Md. Code Regs. 08.03.11.04 - Possession Without Permits
A. Except as
provided in §§D-F of this regulation, a person without a reptile and
amphibian permit may not possess more than four of each individual reptile or
salamander, live or dead, listed in Regulation .03A of this chapter. The individual
reptiles or salamanders may have been:
(1)
Obtained from the wild;
(2) Captively
produced; or
(3) Legally obtained
outside of Maryland.
B.
Except as provided in §§D-F of this regulation, a person without a reptile
and amphibian permit may not possess more than four adults and 25 eggs or tadpoles
of each individual frog or toad, live or dead, listed in Regulation .03A of this
chapter. The frog or toad may have been:
(1)
Obtained from the wild;
(2) Captively
produced; or
(3) Legally obtained
outside of Maryland.
C.
Notwithstanding Natural Resources Article, §
4-902, Annotated Code of
Maryland, a person without a reptile and amphibian permit may possess only one of
each individual reptile or amphibian, live or dead, listed in Regulation .03B of
this chapter. A person may not take wood turtles, spotted turtles, or diamond-backed
terrapins, including their eggs, from the wild. A certificate of origin, bill of
sale, or other documentation proving captive origin of wood turtles, spotted
turtles, or diamond-backed terrapins shall be retained. All turtles shall have a
carapace length of at least 4 inches.
D.
An educational facility without a reptile and amphibian permit may possess an
unlimited number of individual frogs and toads listed in Regulation .03A of this
chapter if they are obtained:
(1) From a
permittee; or
(2) Legally from outside
of Maryland.
E. A person
without a reptile and amphibian permit may possess an unlimited number of albino, or
other color mutations, resulting from captive breeding, of any species or subspecies
listed in Regulation .03A of this chapter. The burden of proving that the mutant is
a legitimate color mutant lies with the owner. However, commercial trade in these
individuals is regulated as described in Regulations .05-.07 of this
chapter.
F. American Bullfrogs.
(1) A person without a reptile and amphibian
permit may:
(a) Take from the wild not more than
ten American bullfrogs, or parts of them, per day, for personal use as food or
possess more than 20 American bullfrogs, or parts of them; and
(b) Possess or sell, for use as food, an unlimited
number of American bullfrogs, or parts of them, if the animals were legally obtained
from outside of Maryland.
(2)
American bullfrogs under §F(1)(a) of this regulation may not be sold or
commercially traded.
G.
Possession of a hybrid applies to the possession limit for each species or
subspecies in its lineage.
Notes
Regulations .04 adopted effective December 1, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1803)
Regulation .04 amended effective March 24, 2008 (35:6 Md. R. 697)
Regulation .04C amended effective June 28, 2010 (37:13 Md. R. 851)
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