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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-2532

NOTICES

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

2007 List of Native Species for Purposes of 58 Pa. Code Chapter 79

[36 Pa.B. 7930]
[Saturday, December 23, 2006]

   Under 58 Pa. Code § 79.1 (relating to definitions), which will go into effect on January 1, 2007, the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is publishing the following list of reptile and amphibian species and subspecies, where applicable, that the Commission has determined are native species for purposes of 58 Pa. Code Chapter 79 (relating to reptiles and amphibians). (See 36 Pa.B. _____ (December 23, 2006).) The Commission's regulations define ''native species'' as a reptile or amphibian species or subspecies, where applicable, that has not been introduced into this Commonwealth and occurs historically within the boundaries of this Commonwealth. The Commission's regulations go on to state that the Commission will from time to time publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a list of reptile and amphibian species and subspecies, where applicable, that it has determined to be native species.

Scientific NameCommon NamePA Status
Acris crepitans crepitansNorthern Cricket FrogS
Agkistrodon contortrixNorthern CopperheadS
Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson SalamanderS
Ambystoma maculatumSpotted SalamanderA
Ambystoma opacumMarbled SalamanderS
Ambystoma tigrinumTiger SalamanderX
Aneides aeneusGreen SalamanderT
Apalone mutica muticaMidland Smooth SoftshellX
Apalone spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny SoftshellS
Bufo americanus americanusEastern American ToadA
Bufo fowleriFowler's ToadS
Carphophis amoenusWorm SnakeS
Chelydra serpentinaSnapping TurtleA
Chyrsemys picta marginataMidland Painted TurtleA
Chyrsemys picta pictaEastern Painted TurtleA
Clemmys guttataSpotted TurtleS
Clonophis kirtlandiiKirtland's SnakeE
Coluber constrictor constrictorNorthern Black RacerA
Crotalus horridusTimber RattlesnakeC
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensisEastern HellbenderS
Desmognathus fuscusDusky SalamanderA
Desmognathus monticolaSeal SalamanderA
Desmognathus ochrophaeusMountain Dusky SalamanderA
Diadophis punctatusRingneck SnakeA
Elaphe alleghaniensisEastern RatsnakeA
Emys blandingiiBlanding's TurtleC
Eumeces anthracinusNortern Coal SkinkS
Eumeces fasciatusFive-lined SkinkA
Eumeces laticepsBroadhead SkinkC
Eurycea bislineataNorthern Two-lined SalamanderA
Eurycea longicauda longicaudaLongtail SalamanderA
Glyptemys insculptaWood TurtleS
Glyptemys muhlenbergiiBog TurtleE
Graptemys geographicaMap TurtleS
Gyrinophilus porphyticus porphyticusSpring SalamanderA
Hemidactylium scutatumFour-toed SalamanderS
Heterodon platirhinosEastern Hognose SnakeS
Hyla versicolorGray TreefrogA
Kinosternum subrubrum subrubrumEastern Mud TurtleX
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulumEastern MilksnakeA
Liochlorophis vernalisSmooth Green SnakeS
Necturus maculosusMudpuppyS
Nerodia sipedon sipedonNorthern Water SnakeA
Notophthalmus viridescens viridescensEastern Red-spotted NewtA
Opheodrys aestivusRough Green SnakeE
Plethodon cinereusRedback SalamanderA
Plethodon glutinosusSlimy SalamanderA
Plethodon hoffmaniValley and Ridge SalamanderS
Plethodon richmondiRavine SalamanderS
Plethodon wehrleiWehrle's SalamanderA
Pseudacaris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring PeeperA
Pseudacris brachyphonaMountain Chorus FrogS
Pseudacris feriarum feriarumUpland Chorus FrogS
Pseudacris feriarum triseriataWestern Chorus FrogS
Pseudacris triseriata kalmiNew Jersey Chorus FrogE
Pseudemys rubriventrisRed-bellied TurtleT
Pseudotriton montanus montanusEastern Mud SalamanderE
Pseudotriton ruber ruberNorthern Red SalamanderA
Rana catesbeianaBullfrogA
Rana clamitansGreen FrogA
Rana palustrisPickerel FrogA
Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard FrogS
Rana sphenocephalaCoastal Plain Leopard FrogE
Rana sylvaticaWood FrogA
Regina septemvittataQueen SnakeS
Scaphiopus holbrookiiEastern SpadefootE
Sceloporus undulatusNorthern Fence LizardS
Sistrurus catenatus catenatusEastern MassasaugaE
Sternotherus odoratusStinkpotA
Storeria dekayi dekayiNorthern Brown SnakeA
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculataNorthern Redbelly SnakeA
Terrepene carolina carolinaEastern Box TurtleS
Thamnophis brachystomaShorthead Garter SnakeS
Thamnophis sauritusEastern Ribbon SnakeS
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter SnakeA
Virginia pulchraMountain Earth SnakeS
Virginia valeriaeSmooth Earth SnakeS

Legend
A=Abundant
C=Candidate Species
E=Endangered Species
S=Species of special concern, rare, not common due to one or more of the following factors: range restriction, population decline, limited distribution, direct threats from habitat alteration, collection
T=Threatened Species
X=Extirpated, no longer occurs in PA

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2532. Filed for public inspection December 22, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]




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