CLASS I

Primates: 

• Chimpanzee            
  
• Gorilla
  
• Gibbons and Siamang
  
• Drills and mandrill
  
• Orangutan
  
• Baboon
  
• Gelada baboon
  

Felines:  

• Snow leopard
  
• Leopard
  
• Jaguar
  
• Tiger
  
• Lion
  
• Cougar, panther
  
• Cheetah
  

Bears    

Elephants

Ungulates:  

• Rhino
  
• Hippo
  
• Cape buffalo and Guar
  

Reptiles:   

• Crocodiles except dwarf and Congo
  
• Gavial
  
•  Black caiman
  
• Komodo dragon
  

Hyena and Aardwolf

Hybrids - substantially similar domestic hybrids

CLASS II

Primates: 

• Howler monkey (genus Alouatta)
  
• Uakari (genus Cacajao)
  
• Mangabey (genus Cercocebus)
  
• Guenons (genus Cercopithecus)
  
• Patas monkeys (genus Erythrocebus)
  
• Vervet, Grivet or Green monkeys (genus Chlorocebus)
  
• Sakis (genus Chiropotes and Pithecea)
  
• Guereza monkeys (genus Colobus)
  
• Idris (genus Indri)
  
• Macaques and Celebes black apes (genus Macaca)
  
• Langurs (genus Presbytis)
  
• Douc langurs (genus Pygathrix)
  
• Snub-nosed langurs (genus Phinopithecus)
  
• Proboscis monkeys (genus Nasalis)
  

Felines: 

• Serval
  
• European and Canadian lynx
  
• Bobcat
  
• Caracal
  
• African golden cat
  
• Temminck’s golden cat
  
• Fishing cat
  
• Ocelot
  
• Clouded leopard
  

Canines: 

• Wolves, coyotes, jackals (family Canidae)
  
• Indian dhole
  
• African hunting dog
  

Mustelids: 

• Wolverine
  
• Honey badger
  
• American badger
  
• Old World badger
  

 Viverrid: 

• Binturong
  

Reptiles:   

• Dwarf crocodile
  
• Alligator, caiman (family Alligatoridae)
  

Birds: 

• Ostrich
  
• Cassowary
  

Ungulates:

• Giraffe and Okapi (family Giraffidae)
  
• Tapir (family Tapiridae
  
• Wild cattle; forest, woodland and aridland antelope; similar species of non-native hoofstock (family Bovidae) including:
  
  • Forest buffalo
    
  • Banteng
    
  • Anoa
    
  • Waterbuck
    
  • Wildebeest
    
  • Hartebeest
    
  • Eland
    
  • Kudu
    
  • Nilgai
    
  • Bongo
    
  • Lechwe
    
  • Roan and Sable antelope
    
  • Sitatunga
    
  • Bontebok
    
  • Blesbok
    
  • Topi
    
  • Kob
    
  • Addax
    
  • Oryx
    
  • Gemsbok
    
  • Other wild species of similar size, habits and nature
    

Hybrids:   

• Substantially similar domestic hybrids
  

CLASS III

• All unlisted species
  
• Substantially similar domestic hybrids
  

SPECIES NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT

Herptiles:     

• Reptiles or amphibians (nonvenomous, unprotected)
  

Mammals: 

• Gerbils, hedgehogs
  
• Honey possums, sugar gliders
• Rats and mice
• Moles; shrews
• Rabbits
• Squirrels; chipmunks
• Ferrets (domestic; European)
  
• Guinea pigs
• Hamsters
• Prairie dogs
• Chinchillas
  

    Birds:

• Shell parakeets
  
• Canaries
• Lovebirds
• Cockatiels
• Parrots
• Finches
• Myna birds
• Toucans
• Doves: ringed, ruddy, and diamond
  
• Button quail
  

VENOMOUS REPTILES

• Elapidae
  
• Crotalidae (reclassified as a subfamily under Viperidae)
  
• Viperidae
  
• Hydrophiidae
  
• genus Heloderma
  
• family Colubridae (Rhabdophis, Boiga, Dispholidus, Thelatornis, and Atractapsis)
  

REPTILES OF CONCERN

NONE

GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS:

Game Mammals:

