For Immediate Release, November 20, 2019
Contact: |
Noah Greenwald, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org |
Lawsuit Launched to Save 274 Species From Extinction Crisis
Wolverines, Moose, Bats, Turtles, ‘Jumping’ Slugs Among Hundreds Waiting for Lifesaving Protections
WASHINGTON— In one of the largest lawsuits ever launched under the Endangered Species Act, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to decide whether 274 imperiled animals and plants across the country should be federally protected. Decisions for these species are years overdue.
Among the species in today’s legal filing are wolverines in the Rockies, a “jumping” slug in the Pacific Northwest, moose in the Midwest, a western bumblebee that has declined by 84 percent, Venus flytrap plants in the Carolinas, and a tiny freshwater fish that flips stones with its nose to find food. (A full list is below.)
In 2016 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service developed a workplan to address a backlog of more than 500 species awaiting protection decisions, including those in today’s notice, but the Trump administration has kept the agency from completing decisions for dozens of species every year. Today’s notice seeks to ensure that all the remaining species in the workplan that are still awaiting protection get decisions as soon as possible.
“Scientists around the world are sounding the alarm about the extinction crisis, but the Trump administration can’t be bothered to lift a finger for hundreds of species that are in serious trouble,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center. “Every day protections are delayed is a day that moves these fascinating species closer to extinction.”
Earlier this year the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, known as IPBES, warned governments around the world that 1 million species are now at risk of extinction because of human activity. IPBES scientists said that urgent actions are needed to avert mass extinction in the coming decades.
Meanwhile the Trump administration has only protected 19 species under the Endangered Species Act — the lowest of any administration at this point in the presidential term. By comparison, during the Obama administration, 360 species were protected under the Endangered Species Act. Under Clinton 523 species were protected, while 232 species were protected under George H.W. Bush, 62 species under George W. Bush, and 254 under Reagan.
“The Trump administration’s hostility toward wildlife is appalling,” said Greenwald. “The Endangered Species Act has saved 99 percent of species under its protection, and it can save these plants and animals too, but only if they get the protection they need.”
The 274 species occur across the lower 48 states and include birds, butterflies, fish, mammals and more. All of the species face serious threats to their survival, ranging from habitat destruction to climate change to disease.
“The extinction crisis is an emergency of epic proportions, and habitat loss is playing a huge role,” Greenwald said. “If we’re going to have any real shot at saving these species, we need to protect more of the land and water in this country that they need to survive.”
Table 1. 274 species awaiting protection decisions.
Species Name |
Scientific |
Action Type |
Range |
Alabama hickorynut |
Obovaria unicolor |
12M |
AL, LA, MS, OK |
Amargosa tryonia |
Tryonia variegata |
12M |
CA, NV |
American wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Final Listing Determination |
CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY |
Apalachicola wild indigo |
Baptisia megacarpa |
12M |
AL, FL, GA |
Arizona toad |
Anaxyrus microscaphus |
12M |
AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT |
Ash Meadows pebblesnail |
Pyrgulopsis erythropoma |
12M |
NV |
Astylis sp. 1 (unnamed moth) |
