Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-77.2 - Endangered, threatened, and special concern animals
The natural resource commission, in consultation with scientists with specialized knowledge and experience, has determined the following animal species to be endangered, threatened or of special concern in Iowa:
(1)
Endangered animal
species:
| Mammals | |||
| Indiana Bat | Myotis sodalis | ||
| Plains Pocket Mouse | Perognathus flavescens | ||
| Red-backed Vole | Clethrionomys gapperi | ||
| Spotted Skunk | Spilogale putorius | ||
| Birds | |||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | ||
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | ||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | ||
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | ||
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | ||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | ||
| Fish | |||
| Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens | ||
| Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | ||
| Pugnose Shiner | Notropis anogenus | ||
| Weed Shiner | Notropis texanus | ||
| Pearl Dace | Semotilus margarita | ||
| Freckled Madtom | Noturus nocturnus | ||
| Bluntnose Darter | Etheostoma chlorosomum | ||
| Least Darter | Etheostoma microperca | ||
| Reptiles | |||
| Yellow Mud Turtle | Kinosternon flavescens | ||
| Wood Turtle | Clemmys insculpta | ||
| Great Plains Skink | Eumeces obsoletus | ||
| Copperbelly Water Snake | Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta | ||
| Western Hognose Snake | Heterodon nasicus | ||
| Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix | ||
| Prairie Rattlesnake | Crotalus viridis | ||
| Massasauga Rattlesnake | Sistrurus catenatus | ||
| Amphibians | |||
| Blue-spotted Salamander | Ambystoma laterale | ||
| Crawfish Frog | Rana areolata | ||
| Butterflies | |||
| Dakota Skipper | Hesperia dacotae | ||
| Ringlet | Coenonympha tullia | ||
| Land Snails | |||
| Iowa Pleistocene Snail | Discus macclintocki | ||
| Minnesota Pleistocene Ambersnail | Novisuccinea new species A | ||
| Iowa Pleistocene Ambersnail | Novisuccinea new species B | ||
| Frigid Ambersnail | Catinella gelida | ||
| Briarton Pleistocene Vertigo | Vertigo briarensis | ||
| Bluff Vertigo | Vertigo meramecensis | ||
| Iowa Pleistocene Vertigo | Vertigo new species | ||
| Fresh Water Mussels | |||
| Spectacle Case | Cumberlandia monodonta | ||
| Slippershell | Alasmidonta viridis | ||
| Buckhorn | Tritogonia verrucosa | ||
| Ozark Pigtoe | Fusconaia ozarkensis | ||
| Bullhead | Plethobasus cyphyus | ||
| Ohio River Pigtoe | Pleurobema sintoxia | ||
| Slough Sandshell | Lampsilis teres teres | ||
| Yellow Sandshell | Lampsilis teres anodontoides | ||
| Higgin's-eye Pearly Mussel | Lampsilis higginsi | ||
| 77.2(2) Threatened animal species: | |||
| Mammals | |||
| Least Shrew | Cryptotis parva | ||
| Southern Bog Lemming | Synaptomys cooperi | ||
| Birds | |||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | ||
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | ||
| Fish | |||
| Chestnut Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon castaneus | ||
| American Brook Lamprey | Lampetra appendix | ||
| Grass Pickerel | Esox americanus | ||
| Blacknose Shiner | Notropis heterolepis | ||
| Topeka Shiner | Notropis topeka | ||
| Western Sand Darter | Ammocrypta clara | ||
| Black Redhorse | Moxostoma duquesnei | ||
| Burbot | Lota lota | ||
| Orangethroat Darter | Etheostoma spectabile | ||
| Reptiles | |||
| Slender Glass Lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus | ||
| Common Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | ||
| Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | ||
| Ornate Box Turtle | Terrapene ornata | ||
| Diamondback Water Snake | Nerodia rhombifera | ||
| Western Worm Snake | Carphophis amoenus vermis | ||
| Speckled Kingsnake | Lampropeltis getulus | ||
| Amphibians | |||
| Mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus | ||
| Central Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens | ||
| Butterflies | |||
| Powesheik Skipperling | Oarisma powesheik | ||
| Byssus Skipper | Problema byssus | ||
| Mulberry Wing | Poanes massasoit | ||
| Silvery Blue | Glaucopsyche lygdamus | ||
| Baltimore | Euphydryas phaeton | ||
| Snails | |||
| Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo | Vertigo hubrichti | ||
| Occult Vertigo | Vertigo occulta | ||
| Fresh Water Mussels | |||
| Cylinder | Anodontoides ferussacianus | ||
| Strange Floater | Strophitus undulatus | ||
| Creek Heelsplitter | Lasmigona compressa | ||
| Purple Pimpleback | Cyclonaias tuberculata | ||
| Butterfly | Ellipsaria lineolata | ||
| Ellipse | Venustaconcha ellipsiformis | ||
| 77.2(3) Special concern animal species: | |||
| Mammals | |||
| Southern Flying Squirrel | Glaucomys volans | ||
| Birds | |||
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | ||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | ||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | ||
| Fish | |||
| Pugnose Minnow | Notropis emiliae | ||
| Pirate Perch | Aphredoderus sayanus | ||
| Reptiles | |||
| Smooth Green Snake | Opheodrys vernalis | ||
| Bullsnake | Pituophis catenifer sayi | ||
| Butterflies | |||
| Dreamy Duskywing | Erynnis icelus | ||
| Sleepy Duskywing | Erynnis brizo | ||
| Columbine Duskywing | Erynnis lucilius | ||
| Wild Indigo Duskywing | Erynnis baptisiae | ||
| Ottoe Skipper | Hesperia ottoe | ||
| Leonardus Skipper | Hesperia 1. leonardus | ||
| Pawnee Skipper | Hesperia leonardus pawnee | ||
| Beardgrass Skipper | Atrytone arogos | ||
| Zabulon Skipper | Poanes zabulon | ||
| Broad-winged Skipper | Poanes viator | ||
| Sedge Skipper | Euphyes dion | ||
| Two-spotted Skipper | Euphyes bimacula | ||
| Dusted Skipper | Atrytonopsis hianna | ||
| Salt-and-pepper Skipper | Amblyscirtes hegon | ||
| Pipevine Swallowtail | Battus philenor | ||
| Zebra Swallowtail | Eurytides marcellus | ||
| Olympia White | Euchloe olympia | ||
| Purplish Copper | Lycaena helloides | ||
| Acadian Hairstreak | Satyrium acadicum | ||
| Edward's Hairstreak | Satyrium edwardsii | ||
| Hickory Hairstreak | Satyrium caryaevorum | ||
| Striped Hairstreak | Satyrium liparops | ||
| Swamp Metalmark | Calephelis mutica | ||
| Regal Fritillary | Speyeria idalia | ||
| Baltimore | Euphydryas phaeton ozarkae | ||
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