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Proposed Pet Herpetofauna Keeping Category Lists DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, YET TO BE FINALISED PROPOSED PET HERPETOFAUNA KEEPING CATEGORY LISTS. 1. INTRODUCTION The following draft category lists have been prepared for illustrative purposes only. It is intended that only a proportion of the allowable species under category lists will be initially approved for keeping. There will be a need to be conservative when considering approval for the importation or taking from the wild of herpetofauna for the pet industry. Taking from the wild by specially licensed “pet herpetofauna harvesters” and subsequent breeding will clearly need to be targeted to species for which there will be a significant captive keeping interest and which will also prove to be resilient to such keeping. Species permitted for keeping in the more basic category lists will be restricted to those that are easy to breed and keep in captivity, as will be proven over time. Within a few short years of operating any such licensing system the animals to be kept will therefore be generally exclusively obtained from captive breeding. Some of the more experienced reptile keeping enthusiasts will undoubtedly wish to obtain different species for keeping. Applications to introduce new species for keeping will be considered with regard to the possible impacts on the species in the wild, the resilience of the species to captive keeping and breeding and any possible impacts on nature conservation values from escapes or unauthorised releases of such species. In many cases there may be little concern in these areas. A procedure of trial keeping by a licensed keeper could be implemented to test the suitability of specific species for keeping and also for verification of the proposed keeping schedule for specific species. Please note that the draft category lists are not to be considered as shopping lists. They are intended to provide a reasonable overview of the species that could be permitted for keeping and under what circumstances. The initial lists will certainly require significant amendment over the first few years of operations. It is hoped that the amendment process will be through reasonable public consultation and publication of Gazette Notices with revised category lists. Many species permitted for keeping will be likely to have highly specialised keeping requirements, such as diet, security (venomous snakes) or exercise. These species may be identified as “Special Keeping Requirements” (SKR) species. It is suggested persons wishing to keep such specimens will need to qualify for the specific species licence category and demonstrate that they have a facility that meets the SKR of the species in question before they take possession of such an animal. The following private keeping category lists are proposed for consideration: 1. Exempt from Licensing 2. Basic Keeping Licence 3. Standard Keeping Licence 4. Advanced Keeping Licence 5. Expert Keeping Licence 6. Prohibited for Keeping. 2.0 DRAFT CATEGORY LISTS 2.1 Category List 1: Western Australian Pet Herpetofauna Species “Exempt From Licensing” for Private Keeping No licence required to keep the listed fauna. Animals may only be obtained from existing private collections or from persons licensed to take specimens from the wild or breed them in captivity. Species on this list are very common, widespread, non-dangerous and able to be adequately kept by an inexperienced keeper. All species naturally occur in Western Australia. DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, YET TO BE FINALISED 2 Given the need to be cautious in the introduction of a new licensing system, it is likely that there will initially be no species included on such a list. Over time, however, as has happened with avian fauna keeping categories, the introduction of exempt species will most likely occur. Any person keeping these animals must ensure they are kept in artificial habitats adequate to provide the animals maintenance requirements and to prevent their escape. It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure such animals receive adequate nutritional requirements and are treated humanely at all times. 2.2: Category List 2: Western Australian “Basic” Pet Herpetofauna Species A Basic Pet Herpetofauna Keeping and breeding will be required for any persons wishing to keep herpetofauna species listed in this category. The licensee will be required to provide biannual returns detailing stock changes of all list 2 fauna. Animals may only be obtained from existing private collections or from persons licensed to take specimens from the wild or breed them in captivity. Species on this list are common in the wild, widespread and easy to maintain. All species listed naturally occur in Western Australia. Any person keeping these animals must ensure they are kept in artificial habitats adequate to provide the animals maintenance requirements and to prevent their escape. It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure such animals receive adequate nutritional requirements and are treated humanely at all times. LIZARDS 1 Strophurus ciliaris (Boulenger, 1885) NSW NT Qld SA WA Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko 2 