[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR16.15]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 16--INJURIOUS WILDLIFE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Importation or Shipment of Injurious Wildlife
 
Sec. 16.15  Importation of live reptiles or their eggs.

    (a) The importation, transportation, or acquisition is prohibited of 
any live specimen or egg of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis): 
Provided, that the Director shall issue permits authorizing the 
importation, transportation, and possession of such live snakes or 
viable eggs under the terms and conditions set forth in Sec. 16.22.
    (b) Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District 
Director of Customs at the port of entry as required under Sec. 14.61, 
all other species of live reptiles or their eggs may be imported, 
transported, and possessed in captivity, without a permit, for 
scientific, medical, educational, exhibitional or propagating purposes, 
but no such live reptiles or any progency or eggs thereof may be 
released into the wild except by the State wildlife conservation agency

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having jurisdiction over the area of release or by persons having prior 
written permission for release from such agency.

[55 FR 17441, Apr. 25, 1990]