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Under which federal law did the US list the reticulated python as 'injurious' in 2015?

The Lacey Act.

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  1. The Clean Water Act
  2. The Endangered Species Act
  3. The Lacey Act ✔

Why: In 2015 US Fish and Wildlife listed the reticulated python and three anacondas as injurious under the Lacey Act. That bans importing them into the United States without a permit, to stop more giant snakes from getting loose.

Huh, didn't know that: Burmese pythons, yellow anacondas, and northern and southern African pythons were listed under the same law in 2012.

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Answer: The Lacey Act. In 2015 US Fish and Wildlife listed the reticulated python and three anacondas as injurious under the Lacey Act. That bans importing them into the United States without a permit, to stop more giant snakes from getting loose.

  1. Service Lists Four Nonnative Large Constrictor Snakes as Injurious Wildlife (US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2015) www.fws.gov/press-release/2015-03/service-lists-four-nonnative-large-constrictor-snakes-injurious-wildlife
    declared the reticulated python, DeSchauensee's anaconda, green anaconda and Beni anaconda as "injurious" under the Lacey Act
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. Species Currently Listed as Injurious Wildlife (US Fish and Wildlife Service) www.fws.gov/page/summary-of-species-currently-listed-as-injurious-wildlife
    Python, reticulated Python reticulatus 1 April 9, 2015
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  3. Service Lists Four Nonnative Large Constrictor Snakes as Injurious Wildlife (US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2015) www.fws.gov/press-release/2015-03/service-lists-four-nonnative-large-constrictor-snakes-injurious-wildlife
    The listing was finalized in 2012 for four species: Burmese python, yellow anaconda, and northern and southern African pythons.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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