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WAC 220-12-090 Classification - Nonnative aquatic animal species.

(1) Prohibited aquatic animal species.

RCW 77.08.010 Definitions: (50) "Prohibited aquatic animal species" means an invasive species of the animal kingdom that has been classified as a prohibited aquatic animal species by the commission.

The following species are classified as prohibited animal species:

(a) AMPHIBIANS

(i) In the family Hylidae: Cricket frog, in the genus Hyla species in the group Aborea including:

The Hong Kong Society for Panda Cons.<br>www.hkpanda.org/project2.htm.  2001 Hyla annectans Assam Tree frog
© 1991 Michael Frede.  Berkeley, CA: Amphibia Web - CalPhotos 2005. Hyla arborea Common Tree frog
np.cpami.gov.tw/taichung_ mp_English/a-01.htm Hyla chinensis Chinese Tree frog
© 1989 Norio Maeda.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Hyla hallowellii Hallowell's Tree frog
Hyla immaculata
© B. Thiesmeier, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Hyla japonica Japanese Tree frog
© 2003 Pierre-Yves Vaucher.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Hyla meridionalis Mediterranean Tree frog   
Hyla sanchiangensis San Chiang Tree frog
© 2002 Sunbeam Aquarium Pte Ltd. Hyla simplex Emerald Green Tree frog
Kuramoto, 1980, Copeia, 1980: 102. Holotype: OMNH.<br>http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea Hyla suweonensis Suweon Tree frog
Hyla tsinlingensis Shensi Tree frog
Hyla ussuriensis Japanese Tree toad
Hyla zhaopingensis Zhaoping Treefrog

(ii) In the family Pelobatidae, spadefoots. With the exception of the native species: Spea intermontana, the great basin spadefoot.

© 2003 Franco Andreone.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Pelobates cultripes Western Spadefoot toad
© 2003 Franco Andreone.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Pelobates fuscus Common spadefoot toad
© E.A. Dunayev, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Pelobates syriacus Eastern spadefoot toad
© Ph. Geniez.  homepage.mac.com/jmdelacre/PhotoAlbum4.html Pelobates varaldii Varaldi's Spadefoot toad
© 2003 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Scaphiopus couchii Couchis Spadefoot toad
© 2003 Jason Gibson.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005.  Scaphiopus holbrookii Eastern spadefoot toad
© 1997 Ken Felsman.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Scaphiopus hurterii Hurter's Spadefoot toad
© Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins/CNAAR.  ©2005 eNature.com Spea bombifrons Plains spadefoot toad
© 2004 William Flaxington.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Spea hammondii Western Spadefoot toad
Spea hurterii (Scaphiopus hurteri above) Hurter's Spadefoot toad
© 2003 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Spea multiplicata Mexican spadefoot toad

With the exception of the native species: Spea intermontana, the great basin spadefoot.

(iii) In the family Pipidae: African clawed frog, all members of the genera Silurana, and Xenopus.

Examples:

Silurana tropicalis Tropical Clawed frog
© 2004 William Flaxington.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Xenopus laevis African Clawed frog

(iv) In the family Ranidae:

(A) Bull frog, Rana catesbeiana.

© 1980 Alan Resetar.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana catesbeiana Bullfrog

(B) Holoarctic brown frogs and Paleartic green frogs of the genus Rana, including the following:

2003.  http://www.baoertu.com/www/wildlife/images/wildlife/aetlw.jpg Rana altaica Siberian frog
© Sergius Kuzmin, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana amurensis Siberian wood frog
Rana aragonensis European Common frog
© E.A. Dunayev, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana arvalis Moor frog
© B. Thiesmeier, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana asiatica Central Asiatic frog
© 1991 Michael Frede.  Berkeley, CA: Amphibia Web - CalPhotos 2005. Rana bedriagae Levant Water frog
© Lars Bergendorf. Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. 2005.  www.herp.it Rana bergeri Italian green frog
© Peter Beerli. Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana cerigensis Karpathos Water frog
Dong Lin.  http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/YUNNAN-2002/yunnan_24.htm Rana chaochiaoensis Chaochiao brown frog
V. A. Kostenko, 1993/1994.  © University of WA Fish Collection Rana chensinensis Far Eastern frog
Rana chevronta Chevron-spotted Brown frog
http://www.kunsan.ac.kr/service/animals/pa04.html Rana chosenica Korean Golden frog
Helmut Presser.  Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Rome, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana cretensis Cretan Water frog
© 2003 Franco Andreone.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana dalmatina Agile frog
Rana demarchii
© B. Thiesmeier, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana dybowskii Dybovsky's frog
Rana emelijanovi
Rana epeirotica Epirus water frog
© E.A. Dunayev.  PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Rana esculenta Edible frog
Rana fukienensis Futsing Hsien frog
© Jan Van Der Voort. Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe (herp.it) Rana graeca Graecian frog
Rana grafi
© 2004 Jan Van Der Voort. Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana hispanica Italian Hybrid frog
Rana honnorati
Rana huanrenensis
Rana hubeiensis Hubei frog
© 1989 Miguel Vences and Frank Glaw.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana iberica Iberian frog
© Paolo Mazzei.  Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe (herp.it) Rana italica Italian Stream frog
Sumio Okada, Kamo-gun, April 2000.<br>http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~herpsgh/aka.html Rana japonica Japanese brown frog
© 2004 Jan Van Der Voort. Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana latastei Italian Agile frog
Rana lateralis Kokarit frog
Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Rome, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana lessonae Pool frog
© B. Thiesmeier, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana macrocnemis Iranian Long-Legged frog
http://unireptile.com/amphibian/frog/Frog_web_E.htm Rana nigrolineata Wood frog
© B. Thiesmeier, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana nigromaculata Dark-Spotted frog
© 1986 Norio Maeda.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana okinavana Ryukyu Brown frog
Rana omeimontis
http://ecol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/homepage/public/gallery/gallery.php?category=frog Rana ornativentris Montane Brown frog
© 1991 Michael Frede.  Berkeley, CA: Amphibia Web - CalPhotos 2005. Rana perezi Perez´s frog
www.povodok.ru/ pics/art1/art90_3.jpg Rana pirica Ezo Brown frog
http://unireptile.com/amphibian/frog/Frog_web_E.htm Rana plancyi Lined leopard frog
http://unireptile.com/amphibian/frog/Frog_web_E.htm Rana porosa Tokyo Daruma pond frog
© 2004 Jan Van Der Voort. Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana pyrenaica Pyrenean frog
© Sergius Kuzmin, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana ridibunda Marsh frog
© 2004 William Flaxington.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana rugosa Wrinkled frog
geos-nature.org/ carnet_08_2004.html Rana saharica Sahara frog
© 1986 Norio Maeda.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana sakuraii Stream Brown frog
© 2004 Jan Van Der Voort. Amphibians & Reptiles of Europe.  Paolo Mazzei, Italy.  2005.  www.herp.it Rana shqiperica Albanian Pool frog
Rana shuchinae Sichuan frog
Rana tagoi Tago frog
http://unireptile.com/amphibian/frog/Frog_web_E.htm Rana tenggerensis Chinese rock frog
S.V. Mezhzherin.  PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana terentievi Terentjev's frog
Rana tientaiensis Tiantai frog
© 1986 Norio Maeda.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Rana tsushimensis Tsushima Brown frog
Rana zhengi
Rana zhenhaiensis