Astylis sp. 1 |
12M |
AZ |
Atlantic pigtoe |
Fusconaia masoni |
FLFCH |
GA, NC, SC, VA |
Avernus cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus avernus |
12M |
VA |
Big Bar hesperian |
Vespericola pressleyi |
12M |
CA |
big red sage |
Salvia pentstemonoides |
12M |
TX |
Big Thicket Texas emerald |
Somatochlora margarita |
12M |
LA, TX |
Bigcheek cave crayfish |
Procambarus delicatus |
12M |
FL |
Black Creek crayfish |
Procambarus pictus |
12M |
FL |
black rail |
Laterallus jamaicensis |
FL |
AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA |
black-capped petrel |
Pterodroma hasitata |
FL |
FL, GA, SC, NC, PR, VA, VI |
Blanco blind salamander |
Eurycea robusta |
12M |
TX |
Blanding's turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
12M |
IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, OH, PA, SD, WI |
Blueridge springfly |
Remenus kirchneri |
12M |
VA |
bluestone sculpin |
Cottus sp. |
12M |
VA, WV |
bluestripe darter |
Percina cymatotaenia |
12M |
MO |
bog spicebush |
Lindera subcoriacea |
12M |
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA |
bracted twistflower |
Streptanthus bracteatus |
Proposed Listing Determination |
TX |
Brandagee's wild buckwheat |
Eriogonum brandegeei |
12M |
CO |
Brawley's Fork crayfish |
Cambarus williami |
12M |
TN |
Burrington jumping-slug |
Hemphillia burringtoni |
12M |
OR, WA |
bush pea |
Genistidium dumosum |
12M |
TX, Mexico |
bushy whitlow-wort |
Paronychia congesta |
12M |
TX |
Caddo madtom |
Noturus taylori |
12M |
AR |
candy darter |
Etheostoma osburni |
FCH |
VA, WV |
Cannulate Cave isopod |
Caecidotea cannula |
12M |
WV |
Cascade Caverns salamander |
Eurycea latitans |
12M |
TX |
Cascade torrent salamander |
Rhyacotriton cascadae |
12M |
OR, WA |
Cascades frog |
Rana cascadae |
12M |
OR, WA |
Chapin Mesa milkvetch |
Astragalus schmolliae |
Proposed Listing Determination |
CO |
Chelan Mountain snail |
Oreohelix n. sp |
12M |
WA |
Chesapeake logperch |
Percina bimaculata |
12M |
MD, PA, VA |
Chihuahua catfish |
Ictalurus sp. |
12M |
TX |
Chisos coralroot |
Hexalectris revoluta |
12M |
AZ, TX, Mexico |
Chowanoke crayfish |
Orconectes virginiensis |
12M |
NC, VA |
ciliate-leaf tickseed |
Coreopsis integrifolia |
12M |
FL, GA, SC |
Cisco milkvetch |
Astragalus sabulosus |
12M |
UT |
Clear Lake hitch |
Lavinia exilicauda chi |
12M |
CA |
coal darter |
Percina brevicauda |
12M/PLPCH |
AL |
Coastal Lowland cave crayfish |
Procambarus leitheuseri |
12M |
FL |
colorless shiner |
Notropis perpallidus |
12M |
AR, OK |
Columbia Oregonian snail |
Cryptomastix hendersoni |
12M |
OR, WA |
Columbia torrent salamander |
Rhyacotriton kezeri |
12M |
OR, WA |
Comal blind salamander |
Eurycea tridentifera |
12M |
TX |
Comal Springs salamander |
Eurycea sp. |
12M |
TX |
Cooper's Cave amphipod |
Stygobromus cooperi |
12M |
WV |
Correll's false dragonhead |
Physostegia correllii |
12M |
LA, TX |
crested riverlet crayfish |
Hobbseus cristatus |
12M |
MS |
crossroads cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus intersectus |
12M |
VA |
Crystal springsnail |
Pyrgulopsis crystalis |
12M |
NV |
Cumberland Gap Cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus hirsutus |
12M |
TN, VA |
Cumberland moccasinshell |
Medionidus conradicus |
12M |
AL, GA, KY, NC, TN, VA |
Dalles sideband snail |
Monadenia fidelis minor |
12M |
OR, WA |
Delaware County cave crayfish |
Cambarus subterraneus |
12M |
OK |
desert massasauga |
Sistrurus catenatus ssp. edwardsii |
12M |
AZ, NM, CO, TX |
distal-gland springsnail |
Pyrgulopsis nanus |
12M |
NV |
Dixie Valley toad |
Bufo williamsi |
12M/PLPCH |
NV |
Doll's daisy |
Boltonia montana |
12M |
NJ, PA, VA |
domed ancylid |
Rhodacme elatior |
12M |
AL, KY, TN |
Donrichardsonia macroneuron (unnamed moss) |
Donrichardsia macroneuron |
12M |
TX |
