COMAR 08.03.11.09. Unlawful Methods for Taking from the Wild

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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 08 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 03 WILDLIFE › Chapter 11 Reptile and Amphibian Possession and Permits › COMAR 08.03.11.09

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A. A person may not take any reptile or amphibian regulated by this chapter by:

(1) Lethal methods;

(2) The use of a hook and line, trot line, bow and arrow, spear, gig or gig iron, or any other device capable of piercing any part of the reptile or amphibian;

(3) Use of traps, pit falls, snares, seines, or nets other than dip nets; or

(4) Use of chemicals, including gasoline.

B. A person may not destroy or alter dens, burrows, basking sites, nests, hibernating sites, or other places of refuge of reptiles or amphibians.

Cross References 08.02.13.03C 08.03.11.03A 08.03.11.03B

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