FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Rule No.: RULE TITLE
68-5.002: Conditional Non-native SpeciesNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 36, No. 20, May 21, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
Proposed amendment to Rule 68-5.002(4) has been changed to include the following modified subsection:
(4) Non-native Snakes and lizards: The following species possessed for personal use by reptile of concern license holders prior to July 1, 2010 may continue in the possession of the owner for the life of the animal. A valid license to possess these animals must be maintained pursuant to 379.372, F.S.
(a) Indian or Burmese python (Python molurus)
(b) Reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
(c) Northern African python (Python sebae)
(d) Southern African python (Python natalensis)
(e) Amethystine python (Morelia amethistinus)
(f) Scrub python (Morelia kinghorni)
(g) Black or Boelen’s python (Morelia boeleni)
(g)(h) Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
(h)(i) Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus).
No other changes were made to the rule amendments as proposed.
