Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.22-113 - R1.02 Permitted Captive Wildlife Species List

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.01.22-113

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 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 All laws, rules, regulations, or orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.

R1.02 Permitted Captive Wildlife Species List

A. Permits for breeding, sale, and importation may be issued for the following species in accordance with Codes 09.07 (Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit Required) and 09.10 (Wildlife Importation Permit Required):
1. Amphibians

* African Bullfrogs (Genus Pyxicephalus)

* African Dwarf Aquatic Frog (Genus Hymenochirus)

* False Brook Salamanders (Genus Isthmura)

* Fire-bellied Toads (Genus Bombina)

* Horned or Pacman Frog (Genus Ceratophrys spp.)

* Poison Dart Frogs (Genera: Dendrobates, Epipedobates, Phyllobates, Oophaga, Ranitomeya)

2. Birds

* Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)

* California or Valley Quail (Callipepla californica)

* Chukar (Alectoris chukar)

* Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

* Monk Parakeet or Quaker Parrot (Myiopsitta monachus)

* Ostriches (Genus Struthio)

* Ring-necked or Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

* Rose-ringed or Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

* Scaled or Blue Quail (Callipepla squamata)

* White-necked Raven, Pied Crow (Corvus albicollis, Corvus alba)

3. Mammals

* Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)

* Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)

* Black-tufted Marmoset (Callithrix penicillata)

* Brindled Gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)

* Cairo Spiny Mouse (Acomys cahirinus)

* Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

* Capuchin Monkeys (Subfamily Cebinae)

* Caracal (Caracal caracal)

* Common Degu (Octodon degus)

* Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

* Elands (Genus Taurotragus)

* Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)

* European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

* Gaur (Bos gaurus)

* Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)

* Geoffroy's or White-headed Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)

* Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)

* Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

* Himalayan Tahr Goat (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

* Hyenas (Family Hyaenidae)

* Impala (Aepyceros melampus)

* Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon (Cercopithecus petaurista)

* Mountain Coatis (Genus Nasuella)

* North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

* Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)

* Old World Porcupines (Subgenus Hystrix)

* Patagonian Cavy (Dolichotis patagonum)

* Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)

* Red-necked or Bennet's Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)

* Ring-tailed Coati (Nasua nasua)

* Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

* Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegate, Varecia rubra)

* Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger)

* Serval (Leptailurus serval)

* Spider Monkeys (Genus Ateles)

* Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)

* Tamandua (Genus Tamandua)

* Tamarin Monkeys (Genus Saguinus)

* Vervet Mondkeys (Genus Chlorocebus)

* Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

* Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

* Wolf (Canis lupus)

* Zebras (Equus grevyi, E. quagga, E. zebra)

4. Reptiles

* Lizards

* Beaded Lizards, Gila Monster (Genus Heloderma)

* Collared Lizards, Leopard Lizards (Genera Crotaphytus, Gambelia)

* Snakes

* African Bush Vipers (Genera: Atheris, Proatheris)

* African Vipers (Genus Bitis)

* Boomslangs (Genus Dispholidus)

* Central and South American Pitvipers (Genera: Bothrocophias, Bothrops, Cerrophidion, Lachesis, Mixcoatlus, Ophryacus, Porthidium)

* Cobras (Genus Naja)

* Desert Cobras (Genus Walterinnesia)

* Eurasian/ American Elapid Snakes (Genera: Boulengerina, Bungarus, Calliophis, Dendroaspis, Hemibungarus, Micruroides, Micrurus, Sinomicrurus)

* King Cobras (Genus Ophiophagus)

* Moccasins (Genus Agkistrodon)

* Palaearctic Vipers (Genus Vipera)

* Pitvipers (Genera: Calloselasma, Gloydius, Protobothrops, Deinagkistrodon, Hypnale, Ovophis, Trimeresurus, Tropidolaemus, Atropoides, Bothriechis)

* Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Genus Sistrurus)

* Rattlesnakes (Genus Crotalus)

* Sea Snakes (Genera: Acalyptophis, Aipysurus, Astrotia, Emydocephalus, Enhydrina, Ephalophis, Hydrelaps, Hydrophis, Kerilia, Kolpophis, Lapemis, Laticauda, Parahydrophis, Pelamis, Praescutata, Thalassophis)

* Shield-nosed Cobras (Genus Aspidelaps)

* Southeast Asian Vipers (Genus Azemiops)

* Terrestrial Papuaustralian Elapids (Genera Notechis, Oxyuranus, Pseudonaja, Pseudechis, Vermicella)

* Tree Cobras (Genus Pseudohaje)

B. Additionally, permits for breeding, sale, and importation may be issued for the following species in accordance with Codes 09.07 (Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit Required) and 09.10 (Wildlife Importation Permit Required):
1. All native species of wildlife not listed in Addendum R1.01 (listing species for which the permits are not necessary) or R1.03 (listing species for which permits will not be issued).

2. Any other unlisted species upon evaluation and determination by the Commission that the species does not pose a significant risk to human health and safety, native fish and wildlife health or populations, or agriculture, and that can be safely confined in a humane manner.

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