EXAMPLES OF AMPHIBIANS & FISH

Yellow-banded poison frog Dendrobates leucomelas
(Appendix II)
Yellow-banded Poison Frog
Jörg Hess

  • Several species of frogs are protected.

  • There are 100 species listed in Appendix I or II.

  • Commonly traded items include live specimens and frozen legs.
Sturgeon eggs (caviar) Acipenser sp
(Appendix I or II)
Sturgeons
US Fish and Wildlife Service

  • All sturgeons (Acipenseriformes spp.) are protected.

  • There are 27 species listed in Appendix I or II.

  • Commonly traded items include eggs (caviar), smoked flesh, and skin.
Asian bonytongue Scleropages formosus
(Appendix I)
Asian Bonytongue
CITES Secretariat

  • The Asian bonytongue (Scleropages formosus) is protected. 

  • This species is listed in Appendix I.

  • Commonly traded items include live specimens.