FY23 and FY24 Peer Review Plan for the Species Status Assessment Reports and Critical Habitat Rules of Multiple Species

FY23 and FY24 Peer Review Plan for the Species Status Assessment Reports and Critical Habitat Rules of Multiple Species
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 For the SSA reports being peer reviewed, these reports will inform a decision on whether these species warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act. 

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Cluster of about seen small white flowers radiating from a green stalk.
 

Taxon: Plant 

Range: North Carolina, South Carolina Status: Listing not warrantedOther Common Names: Meadow clam, Tippitiwitchet 

The Venus flytrap, a small perennial herb, is one of the most widely recognized carnivorous plant species on Earth. It occupies distinct longleaf...

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Kingdom
Plantae
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A dark grey bird with black cap flying low over the water

Black-capped petrels are pelagic seabirds that only nest on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Known as one of the gadfly petrels because of their speedy, weaving flight, black-capped petrels are widely distributed and travel long distances to foraging areas in the western Atlantic and...

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Animalia
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The southern clubshell is a medium sized mussel with lengths up to 93 mm long (Williams et al. 2008), with a thick shell, and heavy hinge plate and teeth. The shell outline is roughly rectangular, produced posteriorly with the umbos usually terminal to the anterior margin. The posterior ridge is...
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Kingdom
Animalia
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Species
A bat in hand with large ears that partially cover it's face

The Florida bonneted bat is a member of the Molossidae (free-tailed bats) family within the order Chiroptera. The species is the largest bat in Florida(Owre 1978; Belwood 1992). Males and females are not significantly different in size, and there is no pattern of size-related geographic...

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Kingdom
Animalia
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Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, laying in pine straw July 11, 2022.

The Louisiana pinesnake (Pitouphis ruthveni) is an egg-laying, non-venomous constrictor of western and central Louisiana and eastern Texas. It spends most of its time underground in the burrows of Baird’s pocket gophers which are an essential part of its habitat. We listed the Louisiana...

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Kingdom
Animalia
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Species
A green sea turtle swims along the bottom of the reef.

The green sea turtle grows to a maximum size of about 4 feet and a weight of 440 pounds. It has a heart-shaped shell, small head, and single-clawed flippers. Color is variable. Hatchlings generally have a black carapace, white plastron, and white margins on the shell and limbs. The adult...

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Kingdom
Animalia
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FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southeast