312 IAC 9-5-7 - Sale and transport for sale of reptiles and amphibians native to Indiana
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 20-19-2-8
Sec. 7.
(a) This
section governs the:
(1) sale;
(2) transport for sale; or
(3) offer for sale; of any reptile or
amphibian native to Indiana regardless of place of origin.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this
section and in section 9 of this rule, an individual must not sell, transport
for sale, or offer to sell a reptile or amphibian that is native to
Indiana.
(c) As used in this rule,
"reptile or amphibian that is native to Indiana" means those reptiles and
amphibians with the following scientific names and their first generation
hybrids with a species not included in this subsection (the common names are
provided for public convenience, but the scientific names control):
(1) Hellbender (Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis).
(2) Common mudpuppy
(Necturus maculosus).
(3)
Streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri).
(4) Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma
jeffersonianum).
(5) Blue-spotted
salamander (Ambystoma laterale).
(6) Spotted salamander (Ambystoma
maculatum).
(7) Marbled salamander
(Ambystoma opacum).
(8) Mole
salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum).
(9) Small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma
texanum).
(10) Eastern tiger
salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).
(11) Eastern newt (Notophthalmus
viridescens).
(12) Green salamander
(Aneides aeneus).
(13) Northern
dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus).
(14) Southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea
cirrigera).
(15) Long-tailed
salamander (Eurycea longicauda).
(16) Cave salamander (Eurycea
lucifuga).
(17) Four-toed
salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum).
(18) Northern red-backed salamander
(Plethodon cinereus).
(19) Northern
zigzag salamander (Plethodon dorsalis).
(20) Northern ravine salamander (Plethodon
electromorphus).
(21) Northern
slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus).
(22) Red salamander (Pseudotriton
ruber).
(23) Lesser siren (Siren
intermedia).
(24) Eastern spadefoot
toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii).
(25)
American toad (Anaxyrus americanus).
(26) Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus
fowleri).
(27) Northern cricket
frog (Acris crepitans).
(28) Cope's
gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis).
(29) Green treefrog (Hyla cinerea).
(30) Gray treefrog (Hyla
versicolor).
(31) Spring peeper
(Pseudacris crucifer).
(32) Boreal
chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata).
(33) Western chorus frog (Pseudacris
triseriata).
(34) Crawfish frog
(Lithobates areolatus).
(35) Plains
leopard frog (Lithobates blairi).
(36) American bullfrog (Lithobates
catesbeianus).
(37) Green frog
(Lithobates clamitans).
(38)
Northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens).
(39) Pickerel frog (Lithobates
palustris).
(40) Southern leopard
frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus).
(41) Wood frog (Lithobates
sylvaticus).
(42) Eastern snapping
turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina).
(43) Smooth softshell turtle (Apalone
mutica).
(44) Spiny softshell
turtle (Apalone spinifera).
(45)
Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii).
(46) Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon
subrubrum).
(47) Eastern musk
turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).
(48) Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta
marginata).
(49) Western painted
turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii).
(50) Spotted turtle (Clemmys
guttata).
(51) Blanding's turtle
(Emydoidea blandingii).
(52)
Northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica).
(53) False map turtle (Graptemys
pseudogeographica).
(54) Ouachita
map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis).
(55) River cooter (Pseudemys
concinna).
(56) Eastern box turtle
(Terrapene carolina).
(57) Ornate
box turtle (Terrapene ornata).
(58)
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans).
(59) Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus
undulatus).
(60) Slender glass
lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus).
(61) Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis
sexlineata).
(62) Common five-lined
skink (Plestiodon fasciatus).
(63)
Broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps).
(64) Little brown skink (Scincella
lateralis).
(65) Midwestern
wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus helenae).
(66) Scarletsnake (Cemophora
coccinea).
(67) Blue racer (Coluber
constrictor foxii).
(68) Kirtland's
snake (Clonophis kirtlandii).
(69)
Northern ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii).
(70) Gray ratsnake, also known as the black
ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides).
(71) Eastern foxsnake (Pantherophis
vulpinus).
