List of Salamander Species Designated as Injurious effective on January 12, 2016

To help prevent a deadly fungus from killing native salamanders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published an interim rule to list 201 salamander species as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act. The fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, also known as Bsal or salamander chytrid, is carried on the skin of various salamander species. Bsal has caused major die-offs of salamanders in Europe and poses an imminent threat to U.S. native salamander populations. The fungus is not yet known to be found in the United States, and to help ensure it remains absent, the Service published an interim rule that took effect on January 28, 2016. The importation and shipment between the continental United States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States of the listed species is prohibited. This action is necessary to protect the interests of wildlife and wildlife resources from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into ecosystems of the United States.

The listing includes all species in these 20 genera: Chioglossa, Cynops, Euproctus, Hydromantes, Hynobius, Ichthyosaura, Lissotriton, Neurergus, Notophthalmus, Onychodactylus, Paramesotriton, Plethodon, Pleurodeles, Salamandra, Salamandrella, Salamandrina, Siren, Taricha, Triturus, and Tylototriton

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Genus	Species	Common Name
Chioglossa	lusitanica	golden striped salamander
Cynops	chenggongensis	Chenggong fire-bellied newt
Cynops	cyanurus	blue-tailed fire-bellied newt
Cynops	ensicauda	sword-tailed newt
Cynops	fudingensis	Fuding fire-bellied newt
Cynops	glaucus	bluish grey newt, Huilan Rongyuan
Cynops	orientalis	Oriental fire belly newt, Oriental fire-bellied newt
Cynops	orphicus	no common name
Cynops	pyrrhogaster	Japanese newt, Japanese fire-bellied newt
Cynops	wolterstorffi	Kunming Lake newt
Euproctus	montanus	Corsican brook salamander
Euproctus	platycephalus	Sardinian brook salamander
Hydromantes	ambrosii	Ambrosi salamander
Hydromantes	brunus	limestone salamander
Hydromantes	flavus	Mount Albo cave salamander
Hydromantes	genei	Sardinian cave salamander
Hydromantes	imperialis	imperial cave salamander
Hydromantes	italicus	Italian cave salamander
Hydromantes	platycephalus	Mount Lyell salamander
Hydromantes	sarrabusensis	no common name
Hydromantes	shastae	Shasta salamander
Hydromantes	strinatii or Speleomantes strinatii	French cave salamander, Strinati’s cave salamander
Hydromantes	supramontis	Supramonte cave salamander
Hynobius	abei	Abe’s salamander
Hynobius	amakusaensis	Amakusa-sanshouo
Hynobius	amjiensis	Anji salamander
Hynobius	arisanensis	Arisan hynobid
Hynobius	boulengeri	Odaigahara salamander
Hynobius	chinensis	Chinese salamander
Hynobius	dunni	Oita salamander
Hynobius	formosanus	Taiwan salamander
Hynobius	fucus or Hynobius fuca	Taiwan lesser salamander
Hynobius	glacialis	Nanhu salamander
Hynobius	guabangshanensis	no common name
Hynobius	hidamontanus	Hakuba salamander
Hynobius	hirosei	no common name
Hynobius	katoi	Akaishi sansho-uo
Hynobius	kimurae	Hida salamander
Hynobius	leechii	northeastern China hynobiid salamander
Hynobius	lichenatus	northeast salamander
Hynobius	maoershanensis	no common name
Hynobius	naevius	blotched salamander
Hynobius	nebulosus	misty salamander
Hynobius	nigrescens	black salamander
Hynobius	okiensis	Oki salamander
Hynobius	osumiensis	Osumi-sanshouo
Hynobius	quelpaertensis	no common name
Hynobius	retardatus	Hokkaido salamander
Hynobius	shinichisatoi	Sobo-sanshouo
Hynobius	sonani	Sonan’s hynobiid