• Cervids
  
• wild swine
• Bovids (game species)

Game Birds:

• Wild turkey
  
• Quail
• Rails
• Snipe
  
• Woodcock
• Ducks, geese, brant
• Dove
• Coot
• Common moorhen
• Non-native game species (i.e. pheasant, chukar partridge, and coturnix quail)
  

FLORIDA CAPTIVE WILDLIFE

CONDITIONAL NON-NATIVE SPECIES

Non-native Fish:

• Bighead carp
  
• Arapaima
• Heterotis
• Dorados (Genus Salminus)
• Freshwater stingrays (Family Potamotrygonidae)
• Grass Carp (see 68A-23.088)
  
• Silver Carp
• Black Carp
• Nile perch (Genus Lates)
  
  • Aquaculture facilities on 4/11/2007 without Nile perches and new facilities must keep them indoors and shall not be taken for fee
    

• Blue Tilapia (Northeast, North Central, South and Southwest counties exempt)
  
• Wama Tilapia
• Mozambique tilapia
• Nile tilapia (Northeast, North Central, South and Southwest counties exempt)
• Walking catfish
• Blue Catfish (except Suwannee River and north and west of it)
• Arowana (Family Osteoglossidae) except Silver
• Northern largemouth bass (intergrade largemouth bass legal in Suwannee River and tributaries and to north and west)

Crayfish:

• Australian red claw crayfish (closed tanks)
  
• Red swamp crayfish and White River crayfish (no permit for west of the Apalachicola River and tributaries or import for food wholesalers and retailers for resale to consumers)
  
  • Bans pond aquaculture
    

Non-native Mammals:

• Nutria
  

Non-native Turtles:

• Red-eared slider – limited to permit or commercial import/export business
  
  • EXEMPT: personal possession before 7/1/2007 AND those with distinctive aberrant color patterns
    
  • Those less than 4” carapace need permit after 7/1/08
    

Non-native Snakes/Lizards:

• None
  

PROHIBITED NON-NATIVE SPECIES

  Fish:   

• African electric catfishes (Family Malapteruridae)
  
• African tigerfishes (Genus Hydrocynus)
• Airbreathing catfishes (Family Clariidae) except Clarias batrachus
• Candiru catfishes (Family Trichomycteridae)
• Freshwater electric eels
• Lampreys (Family Petromyzontidae)
• Piranha and pirambeba (subfamily Serrasalminae)
• Snakeheads (Family Channidae)
  
• Tilapias (Genera Tilapia, Sarotherodon, Alcolapia and Oreochromis) except conditional blue, wami, Mozambique and Nile
• Trahiras or Tigerfishes (Family Erythrinidae)
• Airsac catfishes (Family Heteropneustidae)
• Green sunfish

Crayfish: 

• Australian crayfish (Genus Cherax) except conditional Australian red claw
  

 Mussels:  

• Zebra mussel
  
• Quagga mussel
  

Mammals: 

• African giant pouched rats (Genus Cricetomys)
  
• Brushtail possum
  
• Dhole
• Flying foxes (Genus Pteropus)
• Mongoose, meerkats (Genera Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Herpestes, Ichneumia, Mungos, and Suricata)
• Raccoon dog

Marine:  

• Mitten crab (Genus Eriocheir)
  
• Sea snakes (Family Hydrophiidae) – except in 68-5.007(1)(f)
• Weeverfishes (Family Trachinidae)
• Stone fishes (Genus Synanceia)
• Pitted stonefish
• Red rock cod
• Stonefish
• Stargazing stonefish

Reptiles:

• Yellow anaconda
  
• Beni anaconda
• DeSchauensee’s anaconda
• Brown tree snake
• Indian or Burmese python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Reticulated python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Northern African python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Southern African python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Amethystine python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Scrub python (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Green anaconda (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Nile monitor (Moved from Conditional 2/25/21)
  
• Green iguana (Added 2/25/21)
  
• Tegus (genera Salvator and Tupinambis) (Added 2/25/21)
  

Birds: 

• Dioch
  
• Java sparrow
• Pink starling
• Red-whiskered bul-bul
  

FLORIDA CONDITIONAL/PROHIBITED