(v) In the family Ambystomatidae: Mole salamanders. In the genus Ambystoma. Except for the native species Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium, Western tiger salamander, and Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum, Tiger salamander.

Gerald and Buff Corsi © California Academy of Sciences.  Berkeley, CA: Amphibia Web - CalPhotos 2005. Ambystoma californiense California Tiger salamander   
© 2002 John White.  Berkeley, CA: Amphibia Web - CalPhotos 2005. Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted salamander
© 2003 Jason Gibson.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005.  Ambystoma opacum Marbled salamander
© 1991 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Ambystoma rosaceum
© 2001 John White.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger salamander

(vi) In the family Amphiumidae one, two, and three toed salamanders or congo eels: All members of the genus Amphiuma.

Examples:

© 2003 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Amphiuma tridactylum Three-toed Amphiuma

(vii) In the family Cryptobranchidae: Giant salamanders and hellbenders, all members of the genera Andrias and Cryptobranchus.

Examples:

© 2005 Dr. Peter Janzen.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Andrias davidianus Chinese Giant salamander
© 2003 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender

(viii) In the family Dicamptodontidae, American giant salamander, all members of the genus Dicamptodon, except for the native species: Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Pacific giant salamander, and Dicamptodon copei, Cope's giant salamander.

Examples:

© 1998 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Dicamptodon aterrimus Idaho giant salamander
© 2002 William Flaxington.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Dicamptodon ensatus California Giant salamander

(ix) In the family Hynobiidae: Mountain salamanders, all members of the genera Batrachuperus, Hynobius, Liua, Onychodactylus, Pachyhynobius, Pseudohynobius, Ranodon, Salamandrella.

Examples:

© 2003 Mehregan Ebrahimi.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Batrachuperus gorganensis Gorgan salamander
© 1978 Max Sparreboom.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Batrachuperus mustersi Paghman Mountain salamander
© 2001 Arie van der Meijden.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Batrachuperus persicus Persia Mountain salamander
© 1995 J. Robert Macey.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Batrachuperus pinchonii Western Chinese Mountain salamander
© 1999 Jinzhong Fu.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Batrachuperus taibaiensis Taibai Stream salamander
© 1995 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius boulengeri Boulenger's Oriental salamander
© 1999 Max Sparreboom.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius chinensis Chinese salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius dunni Dunn's Oriental salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius kimurae Hynobiidae
© 1998 Max Sparreboom.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius leechii Northeastern China Hynobiid salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius lichenatus Aomori salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius nebulosus Clouded salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius okiensis Oki salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Hynobius retardatus Noboribetsu salamander
© Takeshi Ebinuma.  www.livingunderworld.org 2005. Liua shihi Wushan salamander
© 1998 Max Sparreboom.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Onychodactylus fischeri Long-Tailed Clawed salamander
© 1999 Henk Wallays.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Onychodactylus japonicus Japanese Clawed salamander
© 2004 Arnaud Jamin.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005 Pachyhynobius shangchengensis Shangcheng Stout salamander
Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted salamander
Pseudohynobius shuichengensis Shiucheng salamander
Pseudohynobius tsinpaensis Tsinpa salamander
© Sergius Kuzmin, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Ranodon sibiricus Siberian salamander
© Sergius Kuzmin, PENSOFT Publishers.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybowski's salamander

(x) In the family Plethodontidae, subfamily Desmognathinae: All members of the genus Desmognathus, dusky salamander.

Examples:

© 2003 Brad Moon.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Desmognathus auriculatus Southern Dusky salamander
© 2001 William Flaxington.  Berkeley, CA: AmphibiaWeb - CalPhotos 2005. Desmognathus fuscus fuscus Northern Dusky salamander