Dry Fork Valley cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus montanus |
12M |
WV |
Dukes' skipper |
Euphyes dukesi calhouni |
12M |
FL |
eastern spotted skunk |
Spilogale putorius interrupta |
12M |
AR, CO, MN, MO, NE, OK, SD, TX, WY |
Edison's ascyrum |
Hypericum edisonianum |
12M |
FL |
Edwards Aquifer diving beetle |
Haideoporus texanus |
12M |
TX |
elongate-gland springsnail |
Pyrgulopsis isolatus |
12M |
NV |
evening fieldslug |
Deroceras hesperium |
12M |
OR, WA |
Fairbanks springsnail |
Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis |
12M |
NV |
false spike |
Fusconaia mitchelli |
12M |
TX |
Ferris's copper |
Lycaena ferrisi |
12M |
AZ |
flat-topped steptoe pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis planulata |
12M |
NV |
Florida pine snake |
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus |
12M |
AL, FL, GA, SC |
Florida pondweed |
Potamogeton floridanus |
12M |
FL |
Georgia blind salamander |
Haideotriton wallacei |
12M |
FL, GA |
Georgia bully (swamp buckhorn) |
Sideroxylon thornei |
12M/PLPCH |
FL, GA |
glowing Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja ornata |
12M |
NM, MX |
Godfry's stitchwort |
Minuartia godfreyi |
12M |
AL, FL, NC, SC, TN |
golden-winged warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
12M |
AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV |
Graham's beardtongue |
Penstemon grahamii |
FL |
UT |
Great Basin silverspot |
Speyeria nokomis nokomis |
12M |
AZ, CO, NM, UT |
green floater |
Lasmigona subviridis |
12M |
DC, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, WV |
hairy-peduncled beaked-rush |
Rhynchospora crinipes |
12M/PLPCH |
AL, FL, MS, NC |
Hall's bulrush |
Schoenoplectus hallii |
12M |
GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, NE, OK, SC, TX, WI |
Hamlin Valley pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis hamlinensis |
12M |
NV, UT |
Harper's fimbristylis |
Fimbristylis perpusilla |
12M |
DE, GA, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA |
Hartwrightia |
Hartwrightia floridana |
12M |
FL, GA |
Heterocampa sp. 1 nr. Amanda |
Heterocampa sp. 1 nr. Amanda |
12M |
AZ |
Hoko vertigo |
Vertigo n sp.1 |
12M |
WA |
Holsinger's cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus holsingeri |
12M |
VA |
Hubbard's cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus hubbardi |
12M |
VA |
Hubricht's cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus hubrichti |
12M |
VA |
Illinois chorus frog |
Pseudacris illinoensis |
12M |
AR, IL, MO |
Inyo Mountains salamander |
Batrachoseps campi |
12M |
CA |
Irons Fork burrowing crayfish |
Procambarus reimeri |
12M |
AR |
Island marble butterfly |
Euchloe ausonides insulanus |
FLFCH |
WA |
Isley milkvetch |
Astragalus iselyi |
12M |
UT |
Jackson prairie crayfish |
Procambarus barbiger |
12M |
MS |
karst snowfly |
Allocapnia cunninghami |
12M |
KY, TN |
Kentucky creekshell |
Villosa ortmanni |
12M |
KY |
Kern Canyon slender salamander |
Batrachoseps simatus |
12M |
CA |
Kern Plateau salamander |
Batrachoseps robustus |
12M |
CA |
Key ringneck snake |
Diadophis punctatus acricus |
12M |
FL |
Kiamachi crayfish |
Orconectes saxatilis |
12M |
OK |
Landyes pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis landyei |
12M |
NV |
Lassics lupine |
Lupinus constancei |
12M/PLPCH |
CA |
lesser slender salamander |
Batrachoseps minor |
12M |
CA |
limestone salamander |
Hydromantes brunus |
12M |
CA |
Litodonta sp. 1 nr. Alpina |
Litodonta sp. 1 nr. Alpina |
12M |
AZ |
Little Kennedy cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus cordicollis |
12M |
VA |
lobed roachfly |
Tallaperla lobata |
12M |
VA |
Logan's Agarodes caddisfly |
Agarodes logani |
12M |
FL |
longitudinal gland pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis anguina |
12M |
NV, UT |
longnose darter |
Percina nasuta |
12M |
AR, OK, MO |