Strophurus spinigerus (Gray, 1842) WA South-west Spiny-tailed Gecko 3 Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919) NT SA WA Western Bearded Dragon 4 Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) NT SA WA Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink 5 Egernia formosa Fry, 1914 WA Goldfields Crevice Egernia 6 Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) WA South-western Crevice Egernia 7 Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld, 1919 NT Qld SA WA Centralian Bluetongue 8 Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863) NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Western Bluetongue 9 Tiliqua scincoides intermedia Mitchell, 1955 NT Qld WA Northern Bluetongue 10 Tiliqua rugosa rugosa (Gray, 1825) SA WA Bobtail FROGS 11 Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) NSW NT Qld SA WA Northern Green Tree Frog 12 Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957) WA Western Green Tree Frog 2.3: Category List 3: Western Australian “Standard” Pet Herpetofauna Species A Standard Pet Herpetofauna Keeping and Breeding will be required for any persons wishing to keep herpetofauna listed below. The licensee will be required to provide annual returns detailing stock changes. Animals may only be obtained from existing private collections or from persons licensed to take specimens from the wild or breed them in captivity. Species on this list are common in the wild, reasonably widespread and quite easy to maintain. All species listed naturally occur in Western Australia. Any person keeping these animals must ensure they are kept in artificial habitats adequate to provide the animals maintenance requirements and to prevent their escape. It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure such animals receive adequate nutritional requirements and are treated humanely at all times. TURTLES DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, YET TO BE FINALISED 3 1 Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 WA Oblong Turtle 2 Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 NT Qld WA Northern Long-necked Turtle 3 Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914 WA Flat-shelled Turtle LIZARDS 4 Phyllodactylus marmoratus (Gray, 1845) NSW SA Vic WA Marbled Gecko 5 Diplodactylus alboguttatus Werner, 1910 WA White-spotted Ground Gecko 6 Diplodactylus conspicillatus L & F, 1897 NSW NT Qld SA WA Fat-tailed Gecko 7 Diplodactylus granariensis Storr, 1979 SA WA Wheatbelt Stone Gecko 8 Diplodactylus pulcher (Steindachner, 1870) SA WA Western Saddled Ground Gecko 9 Diplodactylus stenodactylus Boulenger, 1896 NSW NT Qld WA Pale-snouted Ground Gecko 10 Gehyra variegata (D & B, 1836) NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Variegated Dtella 11 Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845) NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Binoe’s Gecko 12 Nephrurus laevissimus Mertens, 1958 NT SA WA Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko 13 Nephrurus levis de Vis, 1886 NSW NT Qld SA WA Three-lined Knob-tailed Gecko 14 Oedura marmorata Gray, 1842 NSW NT Qld SA WA Marbled Velvet Gecko 15 Strophurus elderi (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) NSW NT Qld SA WA Jewelled Gecko 16 Strophurus jeanae (Storr, 1988) NT WA Southern Slender Striped Gecko 17 Strophurus strophurus (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) WA Ring-tailed Spiny-tailed Gecko 18 Underwoodisaurus milii (Bory, 1825) NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Thick-tailed Gecko 19 Delma fraseri Gray, 1831 SA WA Fraser’s Legless Lizard ### 20 Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacépède, 1804) NSW Qld SA Vic WA Common Scalyfoot 21 Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Hooded Scalyfoot 22 Ctenophorus inermis (De vis, 1888) NSW NT Qld SA WA Central Netted Dragon ### 23 Ctenophorus reticulatus (Gray, 1845) SA WA Western Netted Dragon 24 Lophognathus gilberti Gray, 1842 NT Qld WA Gilbert’s Ta-ta Dragon 25 Lophognathus longirostris (Boulenger, 1883) NT Qld SA WA Long-nosed Ta-ta Dragon 26 Pogona mitchelli (Badham, 1976) NT WA Nor-west Bearded Dragon 27 Tympanocryptis adelaidensis (Gray, 1841) SA WA Western Heath dragon 28 Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther, 1867 NT Qld SA WA Blotch-tailed Earless Dragon 29 Tympanocryptis lineata Peters, 1863 NSW NT Qld SA Vic WA Lined Earless Dragon 30 Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885 NT Qld SA WA Ocellate Ridge-tailed Monitor ### 31 Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898 NT Qld SA WA Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor 32 Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885 WA Stripe-tailed Pygmy Monitor 33 Varanus gilleni Lucas and Frost, 1895 NT Qld SA WA Pygmy Mulga Monitor 34 Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838) WA King’s Skink 35 Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 WA Pilbara Egernia 36 Egernia pulchra pulchra Werner, 1910 WA South-west Spectacled Rock Egernia 37 Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) NSW NT Qld SA WA Broad-banded Sandswimming Skink 38 Glaphyromorphus gracilipes (Steindachner, 1870) WA South-western Mulch
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