ARM 12.6.2215. LIST OF PROHIBITED SPECIES

(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) Argali Sheep – Ovis ammon; (b) Brush-tailed possum - Trichosurus vulpecula; (c) Nutria - Myocastor coypus; (d) Cebidae family (new world primates); (e) Cercopithecidae family (old world monkeys); (f) Hyaenidae family (hyenas); (g) Hylobatidae family (gibbons); (h) Pongidae family (apes); (i) Short-tailed opossum - Monodelphis domestica; (j) Small spotted genet - Genetta genetta; (k) Southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans; (l) Transcaspian urial sheep – Ovis aries vignei; and (m) 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); (n) Red-eared slider – Trachemys scripta elegans; and (o) Reticulated python - Python reticulatus. (7) The following birds are classified as prohibited: (a) California quail – Callipepla californica; and (b) Gambel’s quail – Callipepla gambelii.