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:
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 |
Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-77.2