Louisiana pigtoe |
Pleurobema riddellii |
12M |
LA, TX |
Louisiana pine snake |
Pituophis ruthveni |
PCH |
LA, TX |
lowland loosestrife |
Lythrum flagellare |
12M |
FL |
Maiden Spring cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus virginicus |
12M |
VA |
Mammoth Spring crayfish |
Orconectes marchandi |
12M |
AR, MO |
meadow joint-vetch |
Aeschynomene pratensis |
12M |
FL |
median-gland Nevada pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis pisteri |
12M |
NV |
Mexican fawnsfoot |
Truncilla cognata |
12M |
TX |
Miami cave crayfish |
Procambarus milleri |
12M |
FL |
mimic cavesnail |
Phreatodrobia imitata |
12M |
TX |
Minute Cave amphipod |
Stygobromus parvus |
12M |
WV |
minute tryonia |
Tryonia ericae |
12M |
NV |
Morrison's Cave amphipod |
Stygobromus morrisoni |
12M |
VA, WV |
Mt. Rainer white-tailed ptarmigan |
Lagopus leucura rainierensis |
12M |
WA |
Narrow Cave (New River Valley Cave) beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus egberti |
12M |
VA |
narrow-foot hygrotus diving beetle Hygrotus diversipes |
Hygrotus diversipes |
12M |
WY |
Natural Bridge cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus pontis |
12M |
VA |
Navasota false foxglove |
Agalinis navasotensis |
12M |
TX |
neritiform Steptoe Ranch pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis neritella |
12M |
NV |
North Park bugseed |
Corispermum navicula |
12M |
CO |
northern cavefish |
Amblyopsis spelaea |
12M |
IN, KY |
northern red-bellied cooter (range-wide) |
Pseudemys rubriventris |
12M |
DC, DE, MA, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA, WV |
northern spotted owl |
Strix occidentalis caurina |
12M/Uplisting |
CA, OR, WA |
northern Steptoe pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis serrata |
12M |
NV |
northwestern moose |
Alces alces andersoni |
12M |
MI, MN, ND, WI |
oblong rocksnail |
Leptoxis compacta |
12M/PLPCH |
AL |
Ocmulgee skullcap |
Scutellaria ocmulgee |
12M |
GA, SC |
Oklahoma cave crayfish |
Cambarus tartarus |
12M |
OK |
orangefin madtom |
Noturus gilberti |
12M |
NC, VA |
Oregon vesper sparrow |
Pooecetes gramineus ssp. affinis |
12M/PLPCH |
CA, OR, WA |
Ouachita burrowing crayfish |
Fallicambarus harpi |
12M |
AR |
overlooked cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus praetermissus |
12M |
VA |
Ozark chub |
Erimystax harryi |
12M |
AR, MO |
Ozark shiner |
Notropis ozarcanus |
12M |
AR, MO |
Palatka skipper sawgrass or Knot's skipper |
Euphyes pilatka klotsi |
12M |
FL |
paleback darter |
Etheostoma pallididorsum |
12M |
AR |
Panama City crayfish |
Procambarus econfinae |
PCH |
FL |
Pecos pupfish |
Cyprinodon pecosensis |
12M |
NM, TX |
Penasco least chipmunk |
Neotamias minimus atristriatus |
Proposed Listing Determination |
NM |
Peppered chub |
Macrhybopsis tetranemus |
12M |
CO, KA, NM, OK, TX |
piebald madtom |
Noturus gladiator |
12M |
MS, TN |
Pinaleno talussnail |
Sonorella grahamensis |
12M |
AZ |
Pine Island rice rat |
Oryzomys palustris planirostris |
12M/PLPCH |
FL |
pink pigtoe |
Pleurobema rubrum |
12M |
AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, NE, OH, OK, TN, VA |
Point of Rocks tryonia |
Tryonia elata |
12M |
NV |
popeye shiner |
Notropis ariommus |
12M |
KY |
Pristine crayfish |
Cambarus pristinus |
12M |
TN |
prostrate milkweed |
Asclepias prostrata |
12M |
TX, Mexico |
Puget Oregonian snail |
Cryptomastix devia |
12M |
OR, WA |
purpledisk honeycombhead |
Balduina atropurpurea |
12M |
GA, SC |
Quitobaquito tryonia |
Tryonia quitobaquitae |
12M |
AZ |
rattlesnake-master borer moth |
Papaipema eryngii |
Proposed Listing Determination |
AR, IA, IL, KY, MO, NC, OK |
Raven's seedbox |
Ludwigia ravenii |
12M |
FL, NC, SC, VA |
rayed creekshell |
Anodontoides radiatus |
12M/PLPCH |
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS |
regal fritillary |
Speyeria idalia |
12M |
