Species Accounts for Protected Animals

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Amphibians

• Ambystoma cingulatum ( Flatwoods Salamander )
• Amphiuma pholeter ( One-toed Amphiuma )
• Aneides aeneus ( Green Salamander )
• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis ( Eastern Hellbender )
• Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus ( Tennessee Cave Salamander )
• Haideotriton wallacei ( Georgia Blind Salamander )
• Notophthalmus perstriatus ( Striped Newt )
• Plethodon petraeus ( Pigeon Mountain Salamander )
• Rana capito ( Gopher Frog )

Birds

• Aimophila aestivalis ( Bachman's Sparrow )
• Ammodramus henslowii ( Henslow's Sparrow )
• Calidris canutus ( Red Knot )
• Campephilus principalis ( Ivory-billed Woodpecker )
• Charadrius melodus ( Piping Plover )
• Charadrius wilsonia ( Wilson's Plover )
• Corvus corax ( Common Raven )
• Dendroica cerulea ( Cerulean Warbler )
• Dendroica kirtlandii ( Kirtland's Warbler )
• Elanoides forficatus ( Swallow-tailed Kite )
• Falco peregrinus ( Peregrine Falcon )
• Falco sparverius paulus ( Southeastern American Kestrel )
• Haematopus palliatus ( American Oystercatcher )
• Haliaeetus leucocephalus ( Bald Eagle )
• Mycteria americana ( Wood Stork )
• Picoides borealis ( Red-cockaded Woodpecker )
• Rynchops niger ( Black Skimmer )
• Sterna antillarum ( Least Tern )
• Sterna nilotica ( Gull-billed Tern )
• Vermivora chrysoptera ( Golden-winged Warbler )

Fishes

• Acipenser brevirostrum ( Shortnose Sturgeon )
• Alosa alabamae ( Alabama Shad )
• Ameiurus serracanthus ( Spotted Bullhead )
• Cyprinella caerulea ( Blue Shiner )
• Cyprinella callitaenia ( Bluestripe Shiner )
• Cyprinella xaenura ( Altamaha Shiner )
• Elassoma okatie ( Bluebarred Pygmy Sunfish )
• Enneacanthus chaetodon ( Blackbanded Sunfish )
• Erimystax insignis ( Blotched Chub )
• Etheostoma brevirostrum ( Holiday Darter )
• Etheostoma chlorobranchium ( Greenfin Darter )
• Etheostoma chuckwachatte ( Lipstick Darter )
• Etheostoma ditrema ( Coldwater Darter )
• Etheostoma duryi ( Black Darter )
• Etheostoma etowahae ( Etowah Darter )
• Etheostoma parvipinne ( Goldstripe Darter )
• Etheostoma rupestre ( Rock Darter )
• Etheostoma scotti ( Cherokee Darter )
• Etheostoma tallapoosae ( Tallapoosa Darter )
• Etheostoma trisella ( Trispot Darter )
• Etheostoma vulneratum ( Wounded Darter )
• Fundulus bifax ( Stippled Studfish )
• Fundulus catenatus ( Northern Studfish )
• Hemitremia flammea ( Flame Chub )
• Hybopsis lineapunctata ( Lined Chub )
• Ichthyomyzon bdellium ( Ohio Lamprey )
• Lucania goodei ( Bluefin Killifish )
• Macrhybopsis sp. 1 ( Coosa Chub )
• Micropterus notius ( Suwannee Bass )
• Moxostoma carinatum ( River Redhorse )
• Moxostoma robustum ( Robust Redhorse )
• Moxostoma sp. 2 ( Sicklefin Redhorse )
• Notropis ariommus ( Popeye Shiner )
• Notropis asperifrons ( Burrhead Shiner )
• Notropis hypsilepis ( Highscale Shiner )
• Notropis photogenis ( Silver Shiner )
• Notropis scepticus ( Sandbar Shiner )
• Noturus eleutherus ( Mountain Madtom )
• Noturus munitus ( Frecklebelly Madtom )
• Percina antesella ( Amber Darter )
• Percina aurantiaca ( Tangerine Darter )
• Percina aurolineata ( Goldline Darter )
• Percina crypta ( Halloween Darter )
• Percina jenkinsi ( Conasauga Logperch )
• Percina kusha ( Bridled Darter )
• Percina lenticula ( Freckled Darter )
• Percina sciera ( Dusky Darter )
• Percina shumardi ( River Darter )
• Percina smithvanizi ( Muscadine Darter )
• Percina squamata ( Olive Darter )
• Percina tanasi ( Snail Darter )
• Phenacobius crassilabrum ( Fatlips Minnow )
• Phenacobius uranops ( Stargazing Minnow )
• Phoxinus tennesseensis ( Tennessee Dace )
• Pteronotropis euryzonus ( Broadstripe Shiner )
• Pteronotropis welaka ( Bluenose Shiner )
• Typhlichthys subterraneus ( Southern Cavefish )

