40 Miss. Code. R. 5-2.4

Current through December 10, 2024

Rule 40-5-2.4 - ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: DESIGNATION AND REGULATIONS

Public Notice M2 3357 is hereby amended.

A. The Official State List of Endangered Species is as follows:

MUSSELS: Alabama Moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus) Black Clubshell (Pleurobema curtum) Cumberlandian Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens) Delicate Spike (Elliptio arctata) Fat Pocketbook (Potamilus capax) Inflated Heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus) Kidney Shell (Ptychobranchus fasciolaris) Monkeyface (Quadrula metanevra) Mucket (Actinonaias ligamentina) Orange-nacre Mucket (Hamiota perovalis) Ovate Clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum) Purple Wartyback (Cyclonaias tuberculata) Pyramid Pigtoe (Pleurobema rubrum) Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica) Sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus) Slabside Pearlymussel (Lexingtonia dolabelloides) Snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra) Southern Clubshell (Pleurobema decisum) Southern Combshell (Epioblasma penita) Southern Pink Pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum) Southern Round Pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli) Spike (Elliptio dilatata) Stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes) CRAYFISH: Camp Shelby Burrowing Crayfish (Fallicambarus gordoni) INSECTS: American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) Mitchells Satyr Butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) FISH: Alabama Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) Bayou Darter (Etheostoma rubrum) Bigeye Shiner (Notropis boops) Crystal Darter (Crystallaria asprella) Frecklebelly Madtom (Noturus munitus) Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides) Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhinchus desotoi) Ironcolor Shiner (Notropis chalybaeus) Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus) Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) Pearl Darter (Percina aurora) Slender Madtom (Noturus exilis) Slenderhead Darter (Percina phoxocephala) Southern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster) (Western Mississippi disjunct populations only) Suckermouth Minnow (Phenacobius mirabilis) AMPHIBIANS: Mississippi Gopher Frog (Rana sevosa) Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter) Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) REPTILES: Black Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais couperi) Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma) Southern Hognose Snake (Heterodon simus) Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) Black-knobbed Sawback (Graptemys nigrinoda) Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Alabama Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis) Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera) Yellow-blotched Sawback (Graptemys flavimaculata) BIRDS: American Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides foricatus) Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) (Interior population nesting along the Mississippi River only) Mississippi Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pulla) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) MAMMALS: Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi) Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens) Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Whales, Order Cetacea, excluding Family Delphinidae

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale or shipment, and for any common or contract carrier knowingly to transport or receive for shipment any species on the above list except as may be permitted by the Commission under Section 49-5-111 of the Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act.

40 Miss. Code. R. 5-2.4

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-5-107.