AR, CO, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY |
relict dace |
Relictus solitarius |
12M |
NV |
relictual slender salamander |
Batrachoseps relictus |
12M |
CA |
Rim Rock crowned snake |
Tantilla oolitica |
12M |
FL |
Rio Grande cooter |
Pseudemys gorzugi |
12M |
NM, TX |
Rocky Mountain monkeyflower |
Mimulus gemmiparus |
12M |
CO |
rough stemmed aster |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. scabricaule |
12M |
LA, MS, TX |
round hickorynut |
Obovaria subrotunda |
12M |
AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MS, OH, PA, TN, WV, Canada |
Rye Cove Cave isopod |
Lirceus culveri |
12M |
VA |
Saint Paul cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus sanctipauli |
12M |
VA |
salamander mussel |
Simpsonaias ambigua |
12M |
AR, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, TN, WI, WV, Canada |
Salina mucket |
Potamilus metnecktayi |
12M |
TX |
saltmarsh topminnow |
Fundulus jenkinsi |
12M |
AL, FL, LA, MS, TX |
San Xavier talussnail |
Sonorella eremita |
12M |
AZ |
sand verbena moth |
Copablepharon fuscum |
12M |
WA |
Sangre de Cristo peaclam |
Pisidium sanguinichristi |
12M |
NM |
Santa Fe cave crayfish |
Procambarus erythrops |
12M |
FL |
Sevier snowfly |
Allocapnia brooksi |
12M |
TN |
Shasta chaparral |
Trilobopsis roperi |
12M |
CA |
Shasta Hesperian |
Vespericola shasta |
12M |
CA |
Shasta sideband |
Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes |
12M/PLPCH |
CA |
Shenandoah (Madden's Cave) beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus limicola |
12M |
VA |
short-tailed snake |
Lampropeltis extenuata |
12M |
FL |
sicklefin chub |
Macrhybopsis meeki |
12M/PLPCH |
IL, IA, KS, KT, LA, MS, MO, MT, NE, ND, SD, TN |
silken cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus sericus |
12M |
VA |
silvery phacelia |
Phacelia argentea |
12M |
OR |
skiff milk-vetch |
Astragalus microcymbus |
Proposed Listing Determination |
CO |
slenderclaw crayfish |
Cambarus cracens |
FLFCH |
AL |
slenderwrist burrowing crayfish |
Fallicambarus petilicarpus |
12M |
AL |
smallscale darter |
Etheostoma microlepidum |
12M |
KY, TN |
South Branch Valley cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus potomaca |
12M |
VA, WV |
Southeast Nevada pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis turbatrix |
12M |
NV |
southern elktoe |
Alasmidonta triangulata |
12M |
AL, FL, GA |
southern rubber boa |
Charina umbratica |
12M |
CA |
southern snaketail |
Ophiogomphus australis |
12M |
FL, LA, MS |
southern Steptoe pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis sulcata |
12M |
NV |
speckled burrowing crayfish |
Fallicambarus danielae |
12M |
AL, MS |
spider elimia (snail) |
Elimia arachnoidea |
12M |
TN, VA |
spiny scale crayfish |
Cambarus jezerinaci |
12M |
KY, TN, VA |
spinytail crayfish |
Procambarus fitzpatricki |
12M |
MS |
sportinggoods tryonia |
Tryonia angulata |
12M |
NV |
spot-tailed earless lizard |
Holbrookia lacerata |
12M |
TX |
spotted turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
12M |
CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT, WV, Canada |
Spring Mountains dark blue butterfly |
Euphilotes ancilla cryptica |
12M |
NV |
Spring Mountains dark blue butterfly |
Euphilotes ancilla purpura |
12M |
NV |
Sterile Basin pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis sterilis |
12M |
NV |
streamside salamander |
Ambystoma barbouri |
12M |
AL, KY, OH, TN, WV |
sturgeon chub |
Macrhybopsis gelida |
12M/PLPCH |
IL, IA, KS, KT, LA, MS, MO, MT, NE, ND, SD, TN, WY |
sub-globose snake pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis saxatilis |
12M |
UT |
sub-globose Steptoe Ranch pyrg |
Pyrgulopsis orbiculata |
12M |
NV |
sun-facing coneflower |
Rudbeckia heliopsidis |
12M |
AL, GA, NC, SC, VA |
Sykora's Hydroptila caddisfly |
Hydroptila sykorai |
12M |
FL |
