Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE
Rule 5 - Reptiles and Amphibians
Section 5-6 - Collection and possession of reptiles and amphibians native to Indiana
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 6.
(a) An individual may take reptiles or amphibians from the wild only as authorized under this section.
(b) Except as provided in this section, an individual must not take more than two (2) per day and not more than four (4) from April 1 through March 31 of the following year of any one (1) species of reptile or amphibian native to Indiana.
(c) An individual may take not more than four (4) of the following species of turtles per day, singly or in aggregate:
A turtle taken under this subsection may be taken only between July 1 and March 31 of the following year and be at least twelve (12) inches in carapace length.
(d) As used in this section, "carapace length" means a straight-line measure along the top surface of the carapace that runs from the central point on the front edge of the carapace, directly behind the turtle's neck, to a central point on the hind edge of the carapace, directly above the turtle's tail.
(e) An individual may take not more than twenty-five (25) of the following species of frogs per day, singly or in aggregate:
(f) An individual must not possess more than four (4) live reptiles or amphibians of any one (1) species native to Indiana except:
(g) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual may take turtles at any time of the year.
(h) An individual may take frogs as established in subsection (e) from June 15 through April 30 of the following year.
(i) An individual may take turtles by any of the following methods:
(j) An individual may take frogs by any of the following methods:
(k) An individual may use:
(l) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an individual must not take the following from the wild:
(m) An individual must not sell a reptile or amphibian except for the following:
(n) An individual must not sell the offspring of an amphibian taken under this section.
(o) An individual possessing a valid reptile captive breeder license issued under section 9 of this rule may sell the offspring of a species of snake listed in section 9 of this rule, taken under this section, to any person.
(p) An individual must not release back into the wild a reptile or amphibian taken from the wild under this section except as follows:
(q) An individual may possess a live eastern box turtle only with a:
(r) An individual may possess a live endangered species of reptile or amphibian only with a:
(s) An individual may possess a live venomous reptile only with a: