Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.22-114 - R1.03 - Prohibited Captive Wildlife Species List

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
R1.03
Prohibited Captive Wildlife
			 Species List
A. The Commission will not
			 issue permits for breeding, sale, or importation of the following species other
			 than in accordance with the exceptions listed in Codes 09.07, 09.10, 09.11, and
			 Addendum F1.03 (possession of some species may be allowed in accordance with
			 Codes 09.02, 09.05, 09.13, and 09.14):
1.
Amphibians
* Newts, fire salamanders, etc. (Family
Salamandridae
) **
2.
Birds
* Waterfowl (Family
Antidae
)
3.
Mammals
* Apes
* Aoudad Sheep (
Ammotragus lervia
) **
* Baboons (Genus
Papio
)
* Bats (Order
Chiroptera
)
* Blackbuck Antelope (
Antilope cervicapra
)
				*
* Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (
Cynomys
				ludovicianus
) *
* Capybara (
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
)
				**
* Cervids (Family
Cervidae
)
* Coyotes (
Canis latrans
) that originate from
				or have lived in Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
				Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
				or Canada
* Foxes (
Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Vulpes
				vulpes
) that originate or have lived in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho,
				Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
				New York, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
				or Canada
* Hippopotamus (
Hippopotamus amphibious
)
				**
* Ibex (Genus
Capra
) **
* Jaguar (
Panthera onca
) **
* Kudu (Genus
Tragelaphus
) **
* Large carnivores
* Leopard (
Panthera pardus
) **
* Lechwe (
Kobus leche
) **
* Macaques (Genus
Macaca
)
* Mountain lion (
Puma concolor
)
* Nilgai (
Boselaphus tragocamelus
) **
* Oryx (Genus
Oryx
) **
* Raccoon (
Procyon lotor
)
* Rhinoceros (Family
Rhinocerotidae
) **
* Rodents (Order
Rodentia
) captured in the
				wild from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
				North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Wyoming
* Skunks (Genera:
Mephitis, Spilogale
)
* Snow Leopard (
Panthera uncia
) **
* Warthog (Genus
Phacochoerus
) **
4.
Reptiles
* Anacondas (Genus
Eunectes
)
* Box turtles (Genus
Terrapene
)
* Large Asian and African Pythons: Reticulated, Burmese, and
				Rock Pythons (
Malayopython reticulatus, Python bivittatus, P. molurus,
				P. natalensis, P. sebae
) **
* Issuance of Wildlife Importation Permits and Wildlife
				Breeder/Dealer Permits for these species is restricted to only those permittees
				permitted for these species prior to February 20, 2019.
** Issuance of Wildlife Importation Permits and Wildlife
				Breeder/Dealer Permits for these species is restricted to only those permittees
				permitted for these species prior to May 21, 2020.