(72) Red-bellied mud
snake (Farancia abacura).
(73)
Eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos).
(74) Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis
calligaster).
(75) Eastern black
kingsnake (Lampropeltis nigra).
(76) Eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis
triangulum).
(77) Midland
watersnake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis).
(78) Copper-bellied watersnake (Nerodia
erythrogaster neglecta).
(79)
Diamond-backed watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer).
(80) Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon
sipedon).
(81) Rough greensnake
(Opheodrys aestivus).
(82) Smooth
greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis).
(83) Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer
sayi).
(84) Queensnake (Regina
septemvittata).
(85) Dekay's
brownsnake (Storeria dekayi).
(86)
Red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata).
(87) Southeastern crowned snake (Tantilla
coronata).
(88) Butler's
gartersnake (Thamnophis butleri).
(89) Western ribbonsnake (Thamnophis
proximus).
(90) Plains gartersnake
(Thamnophis radix).
(91) Common
ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita saurita).
(92) Eastern gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis
sirtalis).
(93) Western smooth
earthsnake (Virginia valeriae elegans).
(94) Copperhead (Agkistrodon
contortrix).
(95) Cottonmouth
(Agkistrodon piscivorus).
(96)
Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus).
(97) Massasauga (Sistrurus
catenatus).
(98) Southern black
racer (Coluber constrictor priapus).
(99) Northern ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita
septentrionalis).
(100) Chicago
gartnersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus).
(d) As used in this section, "sale" includes
any of the following:
(1) Barter, purchase,
trade, or offer to sell, barter, purchase, or trade.
(2) Serving as part of a meal by a
restaurant, a hotel, a boarding house, or the keeper of an eating house.
However, a hotel, a boarding house, or the keeper of an eating house may
prepare and serve during open season to:
(A) a
guest, patron, or boarder; and
(B)
the family of the guest, patron, or boarder; a reptile or amphibian legally
taken by the guest, patron, or boarder during the open season.
(e) As used in this
section, "transport" means:
(1) to move,
carry, or ship by any means; and
(2) for any common or contract carrier
knowingly to move, carry, or receive for shipment; a wild animal protected by
law.
(f) A reptile or
amphibian that is not on a state or federal endangered or threatened species
list and with a color morphology that is:
(1)
albinistic (an animal lacking brown or black pigment);
(2) leucistic (a predominately white animal);
or
(3) xanthic (a predominately
yellow animal); is exempted from this section if it was not collected from the
wild.
(g) The following
are exempted from this section:
(1) An
institution governed by, and in compliance with, the Animal Welfare Act (
7 U.S.C.
2131, et seq.) and
9
CFR 2.30 through 9 CFR 2.38 (January 1, 1998
edition). To qualify for the exemption, the institution must have an active
Assurance of Compliance on file with the Office for the Protection of Risk,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) A sale made under a reptile captive
breeding license governed by section 9 of this rule.
(3) The sale to and purchase of reptiles or
amphibians by a:
(A) public school accredited
under IC
20-19-2-8;
or
(B) nonpublic school accredited
under IC
20-19-2-8.
This exemption does not authorize the sale of reptiles or amphibians by a public school or a nonpublic school.
(4) The sale and purchase of:
(A) an American bullfrog (Lithobates
catesbeianus) tadpole; or
(B) a
green frog (Lithobates clamitans) tadpole; produced by a resident holder of a
hauler and supplier permit or an aquaculture permit if the tadpole is a
byproduct of a fish production operation. As used in this subdivision,
"tadpole" means the larval life stage of a frog for the period in which the
tail portion of the body is at least one (1) inch long.
(h) A person who is transporting
native reptiles and amphibians in interstate commerce, to be sold outside
Indiana, is exempted from this section.
(i) A person who possesses or sells a boreal
chorus frog that was lawfully acquired by the person does not violate this
section if the person does each of the following:
(1) Lists the number of boreal chorus frogs
in possession on a departmental form by October 1, 2021.
(2) Identifies the frog with an individually
unique elastomer or another method of permanent marking approved by the
director.
(3) Manages the frog in a
manner that is likely to ensure the safety of the public and the health of the
frog.
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