Hynobius	stejnegeri	Bekko Sansho-uo
Hynobius	takedai	Hokuriku Sansho-uo
Hynobius	tokyoensis	Tokyo salamander
Hynobius	tsuensis	Tsushima Sansho-uo
Hynobius	turkestanicus	Turkestanian salamander
Hynobius	yangi	no common name
Hynobius	yatsui	no common name
Hynobius	yiwuensis	Yiwu hynobiid
Ichthyosaura	alpestris	alpine newt
Lissotriton	boscai	Bosca’s newt
Lissotriton	helveticus	palmate newt
Lissotriton	italicus	Italian newt
Lissotriton	kosswigi	Triton pontue de Kosswig
Lissotriton	lantzi	no common name
Lissotriton	montandoni	Carpathian newt
Lissotriton	vulgaris	smooth newt
Neurergus	crocatus	no common name
Neurergus	derjugini or Neurergus microspilotus	Kurdistan newt
Neurergus	kaiseri	Lorestan newt, Luristan newt, emperor spotted newt, Zagros newt, Iranian harlequin newt, kaiser newt
Neurergus	strauchii	no common name
Notophthalmus	meridionalis	black-spotted newt
Notophthalmus	perstriatus	striped newt
Notophthalmus	viridescens	eastern newt
Onychodactylus	fischeri	long-tailed clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	fuscus	Tadami clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	intermedius	Bandai clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	japonicus	Japanese clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	kinneburi	Shikoku clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	koreanus	Korai-Sansyouo
Onychodactylus	nipponoborealis	Riben Bei Zhaoni
Onychodactylus	tsukubaensis	Tsukuba clawed salamander
Onychodactylus	zhangyapingi	Jilin Zhaoni
Onychodactylus	zhaoermii	Liaoning
Paramesotriton	caudopunctatus	spot-tailed warty newt
Paramesotriton	chinensis	Chinese warty newt
Paramesotriton	deloustali	no common name
Paramesotriton	fuzhongensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	guanxiensis	Guangxi warty newt
Paramesotriton	hongkongensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	labiatus	spotless stout newt
Paramesotriton	longliensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	maolanensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	qixilingensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	wulingensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	yunwuensis	no common name
Paramesotriton	zhijinensis	no common name
Plethodon	ainsworthi	Catahoula salamander, bay springs salamander
Plethodon	albagula	western slimy salamander
Plethodon	amplus	Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon	angusticlavius	Ozark salamander, Ozark zigzag salamander
Plethodon	asupak	Scott Bar salamander
Plethodon	aureolus	Tellico salamander
Plethodon	caddoensis	Caddo Mountain salamander
Plethodon	chattahoochee	Chattahoochee slimy salamander
Plethodon	cheoah	Cheoah bald salamander
Plethodon	chlorobryonis	Atlantic Coast slimy salamander
Plethodon	cinereus	eastern red-backed salamander, redback salamander, salamandre rayée, red-backed salamander
Plethodon	cylindraceus	white-spotted slimy salamander
Plethodon	dorsalis	zigzag salamander, northern zigzag salamander
Plethodon	dunni	Dunn’s salamander
Plethodon	electromorphus	northern ravine salamander
Plethodon	elongatus	Del Norte salamander
Plethodon	fourchensis	Fourche Mountain salamander
Plethodon	glutinosus	slimy salamander, northern slimy salamander
Plethodon	grobmani	southeastern slimy salamander
Plethodon	hoffmani	valley and ridge salamander
Plethodon	hubrichti	Peaks of Otter salamander
Plethodon	idahoensis	Coeur d’Alene salamander
Plethodon	jordani	Appalachian salamander, red-cheeked salamander, Jordan's salamander
Plethodon	kentucki	Kentucky salamander, Cumberland Plateau salamander
Plethodon	kiamichi	Kiamichi slimy salamander
