Nevada's Protected Species by County

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NEVADA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE

NEVADA'S ENDANGERED, THREATENED, PROPOSED AND CANDIDATE SPECIES BY COUNTY
(Updated May 2, 2008)

CARSON CITY RURAL AREA
 
Amphibian
  C Mountain yellow-legged frog
(Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment)
Rana muscosa

Fish

  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Invertebrate
  E Carson wandering skipper Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus
Plant
  C Tahoe yellow cress Rorippa subumbellata
       
CHURCHILL COUNTY
 
Fish
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
       
CLARK COUNTY
 
Birds
C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
  E Southwestern willow flycatcher ● Empidonax traillii extimus
  E Yuma clapper rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Reptile
  T Desert tortoise (Mojave population) ● Gopherus agassizii
Amphibian
  C Relict leopard frog Rana onca
Fishes
  E Devil's Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis
  E Pahrump poolfish Empetrichthys latos
  E Humpback chub * Gila cypha
  E Bonytail chub ● Gila elegans
  E Virgin River chub + ● Gila seminuda
  E Moapa dace Moapa coriacea
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
  E Woundfin ● Plagopterus argentissimus
  E Colorado pikeminnow * Ptychocheilus lucius
  E Razorback sucker ● Xyrauchen texanus
       
DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
Amphibian
  C Mountain yellow-legged frog
(Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment)
Rana muscosa
Fish
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Plants
  C Webber’s ivesia Ivesia webberi
  C Tahoe yellow cress Rorippa subumbellata
       
ELKO COUNTY
 
Bird
C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
Amphibian
  C Columbia spotted frog
(Great Basin Distinct Population Segment)
Rana luteiventris
Fishes
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
  E Independence Valley speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus
  E Clover Valley speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus
  T Bull trout (Jarbidge River) Salvelinus confluentus
       
ESMERALDA COUNTY
 
Reptile
  T Desert tortoise (Mojave population) ● Gopherus agassizii
       
EUREKA COUNTY
 
Amphibian
  C Columbia spotted frog
(Great Basin Distinct Population Segment)
Rana luteiventris
Fish
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
       
HUMBOLDT COUNTY
 
Fishes
  T Desert dace ● Eremichthys acros
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Invertebrate
  C Elongate mud meadows Springsnail Pyrugulopsis notidicola
Plant
  C Soldier Meadow cinquefoil Potentilla basaltica
       
LANDER COUNTY
 
Fish
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
       
LINCOLN COUNTY
 
Birds
C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
  E Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
Reptile
  T Desert tortoise (Mojave population) ● Gopherus agassizii
Fishes
  E White River springfish ● Crenichthys baileyi baileyi
  E Hiko White River springfish ● Crenichthys baileyi grandis
  E Pahranagat roundtail chub Gila robusta jordani
  T Big Spring spinedace ● Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis
Plant
  T Ute lady’s tresses Δ Spiranthes diluvialis
       
LYON COUNTY
 
Bird
C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
Fish
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Plant
  C Churchill Narrows buckwheat Eriogonum diatomaceum
       
MINERAL COUNTY
 
Bird
  C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
Fishes
  E Hiko White River springfish Crenichthys baileyi grandis
  T Railroad Valley springfish Crenichthys nevadae
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
       
NYE COUNTY
 
Bird
C Yellow-billed cuckoo
(Western U.S. Distinct Population Segment)
Coccyzus americanus
  E Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
Reptile
  T Desert tortoise (Mojave population) ● Gopherus agassizii
Amphibian
  C

Columbia spotted frog
(Great Basin Distinct Population Segment)

Rana luteiventris
Fishes
  T Railroad Valley springfish ● Crenichthys nevadae
  E Devils Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis
  E Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish ● Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes
  E Warm Springs pupfish Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis
  E White River spinedace ● Lepidomeda albivallis
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
  E Ash Meadows speckled dace ● Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis
Invertebrate
  T Ash Meadows naucorid ● Ambrysus amargosus
Plants
  T Ash Meadows milkvetch ● Astragalus phoenix
  T Spring-loving centaury ● Centaurium namophilum
  T Ash Meadows sunray ● Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata
  T Ash Meadows gumplant ● Grindelia fraxinopratensis
  T Ash Meadows ivesia (mousetail) ● Ivesia eremica (= I. kingii var. eremica)
  T Ash Meadows blazing star ● Mentzelia leucophylla
  E Amargosa niterwort Nitrophila mohavensis
       
PERSHING COUNTY
 
NONE
       
STOREY COUNTY
 
Fishes
  E Cui-ui Chasmistes cujus
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
       
WASHOE COUNTY
 
Amphibian
  C Mountain yellow-legged frog
(Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment)
Rana muscosa
Fishes
  T Warner sucker Catostomus warnerensis
  E Cui-ui Chasmistes cujus
  T Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Invertebrate
  E Carson wandering skipper Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus
Plants
  E Steamboat buckwheat Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae
  C Webber’s ivesia Ivesia webberi
  C Tahoe yellow cress Rorippa subumbellata
       
WHITE PINE COUNTY
 
Fishes
  E Pahrump poolfish Empetrichthys latos
  E White River spinedace Lepidomeda albivallis
       

E = Endangered T = Threatened C = Candidate
Δ = Proposed for delisting ● = Designated Critical Habitat in County * = Believed extirpated from Nevada
+ = Endangered only in the Virgin River, Muddy River population is a sensitive species.

 

Last updated:May 12, 2008