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GAME AND PARKS COMMISSIONTitle 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Chapter 4 - Wildlife Regulations
Section 163-4-010 - Nongame Species in Need of Conservation

163 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 010

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Section 163-4-010 - Nongame Species in Need of Conservation

The following regulations are prescribed by the Game and Parks Commission, State of Nebraska in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 37-301, 37-314, 37-4,105, 37-4,106, 37-546 through 37-549, 37-701, and 37-801 through 37-810. For purposes of these regulations, unless context otherwise requires, the definitions found in Chapter 37, sections 202 through 247 of the Game Law, are used. These regulations are effective following enactment by the Commission, approval by the Attorney General and Governor, and when five days have elapsed since filing with the Secretary of State.

010.01 Mammals

White-tailed jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
Black-tailed jackrabbitLepus californicus

010.01A Jackrabbit Hunting Seasons
010.01A1 Open Season: September 1 through the last day in February.
010.01A2 Area Open: That area of Nebraska lying west of line extending from the South Dakota-Nebraska border south along U.S. Highway 81 to the Nebraska-Kansas border, except Federal or State Sanctuaries, unless otherwise authorized.
010.01A3 Hours Open Each Day: 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.
010.01A4 Daily Bag Limit: Four (4).
010.01A5 Possession limit at any time during or after the fourth day: Sixteen (16).
010.02 Reptile and Amphibian Species in Need of Conservation

Reptile and Amphibian Species in Need of Conservation - The following reptile and amphibian species shall be considered nongame species in need of conservation. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship nongame wildlife in need of conservation unless authorized to do so by the Commission under the authority of a scientific collection permit.

Species with no take:

Smallmouth Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne olivacea

Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Great Plains Skink

Plestiodon obsoletus

Sagebrush Lizard

Sceloporus graciosus

Western Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Mountain Short-horned Lizard

Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Worm Snake

Carphophis vermis

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis calligaster

Speckled Kingsnake

Lampropeltis holbrooki

Eastern Glossy Snake

Arizona elegans

Smooth Green Snake

Liochlorophis vernalis

Graham's Crayfish Snake

Regina grahamii

Plains Blackhead Snake

Tantilla nigriceps

Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis proximus

Redbelly Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Diamondback Water Snake

Nerodia rhombifer

010.03 Regulated Taking of Reptiles and Amphibians

Regulated Taking of Reptiles and Amphibians - The provisions of 010.03 apply to all species and subspecies of reptiles and amphibians native to Nebraska except those legally designated as Game species, Nongame Species in Need of Conservation, and Threatened or Endangered species. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship any reptile or amphibian species defined in this section except as provided in 010.03A. No exception to these prohibitions will be provided for export unless granted by the Commission for scientific research or education, or as may be specifically allowed in Commission regulations governing bait dealers or fish dealers as authorized in 37-4,105 and 37-4,106.

010.03A Exceptions - The following exceptions are provided to the prohibitions outlined in 010.03.
010.03A1 In-state transport, possession, processing, sale or offer of sale of the following species will be permitted in accordance with 37-4,105 and 37-4,106, and the regulations defined for bait and baitfish species in Chapter 2, Fisheries Regulations.

Bait Species:

Plains Leopard Frog

Lithobates blairi

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

010.03A2 For those individual specimens or parts thereof legally obtained by purchase or consignment from outside of Nebraska, sale, offer of sale and associated transport, possession or processing will be permitted without regard to limits or numbers for the species listed below in 010.03A3 and 010.03A4, provided that such authority shall be contingent upon a persons ability to provide proof of legal acquisition including bill of sale or consignment.
010.03A3 Take of individuals from the wild within Nebraska and associated in-state transport, possession, or processing will be permitted with a bag and possession limit of ten (10) individuals per species, or products derived from ten (10) individuals per species.

Species with Take Up to 10 Individuals:

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Acris blanchardi

Boreal Chorus Frog

Pseudacris maculata

Great Plains Toad

Anaxyrus cognatus

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Plains Spadefoot

Spea bombifrons

Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Prairie Lizard

Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Racer

Coluber constrictor

Prairie Rattlesnake

Crotalus viridis

Ringneck Snake

Diadophis punctatus

Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Bullsnake

Pituophis catenifer

Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

False Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica

010.03A4 Take of individuals from the wild in Nebraska, and associated in-state transport, possession, or processing will be permitted for the following species with a bag and possession limit of three (3) individuals per species, or products derived from three (3) individuals per species.

Species with Take Up to 3 Individuals:

Cope's Gray Treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

Gray Treefrog

Hyla versicolr

Northern Prairie Skink

Plestiodon septentrionalis

Many-lined Skink

Plestiodon multivirgatus

Lesser Earless Lizard

Holbrookia maculata

Great Plains Rat Snake

Pantherophis emoryi

Western Rat Snake

Scotophis obsoletus

Western Fox Snake

Mintonius vulpinus

Western Hognose Snake

Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum

Coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum

Brown Snake

Storeria dekayi

Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Slider

Trachemys scripta

010.03A5 Pertaining to the species identified in 010.03, the Commission may permit any act otherwise prohibited by these regulations by issuing a scientific collectors permit for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation and survival of the affected species.
010.04 Release of Reptiles and Amphibians

Release of Reptiles and Amphibians - It shall be unlawful to release into the wild any live reptile or amphibian after such animal has been transported from one location to another over a distance exceeding 100 yards without the authorization of the Commission

163 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 010

Amended effective 10/31/2017
Amended effective 1/29/2018