Invertebrates

• Alasmidonta arcula ( Altamaha Arcmussel )
• Alasmidonta triangulata ( Southern Elktoe )
• Amblema neislerii ( Fat Threeridge )
• Anodonta heardi ( Apalachicola Floater )
• Anodontoides radiatus ( Rayed Creekshell )
• Cambarus coosawattae ( Coosawattee Crayfish )
• Cambarus cryptodytes ( Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish )
• Cambarus cymatilis ( Conasauga Blue Burrower )
• Cambarus doughertyensis ( Dougherty Burrowing Crayfish )
• Cambarus englishi ( Tallapoosa Crayfish )
• Cambarus extraneus ( Chickamauga Crayfish )
• Cambarus fasciatus ( Etowah Crayfish )
• Cambarus georgiae ( Little Tennessee Crayfish )
• Cambarus harti ( Piedmont Blue Burrower )
• Cambarus howardi ( Chattahoochee Crayfish )
• Cambarus parrishi ( Hiwassee Headwaters Crayfish )
• Cambarus scotti ( Chattooga River Crayfish )
• Cambarus speciosus ( Beautiful Crayfish )
• Cambarus strigosus ( Lean Crayfish )
• Cambarus truncatus ( Oconee Burrowing Crayfish )
• Cambarus unestami ( Blackbarred Crayfish )
• Cordulegaster sayi ( Say's Spiketail )
• Distocambarus devexus ( Broad River Burrowing Crayfish )
• Elliptio arca ( Alabama Spike )
• Elliptio arctata ( Delicate Spike )
• Elliptio purpurella ( Inflated Spike )
• Elliptio spinosa ( Altamaha Spinymussel )
• Elliptoideus sloatianus ( Purple Bankclimber )
• Epioblasma metastriata ( Upland Combshell )
• Epioblasma othcaloogensis ( Southern Acornshell )
• Fusconaia masoni ( Atlantic Pigtoe )
• Gomphus consanguis ( Cherokee Clubtail )
• Hamiota altilis ( Finelined Pocketbook )
• Hamiota subangulata ( Shinyrayed Pocketbook )
• Leptoxis foremani ( Interrupted Rocksnail )
• Medionidus acutissimus ( Alabama Moccasinshell )
• Medionidus parvulus ( Coosa Moccasinshell )
• Medionidus penicillatus ( Gulf Moccasinshell )
• Medionidus simpsonianus ( Ochlockonee Moccasinshell )
• Ophiogomphus edmundo ( Edmund's Snaketail )
• Pleurobema decisum ( Southern Clubshell )
• Pleurobema georgianum ( Southern Pigtoe )
• Pleurobema hanleyianum ( Georgia Pigtoe )
• Pleurobema pyriforme ( Oval Pigtoe )
• Procambarus gibbus ( Muckalee Crayfish )
• Procambarus verrucosus ( Grainy Crayfish )
• Procambarus versutus ( Sly Crayfish )
• Ptychobranchus foremanianus ( Triangular Kidneyshell )
• Strophitus connasaugaensis ( Alabama Creekmussel )
• Strophitus subvexus ( Southern Creekmussel )
• Toxolasma pullus ( Savannah Lilliput )

Mammals

• Corynorhinus rafinesquii ( Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat )
• Eubalaena glacialis ( Northern Atlantic Right Whale )
• Geomys pinetis ( Southeastern Pocket Gopher )
• Megaptera novaeangliae ( Humpback Whale )
• Myotis grisescens ( Gray Myotis )
• Myotis sodalis ( Indiana Myotis )
• Neofiber alleni ( Round-tailed Muskrat )
• Puma concolor coryi ( Florida Panther )
• Sylvilagus obscurus ( Appalachian Cottontail )
• Trichechus manatus ( Manatee )

Reptiles

• Caretta caretta ( Loggerhead Sea Turtle )
• Chelonia mydas ( Green Sea Turtle )
• Clemmys guttata ( Spotted Turtle )
• Dermochelys coriacea ( Leatherback Sea Turtle )
• Drymarchon couperi ( Eastern Indigo Snake )
• Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata ( Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle )
• Glyptemys muhlenbergii ( Bog Turtle )
• Gopherus polyphemus ( Gopher Tortoise )
• Graptemys barbouri ( Barbour's Map Turtle )
• Graptemys geographica ( Map Turtle )
• Graptemys pulchra ( Alabama Map Turtle )
• Heterodon simus ( Southern Hognose Snake )
• Lepidochelys kempii ( Kemp's Or Atlantic Ridley )
• Macrochelys temminckii ( Alligator Snapping Turtle )
• Malaclemys terrapin centrata ( Carolina Diamond-backed Terrapin )
• Ophisaurus mimicus ( Mimic Glass Lizard )