Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(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)
(e) Methods of take:
(1) Reptiles may be taken only by hand,
except as provided in subsections (e)(2) and (3) below, or by the following
hand-operated devices:
(A) Lizard
nooses.
(B) Snake tongs.
(C) Snake hooks.
(2) Rattlesnakes may be taken by any
method.
(3) Turtles may be taken by
hook and line. Fishing methods described in Section
2.00 apply to the take of spiny
softshell turtles, slider turtles and painted turtles.
(4) It is unlawful to use any method or means
of collecting that involves breaking apart of rocks, granite flakes, logs or
other shelters in or under which reptiles may be found.
(f) Special Closures:
(1) No geckos (Coleonyx
variegatus) may be taken in San Diego County south and west of Highway
79 to its junction with County Road S-2, and south and west of County Road S-2
to the eastern San Diego County border.
(2) No night lizards (Xantusia
vigilis) may be taken in Kern County.
(3) No rubber boas (Charina
bottae or Charina umbratica) may be taken in Kern,
Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
(4) No ring-necked snakes (Diadophis
punctatus) may be taken in San Bernardino and Inyo counties.
(5) No coachwhips (Coluber
flagellum) may be taken in the following counties: Alameda, Contra
Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, and Tulare.
(6) No striped racers (Coluber
lateralis) may be taken in Alameda and Contra Costa
counties.
(7) No patch-nosed snakes
(Salvadora hexalepis) may be taken in the following counties:
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
(8) No
glossy snakes (Arizona elegans) may be taken in the following
counties: Alameda, Fresno, Imperial (west of Hwy 111), Kern, Los Angeles,
Riverside (southwest of Hwy 111 and I-10), San Benito, San Bernardino (West of
I-215 and Hwy 138), San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Santa Clara and Tulare.
(9) No
California mountain kingsnakes (Lampropeltis zonata) may be
taken in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego,
and Ventura counties.
(10) No
common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) may be taken in San
Mateo, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Ventura
counties.
1. New
section filed 1-10-2002; operative 1-1-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code
sections
202 and
215
(Register 2002, No. 2). For prior history, see Register 86, No.
6.
2. Amendment of subsection (e)(1) and NOTE filed 2-9-2010;
operative 3-1-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2010, No. 7).
3. Amendment filed 12-27-2012; operative
1-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2012, No. 52).
4. Amendment of subsections (b)(10)-(14)
filed 2-29-2016; operative 3-2-2016 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2016, No. 10).
5. Amendment of subsections within
subsection (b), new subsection (f)(2), repealer of subsection (f)(3),
subsection renumbering, amendment of subsections (f)(4)-(7) and (f)(10) and
amendment of NOTE filed 2-28-2017; operative 3-1-2017 pursuant to Government
Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2017, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
200,
205,
219,
255,
265 and
275,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
200,
201,
203.1,
205,
265 and
275,
Fish and Game Code.
