Re: looking for hatchling western hognose
this is directly off the DOW website it wouldnt let me post the link
NONGAME SPECIES
Nongame species and subspecies of herptiles, including threatened or endangered species
are protected and their harassment, taking or possession is prohibited except as follows:
1. Under a scientific collecting license.
2. Under a rehabilitation license.
3. Under a license for zoological, educational, propagation or other special purposes.
4. Up to four individuals of each of the following species and/or subspecies of
reptiles and amphibians may be taken annually and held in captivity for noncommercial purposes only, provided that no more than twelve in the aggregate
may be possessed at any time:
Plain=s spadefoot Spea bombifrons
Woodhouse=s toad Bufo woodhousii
Western chorus frog Pseudacris triseriata
Painted turtle Chrysemys picta
Western box turtle Terrapena ornata
Sagebrush lizard Sceloporus graciosus
Tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus
Side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana
Prairie & plateau lizards Sceloporus undulatus
Bullsnake or gopher snake Pituophis catenifer
Western terrestrial garter snake Thamnophis elegans
Plains garter snake Thamnophis radix
Lesser earless lizard Holbrookia maculata
Western whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris
Racer Coluber constrictor
Western hognose snake Heterodon nasicus
Such reptiles and amphibians and their progeny may only be disposed of by gift or as authorized by the Division of Wildlife. Further, such reptiles and amphibians
may be released back into the wild provided they have not come into contact with
reptiles and amphibians from other geographic areas and they are released as close
as possible to, but in no event further than ten miles from, their place of origin.
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