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Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus

The Fish and Wildlife Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 10, 2025. It took effect on January 25, 2025. Comments closed on March 11, 2025.

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What the agency says

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is affirming as final the 2016 interim rule that added all species of salamanders from 20 genera to the list of injurious amphibians. Under the injurious wildlife prohibitions of the Lacey Act, this final rule prohibits the importation into the United States and shipment between the continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of any live or dead specimen, including hybrids and parts, of those 20 genera of salamanders, except by permit for certain purposes or by Federal agencies solely for their own use. In addition to finalizing the listing of those 20 genera, we are publishing a new interim rule to add to the injurious amphibian list 16 genera that recent studies determined are also carriers of the fungus and to clarify some provisions from the final rule. This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States.

Key facts

Document number: 2024-31203
Type: Final rule
Action: Affirmation of interim rule as final; second interim rule and request for public comment
Agency: Interior Department; Fish and Wildlife Service
Published: January 10, 2025
Takes effect: January 25, 2025
Comments due: March 11, 2025
Dates: Effective date: The interim rule published at 81 FR 1534 on January 13, 2016, was effective January 28, 2016. This final rule affirming the January 13, 2016, interim rule and the interim rule set forth in this document are effective January 25, 2025.
Docket: Docket No. FWS-HQ-FAC-2015-0005; FXFR13360900000-245-FF09F14000
Regulation ID (RIN): 1018-BA77
Code of Federal Regulations: 50 CFR 16
Topics: Animal diseases; Imports; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Transportation; Wildlife
Pages: 52

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