# Inclusion of the Hellbender, Including the Eastern Hellbender and the Ozark Hellbender, in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2011-10-06 · Effective 2012-04-03 · 76 FR 61978
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-25689
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 61978
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 23
- **Publication date:** 2011-10-06
- **Effective date:** 2012-04-03
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2009-0033
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are listing the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), a large aquatic salamander, including its two subspecies, the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) and the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi), in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Convention). This listing includes live and dead whole specimens, and all readily recognizable parts, products, and derivatives of this species and its subspecies. Listing hellbenders in Appendix III of CITES is necessary to allow us to adequately monitor international trade in the taxon; to determine whether exports are occurring legally, with respect to State law; and to determine whether further measures under CITES or other laws are required to conserve this species and its subspecies.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/10/06/2011-25689/inclusion-of-the-hellbender-including-the-eastern-hellbender-and-the-ozark-hellbender-in-appendix)
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