# small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs), carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail; conditions is 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** small harmless cold-blooded animals (except snakes, turtles, turtle eggs)
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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 _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).