220-2-.92 Nongame Species Regulation
(1) It shall be unlawful to take, capture, kill, or attempt to take, capture or kill; possess, sell, trade for anything of monetary value, or offer to sell or trade for anything of monetary value, the following nongame wildlife species (or any parts or reproductive products of such species) without a scientific collection permit or written permit from the Commissioner, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall specifically state what the permittee may do with regard to said species:
(a) FISHES (b) AMPHIBIANS (c) REPTILES (d) BIRDS (e) MAMMALS
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni |
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Typhlichthys subterraneus |
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Chub, Shoal |
Macrhybopsis hyostoma |
Chub, Spotfin |
Erimonax monachus |
Darter, Bankhead |
Percina sipsi |
Darter, Blotchside |
Persina burtoni |
Darter, Bluebreast |
Etheostoma camurum |
Darter, Boulder |
Etheostoma wapiti |
Darter, Brighteye |
Etheostoma lynceum |
Darter, Coldwater |
Etheostoma ditrema |
Darter, Crystal |
Crystallaria asprella |
Darter, Goldline |
Percina aurolineata |
Darter, Halloween |
Percina crypta |
Darter, Holiday |
Etheostoma brevirostrum |
Darter, Lipstick |
Etheostoma chuckwachatte |
Darter, Lollipop |
Etheostoma neopterum |
Darter, Rush |
Etheostoma phytophilum |
Darter, Scaly Sand |
Ammocrypta vivax |
Darter, Slackwater |
Etheostoma boschungi |
Darter, Slenderhead |
Percina phoxocephala |
Darter, Snail |
Percina tanasi |
Darter, Trispot |
Etheostoma trisella |
Darter, Tuscumbia |
Etheostoma tuscumbia |
Darter, Vermilion |
Etheostoma chermocki |
Darter, Watercress |
Etheostoma nuchale |
Logperch, Blotchside |
Percina burtoni |
Madtom, Frecklebelly |
Noturus munitus |
Madtom, Mountain |
Noturus eleutherus |
Phenacobius mirabilis |
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Cottus paulus |
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Alosa alabamae |
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Shiner, Blackmouth |
Notropis melanostomus |
Shiner, Blue |
Cyprinella caerulea |
Shiner, Bluestripe |
Cyprinella callitaenia |
Shiner, Broadstripe |
Pteronotropis euryzonus |
Shiner, Cahaba |
Notropis cahabae |
Shiner, Dusky |
Notropis cummingsae |
Shiner, Ironcolor |
Notropis chalybaeus |
Shiner, Palezone |
Notropis albizonatus |
Elassoma alabamae |
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Scaphirynchus suttkusi |
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Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi |
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Acipenser fulvescens |
(f) Other State or Federally protected nongame species.
In addition any required federal permits for federally protected species must be obtained.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, capture, kill, or possess any bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) or pig frog (Lithobates grylio) from the public waters of this state for commercial purposes. Furthermore it shall be unlawful for any person to take, capture, kill, or possess more than twenty (20) bullfrogs and pig frogs in aggregate from the public waters of this state during any twenty four (24) hour period from 12 noon to the following 12 noon.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or trade anything of value or possess alive any Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) without a permit from the Commissioner. Nothing herein is intended to prevent the relocation of live Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes to suitable habitat when conducted in the same day as capture and with landowner permission.
Federally Listed Threatened and Endangered Species in Alabama.