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Species Point of Contact in Alabama

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Alabama

The staff of the Alabama Ecological Services office are national species leads for 50 threatened and endangered species.  The table below lists the species the staff are the lead for and additional species they cover in the state.  If you have questions for any of our lead biologists, feel free to contact them.

StaffNational Species LeadOffice Species Lead/POC 
Jennifer Grunewald

Crustaceans - Slenderclaw Crayfish

Fish - Rush Darter, Slackwater Darter, Trispot DarterVermilion DarterWatercress Darter,  

Mussels - Inflated Heelspliter

Snails - Cylindrical Lioplax, Flat Pebblesnail, Lacy Elimia, Oblong Rocksnail, Plicate Rocksnail, Round Rocksnail 

Fish - Spotfin Chub
Evan Collins

Reptiles & Amphibians - Black Warrior WaterdogFlattened Musk Turtle

Fish - Cahaba Shiner, Coal Darter, Pygmy Sculpin, Spring Pygmy Sunfish

MusselsAlabama Hickorynut, Canoe Creek ClubshellFinelined Pocketbook, Orange-nacre Mucket, Southern Clubshell

Snails - Painted Rocksnail

Fish - Boulder Darter, Frecklebelly Madtom, Popeye Shiner

Reptiles & Amphibians - Alabama Redbelly Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Black Pinesnake, Dusky Gopher Frog, Eastern Indigo Snake, Eastern hellbender

Erin Sasser

Mussels - Alabama Lampmussel, Alabama Pearlshell, Dark Pigtoe, Pale Lilliput

Snails - Armored Snail, Interrupted Rocksnail, Rough Hornsnail, Slender Campeloma, Tulotoma Snail

Birds - Red knot

Mussels - Southern elktoe, Longsolid, rabbitsfoot

Brittany Barker-Jones

MusselsAlabama Moccasinshell, Coosa Moccasinshell, Georgia Pigtoe, Heavy Pigtoe, Ovate Clubshell, Southern Pigtoe, Triangular Kidneyshell 

Fish - Alabama Sturgeon

Fish - Alabama Shad, Blue Shiner, Gulf Sturgeon

Mussels -Coosa Creekshell, Rayed Creekshell , Rayed Bean, Sheepnose, Snuffbox, Spectaclecase

Jenna King -Listing Biologist

Crustaceans - Alabama Cave Shrimp

Fish - Alabama Cavefish, Coal Darter, Bankhead Darter, Tuscumbia Darter

Mussel - Alabama Hickorynut, Alabama Rainbow, White Wartyback 

Plant - Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Eared Coneflower, Harper's Heartleaf

Reptile - Alabama Map Turtle, Black-knobbed Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle

Snail - Manitou Cavesnail

AmphibianTennessee Cave Salamander

Matt HodgesMussel - Alabama Pearlshell-
Lee HoltFish - Trispot Darter-
Jeffrey DrummondFish - Rush Darter, Vermilion DarterWatercress Darter-
Shannon Holbrook-

Bats - Indiana, Gray, Northern Long-Eared, Tricolored Bat

Birds - Piping plover, Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Sea Turtles - Green, Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead

Bill LynnMammals - Alabama Beach Mouse

MammalsPerdido Key Beach Mouse

ReptilesEastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Jason RossReptiles & Amphibians - Red Hills SalamanderTerrestrial - Mitchell's satyr butterfly
Erin Lentz

Ferns & Allies Alabama streak-sorus fern

PlantsFleshy-fruit gladecress, Kral's water plantain, Lyrate bladderpod, Tennessee yellow-eyed grass

Insects - Monarch Butterfly and other pollinators

Mammals - Alabama Beach Mouse, West Indian Manatee

Plants -All other plants

Reptile - Gopher Tortoise

Sea Turtles - Green, Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead