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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 08.03.11.03" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="11" heading="List of Native Species.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following species or subspecies are considered native to Maryland and may be lawfully possessed, bred, or commercially traded only as provided in Regulations .04—.09 of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Salamanders:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Mountain dusky salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Northern two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Long-tailed salamander (Eurycea longicauda),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Northern spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Valley and ridge salamander (Plethodon hoffmani),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>Northern red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Frogs and toads:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrooki),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>American toad (Bufo americanus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Fowler's toad (Bufo fowleri),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Green treefrog (Hyla cinerea),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Northern spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Southeastern chorus frog (Pseudacris feriarum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Pickerel frog (Rana palustris),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Southern leopard frog (Rana spenocephala),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Wood frog (Rana sylvatica);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Green frog (Rana clamitans),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Lizards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulates),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Common five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Little brown skink (Scincella lateralis),</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Snakes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Northern black racer (Coluber constrictor),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata guttata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Black ratsnake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Mole kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Coastal plain milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides x triangulum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Red-bellied watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Rough greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Smooth greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>Dekay's brownsnake (Storeria dekayi),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(o)">
        <text>Red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(p)">
        <text>Eastern gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The following species or subspecies are considered native to Maryland and may be lawfully possessed only as provided in Regulations .04C and .05A of this chapter, or bred or commercially traded only as provided in Regulations .05—.09 of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Lizards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Eastern six-lined racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Snakes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Queen snake (Regina septemvittata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Common ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Turtles:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Stinkpot (Sternothorus odoratus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Diamond-backed terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Except under the authority of the permits described in Regulation .01A of this chapter, the following species or subspecies are considered native to Maryland and may not be possessed, bred, or commercially traded:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Salamanders:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Green salamander (Aneides aeneus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Eastern mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus),</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Frogs and Toads:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Eastern narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Carpenter frog (Rana virgatipes),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris brachyphona),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Turtles:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Leatherback seaturtle (Dermochelys coriacea),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Loggerhead seaturtle (Caretta caretta),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Green seaturtle (Chelonia mydas),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Atlantic hawksbill seaturtle (Eretmochelys imbricata),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Kemp's ridley seaturtle (Lepidochelys kempii),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Lizards: Northern coal skink (Eumeces anthracinus);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Snakes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Smooth earthsnake (Virginia valeriae),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Northern scarletsnake (Cemophora coccinea),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Unless otherwise stated, when both the scientific and common names are listed, the scientific name takes precedence over the common name.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>