The United States Fish and Wildlife Service published a notice which describes proposed resolutions, decisions and agenda items that the United States may submit for consideration at the conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). There are several types of species that the US may include on the CITES species list. Click the read more link for the whole list.
1. Species the United States is likely to submit for consideration:
- Red and Pink coral (Corallium spp.) for inclusion in Appendix II
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus) for removal from Appendix II.
2. Species for which the U.S. is “undecided†for including in Appendix I or II, pending receipt of additional information:
- Nautilids (Allonautilus Spp.) for inclusion in II
- Freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon) for transfer from II to I
- Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) for inclusion in II
- Devil and Manta rays (Mobulidae) for inclusion in II
- Freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae) for inclusion in II
- American eel (Anguilla rostrata) for inclusion in II
- Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentine) for inclusion in III (This involves a unilateral decision by the US since it involves inclusion in III)
- Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) for inclusion in II
- Diamond Back Terrapin (Malaclemnys terrapin) for inclusion in II
- Florida soft-shell turtle (Apalone ferox) for inclusion in II
- Smooth soft-shell turtle (Apalone mutica) for inclusion in II
- Spiny soft-shell turtle (Apalone spinifera) for inclusion in II
- Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus giganteus) transfer II to I
3. Species the U.S. is unlikely to submit unless there is significant additional information:
- Blue-sided frog (Agalychnis annae) for inclusion in II
- Morelet’s tree frog (Agalychnis moreletii) for inclusion in II
- Rancho Grande harlequin frog (Atelopus cruciger) for inclusion in II
- Helmeted water toad (Caudiverbera caudiverbera) for inclusion in II
- Santa Fe frog (Leptodactylus laticeps) for inclusion in II
- Giant Asian river frog (Limnonectes blythii) for inclusion in II
- Fanged river frog (Limnonectes macrodon) for inclusion in II
- Giant Philippine frog (Limnonectes magnus) for inclusion in II
- Albanian water frog (Rana shqiperica) for inclusion in II
- Rain frog (Scaphiophryne boribory) for inclusion in II
- Alto Verapaz salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini) for inclusion in II
- Kaiser’s spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri) for inclusion in I or II
- Kurdistan newt (Neurergus microspilotus) for inclusion in II
- Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) for inclusion II
- Map turtles (Graptemys spp.) for inclusion in II
For more reading the entire document can be found here.
