California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 2 - Statewide Regulations for Fishing and Frogging in Inland Waters › Article 4 - Species Regulations › Section 5.60 - Reptiles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Only the
					 following reptiles may be taken under the authority of a sportfishing license,
					 subject to the restrictions in this section. No sportfishing license is
					 required for the sport take of any rattlesnake, but bag and possession limits
					 do apply. No reptiles shall be taken from ecological reserves designated by the
					 commission in Section
					 630 or from state parks, or
					 national parks or monuments.
(b)
					 Limit: The limit for each of the species listed below is two, unless otherwise
					 provided. Limit, as used in this section, means daily bag and possession limit.
(1) Painted turtle (
Chrysemys
					 picta
): Limit: No limit.
(2) Pond slider (
Trachemys
					 scripta
): Limit: No limit.
(3) Spiny softshell (
Apalone
					 spinifera
): Limit: No limit.
(4) Western banded gecko (
Coleonyx
					 variegatus
), except San Diego banded gecko (
Coleonyx
					 variegatus abbotti
): See Special Closure (f)(1)
(5) Desert iguana (
Dipsosaurus
					 dorsalis
)
(6) Common
					 chuckwalla (
Sauromalus ater
)
(7) Zebra-tailed lizard (
Callisaurus
					 draconoides
)
(8) Desert
					 spiny lizard (
Sceloporus magister
)
(9) Granite spiny lizard (
Sceloporus
					 orcutti
)
(10) Western
					 fence lizard (
Sceloporus occidentalis
): Limit: Species No.
					 10-14 have a limit of twenty-five (25) in the aggregate
(11) Common sagebrush lizard
					 (
Sceloporus graciosus
): Limit: Species No. 10-14 have a limit
					 of twenty-five (25) in the aggregate
(12) Common side-blotched lizard (
Uta
					 stansburiana
): Limit: Species No. 10-14 have a limit of twenty-five
					 (25) in the aggregate
(13) Western
					 skink (
Plestiodon skiltonianus
): Limit: Species No. 10-14 have
					 a limit of twenty-five (25) in the aggregate
(14) Desert night lizard (
Xantusia
					 vigilis
), except Sierra night lizard (
Xantusia
(
vigilis
)
sierrae
): See Special Closure
					 (f)(2): Limit: Species in subsections (10) through (14) have a limit of
					 twenty-five (25) in the aggregate
(15) Long-tailed brush lizard
					 (
Urosaurus graciosus
)
(16) Ornate tree lizard (
Urosaurus
					 ornatus
)
(17) Baja
					 California brush lizard (
Urosaurus nigricaudus
)
(18) Desert horned lizard (
Phrynosoma
					 platyrhinos
)
(19) Pygmy
					 short-horned lizard (
Phrynosoma douglasii
)
(20) Great Basin collared lizard
					 (
Crotaphytus bicinctores
)
(21) Mearns' rock lizard (
Petrosaurus
					 mearnsi
)
(22) Baja
					 California collared lizard (
Crotaphytus vestigium
)
(23) Long-nosed leopard lizard
					 (
Gambelia wislizenii
)
(24) Gilbert's skink (
Plestiodon
					 gilberti
)
(25) Tiger
					 whiptail (
Aspidoscelis tigris
)
(26) Southern alligator lizard
					 (
Elgaria multicarinata
)
(27) Northern alligator lizard
					 (
Elgaria coerulea
)
(28) Northern rubber boa (
Charina
					 bottae
): See Special Closure (f)(3)
(29) Northern three-lined boa
					 (
Lichanura orcutti
)
(30) Ring-necked snake (
Diadophis
					 punctatus
), except Regal ring-necked snake (
Diadophis
					 punctatus regalis
): See Special Closure (f)(4)
(31) Common sharp-tailed snake
					 (
Contia tenuis
)
(32) Forest sharp-tailed snake
					 (
Contia longicauda
)
(33) Spotted leaf-nosed snake
					 (
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
)
(34) North American racer (
Coluber
					 constrictor
)
(35)
					 Coachwhip (
Coluber flagellum
), except San Joaquin Coachwhip
					 (
Coluber
(
Masticophis
)
flagellum
					 ruddocki
): See Special Closure (f)(5)
(36) Striped whipsnake (
Coluber
					 taeniatus
)
(37) Striped
					 racer (
Coluber lateralis
), except Alameda striped racer
					 (whipsnake) (
Coluber
(
Masticophis
)
lateralis euryxanthus
): See Special Closure (f)(6)
(38) Western patch-nosed snake
					 (
Salvadora hexalepis
), except coast patch-nosed snake
					 (
Salvadora hexalepis virgultea
): See Special Closure
					 (f)(7)
(39) Glossy snake
					 (
Arizona elegans
), except California glossy snake
					 (
Arizona elegans occidentalis
): See Special Closure
					 (f)(8)
(40) Gophersnake
					 (
Pituophis catenifer
): Limit: Four (4)
(41) California kingsnake
					 (
Lampropeltis californiae
): Limit: Four (4)
(42) California mountain kingsnake
					 (
Lampropeltis zonata
), except San Diego mountain kingsnake
					 (
Lampropeltis zonata pulchra
) and San Bernardino mountain
					 kingsnake (
Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra
): Limit: One (1).
					 See Special Closure: (f)(9)
(43)
					 Long-nosed snake (
Rhinocheilus lecontei
)
(44) Common gartersnake (
Thamnophis
					 sirtalis
), except San Francisco gartersnake (
Thamnophis
					 sirtalis tetrataenia
) and South Coast gartersnake (
Thamnophis
					 sirtalis
spp.): See Special Closure (f)(10)
(45) Terrestrial gartersnake
					 (
Thamnophis elegans
)
(46) Sierra gartersnake (
Thamnophis
					 couchii
)
(47) Aquatic
					 gartersnake (
Thamnophis atratus
)
(48) Northwestern gartersnake
					 (
Thamnophis ordinoides
)
(49) Checkered gartersnake
					 (
Thamnophis marcianus
)
(50) Western groundsnake (
Sonora
					 semiannulata
)
(51) Western
					 shovel-nosed snake (
Chionactis occipitalis
)
(52) Western black-headed snake
					 (
Tantilla planiceps
)
(53) Smith's black-headed snake
					 (
Tantilla hobartsmithi
)
(54) Sonoran lyresnake (
Trimorphodon
					 lambda
)
(55) California
					 lyresnake (
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
)
(56) Desert nightsnake (
Hypsiglena
					 chlorophaea
)
(57) Coast
					 nightsnake (
Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha
)
(58) Western threadsnake (
Rena
					 humilis
)
(59) Western
					 diamond-backed rattlesnake (
Crotalus atrox
)
(60) Mohave rattlesnake (
Crotalus
					 scutulatus
)
(61) Western
					 rattlesnake (
Crotalus oreganus
)
(62) Speckled rattlesnake (
Crotalus
					 mitchellii
)
(63)
					 Sidewinder (
Crotalus cerastes
)
(64) Panamint rattlesnake (
Crotalus
					 stephensi
)
(65) Red
					 diamond rattlesnake (
Crotalus ruber
): Limit: Zero
					 (0)