COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment to the List of CITES Species
I, Paul Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, delegate of the
Minister for the Environment and Energy pursuant to paragraphs 303CA(9)(b) and (c) of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the List of CITES
Species established under subsection 303CA(1) of that Act, as set out in Schedule 1 of this
Instrument.
This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of
Legislation.
Dated this
4th
day of
April
2017
Paul Murphy
PAUL MURPHY
Assistant Secretary
Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy
Notes:
CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, in force for Australia and as amended from
time to time.
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Schedule 1 – List of CITES species for the purposes of the EPBC Act s303CA
Amendments to ensure the List of CITES Species is consistent with Appendices I, II and III of the Convention
Insert the following under the appropriate class and order:
Taxon
Common
Name
Appendix
Notation
First
Listed
Neophocaena
asiaeorientalis
Black Finless
Porpoise
I
28 Jun 79
Palleon spp.
II
13 Feb 03
Trioceros spp.
II
4 Feb 77
Hemicordylus spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Karusaurus spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Namazonurus spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Ninurta spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Ouroborus spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Smaug spp.
II
6 Jun 81
Dactylocnemis spp.
III
Listed by New Zealand
28 May 03
Mokopirirakau spp.
III
Listed by New Zealand
28 May 03
Rhoptropella spp.
II
Toropuku spp.
III
Listed by New Zealand
28 May 03
Tukutuku spp.
III
Listed by New Zealand
28 May 03
Woodworthia spp.
III
Listed by New Zealand
28 May 03
Salvator spp.
II
4 Feb 77
4 Feb 77
Xenochrophis
schnurrenbergeri
Asiatic Water
Snake
III
Listed by India
12 Feb 84
Xenochrophis tytleri
Asiatic Water
Snake
III
Listed by India
12 Feb 84
Micrurus ruatanus
Black-banded
Coral Snake
III
Listed by Honduras
13 Apr 87
Amietophrynus
channingi
Cameroon
Toad
I
1 Jul 75
II
22 Oct
Excidobates spp.
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Taxon
Common
Name
Appendix
Notation
First
Listed
1987
Pandinus roeseli
Emperor
Scorpion
II
16 Feb 95
Sclerocactus
brevispinus
Vinta Basin
Hookless
Cactus
I
1 Jul 75
Sclerocactus
wetlandicus
Vinta Basin
Hookless
Cactus
I
1 Jul 75
Poicephalus
fuscicollis
Brown-necked
parrot, Cape
parrot
II
1 Jul 75
Class Coelacanthi (Coelacanths)
Saara spp.
Spiny-tailed
lizards
Archaius spp.
II
4 Feb 77
II
4 Feb 77
Lissemys
ceylonensis
Sri Lankan
flap shell turtle
II
16 Feb 95
Excidobates spp.
Poison frogs
II
22 Oct 87
Family:
Myobatrachidae
Gastricbrooding frogs
Rheobatrachus spp.
Gastricbrooding frogs
II
Except Rheobatrachus silus and
Rheobatrachus vitellinus, which are not
subject to the provisions of the Convention.
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Delete the following entries:
Taxon
Common
Name
Appendix
Pitayita
I
Notation
First
Listed
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Mammillaria
solisioides
Mauremys
megalocephala
Chinese Pond
III
Turtle,
Chinese broadheaded Turtle
1 Jul 75
Listed by China.
17 Feb 05
Change the following existing entries to reflect amendments to their notations, Appendix or genus:
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Cyprian Red Sheep
I
1 Jul 75
To:
Ovis orientalis
ophion
(includes synonym
Ovis aries ophion)
Ovis aries ophion
Cyprian Wild
Sheep
I
1 Jul 75
Change:
Ovis vignei
Urial
II
Except subspecies in App. I.
19 Jul 00
To:
Ovis aries
Urial
II
Except subspecies in App. I,
subspecies O. a. isphahanica, O.
a. laristanica, O. a. musimon and
O. a. orientalis which are not
included in the Appendices, and
the domesticated form Ovis aries
aries which is not subject to the
provisions of the Convention.
