N.M. Admin. Code § 19.35.10.7 - DEFINITIONS
A. "Free Ranging,
Native Amphibians and Reptiles" are those species and subspecies of amphibians
and reptiles naturally occurring in New Mexico.
B. "Commercial purpose" shall mean for the
purpose of sale, barter, or profit. For this regulation, any person in
possession of the annual bag limit or more than the annual bag limit of
wild-caught amphibians and reptiles shall be deemed to possess these
individuals for commercial purposes. In addition, any person in possession of
more than 50 individuals with unlimited take, shall be deemed to possess these
individuals for commercial purposes.
C. "Take" shall mean the act of seizing,
capturing, trapping, killing of free-ranging, native amphibians and
reptiles.
D. "Annual bag limit"
shall mean the allowed number of individual, wild-caught amphibians and
reptiles taken in a license year by a licensed collector.
E. "Fish Bait" shall mean the aquatic larval
stage of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, used for
baiting fish.
F. "Lizard races"
shall mean the organized, competitive racing of any lizard not listed as
threatened or endangered.
G.
"Rattlesnake Roundup" shall mean an organized public event where the purpose is
to display, buy, sell, and trade rattlesnakes of the genus
Crotalus.
H.
"Captive-bred" shall mean amphibians and reptiles that are hatched or born in
captivity as a result of captive breeding.
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