[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: 50CFR17.43]

[Page 211]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 17--ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Threatened Wildlife
 
Sec. 17.43  Special rules--amphibians.

    (a) San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana). (1) All provisions of 
Sec. 17.31 apply to this species, except that it may be taken in 
accordance with applicable State law.
    (2) Any violation of State law will also be a violation of the Act.
    (b) Chiricahua leopard frog (Rana chiricahuensis).
    (1) What activities are prohibited? Except as noted in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section, all prohibitions of Sec. 17.31 will apply to the 
Chiricahua leopard frog.
    (2) What activities are allowed on private, State, or Tribal land? 
Incidental take of the Chiricahua leopard frog will not be considered a 
violation of section 9 of the Act, if the take results from livestock 
use at or maintenance activities of livestock tanks located on private, 
State, or Tribal lands. A livestock tank is defined as an existing or 
future impoundment in an ephemeral drainage or upland site constructed 
primarily as a watering site for livestock.

[40 FR 44415, Sept. 26, 1975, as amended at 45 FR 47363, July 14, 1980; 
67 FR 40811, June 13, 2002]