Tallapoosa orb |
Quadrula asperata archeri |
12M |
AL |
Tennessee Cave salamander |
Gyrinophilus palleucus |
12M |
AL, GA, TN |
Tennessee clubshell |
Pleurobema oviforme |
12M |
AL, TN, KY, VA |
Tennessee forestfly |
Amphinemura mockfordi |
12M |
AL, TN |
Tennessee heelsplitter |
Lasmigona holstonia |
12M |
AL, GA, NC, VA, TN |
Tennessee pigtoe |
Fusconaia barnesiana |
12M |
AL, GA, MS, NC, TN, VA |
Texas fatmucket |
Lampsilis bracteata |
Proposed Listing Determination |
TX |
Texas fawnsfoot |
Truncilla macrodon |
Proposed Listing Determination |
TX |
Texas heelsplitter |
Potamilus amphichaenus |
12M |
TX |
Texas hornshell |
Popenaias popeii |
PCH |
TX |
Texas kangaroo rat |
Dipodomys elator |
12M |
TX |
Texas pimpleback |
Quadrula petrina |
Proposed Listing Determination |
TX |
Texas salamander |
Eurycea neotenes |
12M |
TX |
Texas screwstem |
Bartonia texana |
12M |
TX |
Texas troglobitic water slater |
Lirceolus smithii |
12M |
TX |
Tharp's bluestar |
Amsonia tharpii |
12M |
NM, TX |
thin-wall quillwort |
Isoetes microvela |
12M |
NC |
Thomas' cave beetle |
Pseudanophthalmus thomasi |
12M |
VA |
three-toothed long-horned caddisfly (triaenodes) |
Triaenodes tridontus |
12M |
AL, FL, OK |
Tidewater amphipod |
Stygobromus indentatus |
12M |
MD, NC, VA |
Tombigbee Riverlet crayfish |
Hobbseus petilus |
12M |
MS |
toothless blindcat |
Trogloglanis pattersoni |
12M |
TX |
triangle pigtoe |
Fusconaia lananensis |
12M |
TX |
tricolored bat |
Perimyotis subflavus |
12M/PLPCH |
AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV; Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), Mexico (Eastern and southern regions: Coahuil |
Trispot darter |
Etheostoma trisella |
FCH, 4D |
AL, TN, GA |
tufted puffin |
|
12M |
CA, OR, WA |
Venus flytrap |
Dionaea muscipula |
12M/PLPCH |
NC, SC |
Virginia stone |
Acroneuria kosztarabi |
12M |
KY, OH, VA |
water stitchwort |
Stellaria fontinalis |
12M |
KY, TN |
Weber whitlowgrass |
Draba weberi |
12M |
CO |
West Virginia spring salamander |
Gyrinophilus subterraneus |
12M |
WV |
western bumble bee |
Bombus occidentalis |
12M |
AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY |
western chicken turtle |
Deirochelys reticularia miaria |
12M |
AR, LA, MO, MS, OK, TX |
western fanshell |
Cyprogenia aberti |
12M |
AR, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK |
western pond turtle |
Actinemys marmorata |
12M |
CA, OR, WA, Mexico |
western spadefoot toad |
Spea hammondii |
12M |
CA |
Wet Canyon talussnail |
Sonorella macrophallus |
12M |
AZ |
White River beardtongue |
Penstemon scariosus albifluvis |
FL |
UT |
White Sands pupfish |
Cyprinodon tularosa |
12M |
NM |
whitebark pine |
Pinus albicaulus |
Proposed Listing Determination |
CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, WY |
White-tailed ptarmigan |
Lagopus leucura altipetens |
12M |
CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WA, WY |
widemouth blindcat |
Satan eurystomus |
12M |
TX |
Wintu sideband |
Monadenia troglodytes ssp. Wintu |
12M/PLPCH |
CA |
wood turtle |
Glyptemys insculpta |
12M |
CT, DC, IA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV, Canada |
Wright's marsh thistle |
Cirsium wrightii |
Proposed Listing Determination |
NM |
Yalobusha Riverlet crayfish |
Hobbseus yalobushensis |
12M |
MS |
Yazoo crayfish |
Orconectes hartfieldi |
12M |
MS |
Yellow lance |
Elliptio lanceolata |
PCH |
MD, NC, SC, VA |
Yellow pond-lily |
Nuphar lutea ssp. sagittifolia |
12M |
NC, SC, VA |
yellow-sided clubtail |
Stylurus potulentus |
12M |
FL, MS |
Key
12M: 12-month finding determining if species warrants listing
PL: Proposed listing
FL: Final listing
PCH: Proposed critical habitat
FCH: Final critical habitat
Candidate species: A species that has been found to warrant protection, but is on a waiting list.
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