ARM 12.6.2215
ARM 12.6.2215. LIST OF PROHIBITED SPECIES
Cite as Mont. Admin. R. 12.6.2215
(1) The following amphibians are classified as prohibited species:
(a) African clawed frog - Xenopus laevis ; and
(b) North American bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana .
(2) The following crustaceans are classified as prohibited species:
(a) Rusty crayfish - Orconectes rusticus .
(3) The following fish are classified as prohibited species:
(a) Bighead carp - Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ;
(b) Black carp - Mylopharyngodon piceus ;
(c) Eurasian Ruffe - Gymnocephalus cernuus ;
(d) Grass carp - Ctenopharyngodon idella ;
(e) Round goby - Neogobius melanostomus ;
(f) Silver carp - Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ;
(g) Snakehead fish - genera Channa and Parachanna (29 species);
(h) Walking catfish - Clarias batrachus ;
(i) White perch - Morone Americana ; and
(j) Zander (European pikeperch) - Sander lucioperca .
(4) The following mammals are classified as prohibited species:
(a) Brush-tailed possum - Trichosurus vulpecula ;
(b) Nutria - Myocastor coypus ;
(c) Cebidae family (new world primates);
(d) Cercopithecidae family (old world monkeys);
(e) Hyaenidae family (hyenas);
(f) Hylobatidae family (gibbons);
(g) Pongidae family (apes);
(h) Short-tailed opossum - Monodelphis domestica ;
(i) Small spotted genet - Genetta genetta ;
(j) Southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans ; and
(k) Virginia opossum - Didelphis virginiana .
(5) The following mollusks are classified as prohibited species:
(a) New Zealand mudsnail - Potamopyrgus antipodarum ;
(b) Quagga mussel - Dreissena bugensis ; and
(c) Zebra mussel - Dreissena polymorpha .
(6) The following reptiles are classified as prohibited:
(a) African rock python - Python sebae ;
(b) Alligatoridae family;
(c) Amethystine python - Morelia amethistina ;
(d) Boomslang - Dispholidus typus ;
(e) Burrowing asps (all species in family Atractaspidae);
(f) Coral snakes (all species in family Elapidae);
(g) Cobras (all species in family Elapidae);
(h) Crocodylidae family;
(i) Green Anaconda - Eunectes marinus ;
(j) Indian python (including the Burmese python) - Python molurus ;
(k) Kraits (all species in family Elapidae);
(l) Mambas (all species in family Elapidae);
(m) Pit vipers and true vipers (all species in family Viperidae except species indigenous to Montana); and
(n) Reticulated python - Python reticulatus .