Plethodon	kisatchie	Louisiana slimy salamander
Plethodon	larselli	Larch Mountain salamander
Plethodon	meridianus	South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander, southern gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon	metcalfi	southern gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon	mississippi	Mississippi slimy salamander
Plethodon	montanus	northern gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon	neomexicanus	Jemez Mountains salamander
Plethodon	nettingi	Cheat Mountain salamander
Plethodon	ocmulgee	Ocmulgee slimy salamander
Plethodon	ouachitae	Rich Mountain salamander
Plethodon	petraeus	Pigeon Mountain salamander
Plethodon	punctatus	white-spotted salamander, cow knob salamander
Plethodon	richmondi	southern ravine salamander, ravine salamander
Plethodon	savannah	Savannah slimy salamander
Plethodon	sequoyah	Sequoyah slimy salamander
Plethodon	serratus	southern red-backed salamander
Plethodon	shenandoah	Shenandoah salamander
Plethodon	sherando	Big Levels salamander
Plethodon	shermani	red-legged salamander
Plethodon	stormi	Siskiyou Mountains salamander
Plethodon	teyahalee	Southern Appalachian salamander
Plethodon	vandykei	Van Dyke’s salamander
Plethodon	variolatus	South Carolina slimy salamander
Plethodon	vehiculum	western red-backed salamander
Plethodon	ventralis	southern zigzag salamander
Plethodon	virginia	Shenandoah Mountain salamander
Plethodon	websteri	Webster’s salamander
Plethodon	wehrlei	Wehrle’s salamander
Plethodon	welleri	Weller’s salamander
Plethodon	yonahlossee	Yonahlossee salamander
Pleurodeles	nebulosus	no common name
Pleurodeles	poireti	Algerian newt
Pleurodeles	waltl	Spanish newt
Salamandra	algira	Algerian salamander
Salamandra	atra	alpine salamander
Salamandra	corsica	Corsican fire salamander
Salamandra	infraimmaculata	no common name
Salamandra	lanzai	Lanza’s alpine salamander, Salamandra di Lanza
Salamandra	salamandra	fire salamander
Salamandrella	keyserlingii	Siberian newt
Salamandrella	tridactyla	no common name
Salamandrina	perspicillata	northern spectacled salamander
Salamandrina	terdigitata	southern spectacled salamander
Siren	intermedia	lesser siren
Siren	lacertina	greater siren
Taricha	granulosa	rough-skinned newt
Taricha	rivularis	red-bellied newt
Taricha	sierrae	Sierra newt
Taricha	torosa	California newt
Triturus	carnifex	Italian crested newt
Triturus	cristatus	great crested newt
Triturus	dobrogicus	Danube crested newt
Triturus	hongkongensis	no common name
Triturus	ivanbureschi	Balkan-Anatolian crested newt, Buresch’s crested newt
Triturus	karelinii	Southern crested newt
Triturus	macedonicus	no common name
Triturus	marmoratus	marbled newt
Triturus	pygmaeus	pygmy marbled newt
Triturus	vittatus	no common name
Tylototriton	anguliceps	angular-headed newt
Tylototriton	asperrimus	black knobby newt
Tylototriton	broadoridgus	no common name
Tylototriton	dabienicus	no common name
Tylototriton	daweishanensis	no common name
Tylototriton	hainanensis	Hainan knobby newt
Tylototriton	kweichowensis	red-tailed knobby newt
Tylototriton	liuyangensis	no common name
Tylototriton	lizhenchangi	Mangshan crocodile newt
Tylototriton	notialis	no common name
Tylototriton	panhai	no common name
Tylototriton	pseudoverrucosus	southern Sichuan crocodile newt
Tylototriton	shanjing	Yunnan newt
Tylototriton	shanorum	no common name
Tylototriton	taliangensis	Thailand newt
Tylototriton	uyenoi	no common name
Tylototriton	verrucosus	Himalayan newt
Tylototriton	vietnamensis	no common name
Tylototriton	wenxianensis	Wenxian knobby newt
Tylototriton	yangi	Tiannan crocodile newt
Tylototriton	ziegleri	Ziegler’s crocodile newt