# COMAR Title 08 — Department of Natural Resources

## Subtitle 03 — Wildlife

### Chapter 11 — Reptile and Amphibian Possession and Permits

#### Regulation .09 Unlawful Methods for Taking from the Wild.

*COMAR 08.03.11.09*

A. A person may not take any reptile or amphibian regulated by this chapter by:

  (1) Lethal methods;

  (2) The use of a hook and line, trot line, bow and arrow, spear, gig or gig iron, or any other device capable of piercing any part of the reptile or amphibian;

  (3) Use of traps, pit falls, snares, seines, or nets other than dip nets; or

  (4) Use of chemicals, including gasoline.

B. A person may not destroy or alter dens, burrows, basking sites, nests, hibernating sites, or other places of refuge of reptiles or amphibians.