and they don't need my help! I just wanted clarification on whether it was legal or not, if release was your intention. In any event this was for informative purposes for those who weren't sure, as for my personal questions, I have my answers at this point.