# 2024-31203: America Builds Wall Against Fungus-Infected Salamander Invasion 2024-31203, Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-10, effective 2025-01-25 (as of 2026-06-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31203 - As of: 2026-06-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2024-31203 - Title: Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus - Type: Rule - Agencies: unknown - Citation: unknown - Published: 2025-01-10 - Effective: 2025-01-25 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-11 ## In one line America Builds Wall Against Fungus-Infected Salamander Invasion ## Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is officially banning the import and movement of 20 salamander groups to stop a deadly fungus from invading U.S. waters. They’re also adding 16 more salamander groups to the watch list and asking the public for feedback. These rules start January 25, 2025, helping protect wildlife without big costs for most people. ## Abstract The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is affirming as final the 2016 interim rule that added all species of salamanders from 20 genera to the list of injurious amphibians. Under the injurious wildlife prohibitions of the Lacey Act, this final rule prohibits the importation into the United States and shipment between the continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of any live or dead specimen, including hybrids and parts, of those 20 genera of salamanders, except by permit for certain purposes or by Federal agencies solely for their own use. In addition to finalizing the listing of those 20 genera, we are publishing a new interim rule to add to the injurious amphibian list 16 genera that recent studies determined are also carriers of the fungus and to clarify some provisions from the final rule. This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States. ## Effects PRIA read - Import ban on 36 salamander genera: cost, medium. The Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a ban on importation into the United States and shipment between the enumerated U.S. jurisdictions of all species (live or dead, including hybrids and parts) in 20 salamander genera (affirmed from the 2016 interim rule) and added 16 more genera under a second… - Permit exceptions and containment rules: mixed, low. Permits remain available to import listed salamanders for zoological, educational, medical, or scientific purposes, and Federal agencies may import listed salamanders solely for their own use. Permitted imports must follow sanitary procedures and double containment and the Service may add further p… - Certain preserved materials and eggs excluded: benefit, low. The rule clarifies that chemically preserved parts or tissues that have been treated so Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans would be non-viable, eggs or gametes, and molecular specimens consisting only of nucleic acids are not prohibited. Frozen specimens, however, remain regulated as parts of injuri… - Clarified transport limits after 2017 court ruling: mixed, low. The rule affirms that importation into the United States and shipment between the enumerated jurisdictions (continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories) of listed salamanders is prohibited, and it clarifies consistent with the 2017 D.C. 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