19 Jul 00
Change:
Ovis vignei vignei
(formerly included as
Ovis vignei)
Ovis aries vignei
Ladakh Urial
I
1 Jul 75
Ladakh Urial
I
1 Jul 75
Change:
Ateles geoffroyi
panamensis
Black-handed
Spider Monkey,
Panama Spider
Money, Red (bellied) Spider
Monkey
I
1 Jul 75
To:
Ateles geoffroyi
ornatus
Panama Spider
I
1 Jul 75
Change:
To:
Notation
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First
Listed
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Notation
First
Listed
Monkey,
Red Spider
Monkey
day geckos
II
4 Feb 77
To:
Phelsuma spp.
(includes generic
synonym
Rhoptropella)
Phelsuma spp.
Day geckos
II
4 Feb 77
Change:
Cuora spp.
Asian box turtles
II
19 Jul 00
To:
Cuora spp.
Asian box turtles
II
Zero quota for wild specimens
for commercial purposes for
Cuora aurocapitata, C. bourreti,
C. flavomarginata, C.
galbinifrons, C. mccordi, C.
mouhotii, C. pani, C. picturata,
C. trifasciata, C. yunnanensis and
C. zhoui.
19 Jul 00
Change:
Testudinidae spp.
land tortoises
II
All species in family except those
in App. I or with earlier listed
date in App. II.
4 Feb 77
To:
Testudinidae spp.
land tortoises
II
Except the species included in
4 Feb 77
Appendix I. A zero annual export
quota has been established for
Centrochelys sulcata for
specimens removed from the wild
and traded for primarily
commercial purposes.
Change:
Allobates rufulus
Chimantá Poison
Frog; Gorzula's
Poison Frog; Tepui
Poison Frog
II
22 Oct 87
To:
Anomaloglossus
rufulus
Chimantá Poison
Frog; Gorzula's
Poison Frog; Tepui
Poison Frog
II
22 Oct 87
Change:
Change:
To:
Change:
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Class: Actinopteri (Ray-finned fishes)
Class: Sarcopterygii (Lungfishes)
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Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Notation
First
Listed
Class: Dipneusti (Lungfishes)
To:
Change:
Chigua spp.
I
4 Feb 77
To:
Zamia restrepoi
I
4 Feb 77
Change:
Manambe Palm
I
4 Feb 77
To:
Chrysalidocarpus
decipiens
Dypsis decipiens
Butterfly Palm
I
4 Feb 77
Change:
Neodypsis decaryi
Triangle Palm
II
Refer to Plantae listing for
general exclusions.
1 Jul 75
To:
Dypsis decaryi
Feather Palm,
Triangle Palm
II
All parts and derivatives, except:
1 Jul 75
a) seeds (including seedpods of
Orchidaceae), spores and pollen
(including pollinia). The
exemption does not apply to
seeds from Cactaceae spp.
exported from Mexico, and to
seeds from Beccariophoenix
madagascariensis and Dypsis
decaryi exported from
Madagascar;
b) seedling or tissue cultures
obtained in vitro, in solid or
liquid media, transported in
sterile containers;
c) cut flowers of artificially
propagated plants;
d) fruits, and parts and
derivatives thereof, of naturalized
or artificially propagated plants
of the genus Vanilla
(Orchidaceae) and of the family
Cactaceae;
e) stems, flowers, and parts and
derivatives thereof, of naturalized
or artificially propagated plants
of the genera Opuntia subgenus
Opuntia and Selenicereus
(Cactaceae); and
f) finished products of Euphorbia
antisyphilitica packaged and
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Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Notation
First
Listed
ready for retail trade.
Change:
To:
Change:
To:
Sclerocactus glaucus
(includes synonyms
Ferocactus glaucus,
Sclerocactus
brevispinus,
Sclerocactus
wetlandicus and
Sclerocactus
wetlandicus ilseae;
also referenced in
Pediocactus)
Sclerocactus glaucus
(includes synonym
Ferocactus glaucus,
also referenced in
Pediocactus)
Mammillaria
pectinifera (includes
synonym Solisia
pectinata)
Mammillaria
pectinifera (includes
synonym Solisia
pectinate and ssp.
solisioides )
Uinta Basin
Hookless Cactus
I
1 Jul 75
Vinta Basin
Hookless Cactus
I
1 Jul 75
Conchilinque
I
1 Jul 75
Conchilinque
I
1 Jul 75
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