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Regulations
License Requirements
Any person while in the
act of taking or attempting to take reptiles and amphibians or possessing
reptiles or amphibians must first possess:
Bullfrogs may be taken with hook and line, gig, spear,
bow and arrow or other methods except firearms under the resident or nonresident
fishing license. Bullfrogs may be taken with firearms under the resident or
nonresident hunting license.
Persons possessing a current resident or nonresident hunting
license, unless otherwise exempt, may sell lawfully-taken rattlesnakes only to
those individuals holding a commercial or noncommedrcial wildlife breeders
license during open season. A commercial wildlife breeders license is required
of all who buy and resell live rattlesnakes.
5-Day Rattlesnake Permit
Any person hunting, pursuing, trapping, harassing, catching,
killing, taking, or attempting to take in any manner any species of rattlesnake
during an organized rattlesnake hunting event or festival must have a
rattlesnake permit, unless exempt.
Persons with a valid hunting license are exempt from
the rattlesnake permit.
Permits are available online at http://www.wildlifedepartment.com,
by calling (405) 521-3852, or onsite at selected rattlesnake round-up festivals.
Rattlesnake Dates & Daily Limits
The following reptiles
are legal to harvest from March 1 - June 30, only with no daily limit:
prairie rattlesnake, western diamondback rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake and
massasauga.
Other Reptile Dates & Daily Limits
There is a
statewide closed season on the following reptiles: Texas horned
lizard, desert side-blotched lizard, checkered whiptail, American alligator,
western chicken turtle, map turtle, wandering garter snake, gulf crayfish snake,
alligator snapping turtle, earless lizard and roundtail horned lizard.
All other reptiles, excluding rattlesnakes, have a year-round
season. The limit is six per day or in possession for each species.
Nuisance Reptiles
Nothing prohibits the
control of reptiles other than those listed as endangered or threatened, by
landowners, lessees, or occupants of such land when such reptiles are creating a
nuisance.
Legal Means of Taking
It is unlawful to
introduce, deposit, place or drain any deleterious, noxious, toxic or petroleum
based substance into or around any underground dens or rock crevices for the
purpose of taking reptiles or amphibians.
The method of taking legal water turtles and aquatic
salamanders for commercial purposes and the taking of bullfrogs is restricted to
provisions in the current statutes and regulations. With the exception of water
turtles and aquatic salamanders taken for commercial purposes (when licensed)
and all legal species of frogs, all other reqtiles and amphibians may only be
taken by hand or any other legal means.
Commercial Harvest
It shall be unlawful to
engage in any commercial activities involving any species or sub-species, if
more than one exists, of reptiles or amphibians collected from the wild that are
indigenous to or whose range extends into Oklahoma, except for provisions for
rattlesnakes, water turtles and aquatic salamanders (Necturus and Ambystoma,
except Ambystoma talpoideum).
Noncommercial Breeding
All persons so licensed
for captive breeding of reptiles and amphibians must keep detailed breeding and
hatching records in addition to those records already required by law.
The Director may make exceptions for education or research
purposes to holders of Oklahoma scientific collector's permits for reptiles and
amphibians.
Amphibian Dates, Areas, Legal Species & Daily
Limits
There will be a statewide
year-round open season for all amphibians except for the following 10
salamanders which have a statewide closed season: Sequoyah slimy
salamander, Kiamichi shiny salamander, western slimy salamander, Rich Mountain
salamander, Ozark zigzag salamander, for=toed salamander, grotto salamander,
Oklahoma salamander, cave salamander and mole salamander.
Aquatic frogs (except bullfrog and crayfish frog),
Woodhouse's toad and aquatic salamanders of the genera Necturus and Ambystoma
(except mole salamander) have no limit.
The daily limit and possession limit for bullfrogs is 15. It
is illegal to sell bullfrogs or ship them out-of-state at any time. Bullfrogs
may not be taken in the Wichita Mountains NWR.
The limit for crayfish frog and all other species of
amphibians, except those listed as closed, is four per day or in possession of
each species.
