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ENDANGERED, THREATENED, PROPOSED, and CANDIDATE SPECIES within the GEOGRAPHIC AREA (NV and part of CA) covered by the NEVADA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE
 
SPECIES
FEDERAL
STATUS
CRITICAL
HABITAT
IN NV/CA
LEAD
OFFICE
STATE
CA/NV
 
Amphibians
  Columbia spotted frog, Rana luteiventris (Great Basin DPS)
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV
  Mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa ( Sierra Nevada DPS)
C
N/A
SFWO
NV/CA
  Relict leopard frog, Rana onca
C
N/A
NFWO-b
NV
  Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus
C
N/A
SFWO
CA
 
Birds
  Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
C
N/A
WESFO
NV/CA
  Southwestern willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii extimus
E
Y
AESFO
NV
  Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (Western U.S. DPS)
C
N/A
SFWO
NV/CA
  Yuma clapper rail, Rallus longirostris yumanensis
E
N
AESFO
NV
 
Fishes
  Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, C. nevadensis mionectes
E
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows speckled dace, R. osculus nevadensis
E
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Big Spring spinedace, Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Bonytail chub, Gila elegans
E
Y
AESFO
NV
  Bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus (Jarbidge River DPS)
T
N
NFWO-a
NV
  Clover Valley speckled dace, R. osculus oligoporus
E
N
NFWO-a
NV
  Colorado pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus lucius *
E
N
CESFO
NV
  Cui-ui, Chasmistes cujus
E
N
NFWO-a
NV
  Desert dace, Eremichthys acros
T
Y
NFWO-a
NV
  Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Hiko White River springfish, Crenichthys baileyi grandis
E
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Humpback chub, Gila cypha *
E
N
CESFO
NV
  Independence Valley speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus
E
N
NFWO-a
NV
  Lahontan cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
T
N
NFWO-a
NV/CA
  Moapa dace, Moapa coriacea
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Pahranagat roundtail chub, Gila robusta jordani
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Pahrump poolfish, Empetrichthys latos
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Paiute cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris
T
N
NFWO-a
CA
  Railroad Valley springfish, Crenichthys nevadae
T
Y
NFWO-a
NV
  Razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus
E
Y
AESFO
NV
  Virgin River chub, Gila seminuda ‡
E
Y
UFOSLC
NV
  Warm Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Warner sucker, Catostomus warnerensis
T
N
BFO
NV/CA
  White River spinedace, Lepidomeda albivallis
E
Y
NFWO-a
NV
  White River springfish, Crenichthys baileyi baileyi
E
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Woundfin, Plagopterus argentissimus
E
Y
UFOSLC
NV
 
Invertebrates
  Ash Meadows naucorid, Ambrysus amargosus
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Carson wandering skipper, Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus
E
N
NFWO-a
NV/CA
  Mt. Charleston blue butterfly, Icaricia shasta charlestonensis
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV
         
Mammals
   
  Fisher, Martes pennanti (West Coast DPS)
C
N/A
YFWO
CA
  Gray Wolf, Canis lupus
E
N/A
MPR
NV
  Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis sierra
E
Y
VFWO
CA
         
Plants
  Amargosa niterwort, Nitrophila mohavensis
E
N
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows blazing star, Mentzelia leucophylla
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows gumplant, Grindelia fraxinopratensis
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows ivesia (mousetail) Ivesia eremica (= I. kingii var. eremica)
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows milk-vetch, Astragalus phoenix
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Ash Meadows sunray, Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Churchill Narrows buckwheat, Eriogonum diatomaceum
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV
  Goose Creek Milkvetch, Astragalus Anserinus
C
N/A
UFOWVC
NV
  Las Vegas Buckwheat, Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii
C
N/A
NFWO-b
NV
  Soldier Meadows cinquefoil, Potentilla basaltica
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV
  Spring-loving centaury, Centaurium namophilum
T
Y
NFWO-b
NV
  Steamboat buckwheat, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae
E
N
NFWO-a
NV
  Tahoe yellow cress, Rorippa subumbellata
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV/CA
  Ute lady's tresses, Spiranthes diluvialis
T
N
UFOSLC
NV
  Webber's ivesia, Ivesia webberi
C
N/A
NFWO-a
NV/CA
  Whitebark pine, Pinus albicaulus
C
N/A
WESFO
NV/CA
 
Reptile
  Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Mojave population)
T
Y
NFWO-a
NV/CA
 
 
 
E = Endangered; T = Threatened; C=Candidate; NL = Not Listable;
Y = Yes; N = No; P = Proposed; N/A = Not Applicable
* = Believed extirpated from Nevada ; ‡ Endangered only in the Virgin River; population in Muddy River is species of concern.
 
AESFO = Arizona Ecological Services Field Office, BFO = Bend Field Office, CESFO = Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, KFFWO = Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office, MPR = Mountain Prairie Region, NFWO-a = Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office Reno, NFWO-b = Southern Nevada Field Office Las Vegas, SFWO = Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, UFOSLC = Utah Field Office Salt Lake City, UFOWVC = Utah Field Office West Valley City, VFWO = Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, WESFO = Wyoming Ecological Services Field Office, YFWO = Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office
 
Last updated: January 28, 2013