Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Office of Wildlife
Threatened and Endangered Species (LAC 76:I.317)
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Office of Wildlife, does hereby update the list of threatened and endangered species in Louisiana. This Rule is hereby adopted on the day of promulgation.
Title 76
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part I. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
and Agencies Thereunder
Chapter 3. Special Powers and Duties
Subchapter E.Louisiana Natural Heritage
Section317. Threatened and Endangered Species
1. Invertebrates | ||
Pink Mucket | Lampsilis abrupta | E |
Louisiana Pearlshell | Margaritifera hembeli | T |
Fat Pocketbook | Potamilus capax | E |
Inflated Heelsplitter | Potamilus inflatus | T |
Rabbitsfoot | Quadrula cylindrica | T |
2. Fish | ||
Gulf Sturgeon | Acipenseroxyrinchusdesotoi | T |
Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | E |
Smalltooth Sawfish | Pristis pectinata | E |
3. Amphibians | ||
Dusky Gopher Frog | Lithobates sevosus | E |
4. Reptiles (including eggs) | ||
Loggerhead Sea Turtle | Caretta caretta | T |
Green Sea Turtle | Chelonia mydas | T |
Hawksbill Sea Turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | E |
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle | Lepidochelys kempii | E |
Leatherback Sea Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | E |
Ringed Map Turtle | Graptemys oculifera | T |
Gopher Tortoise | Gopherus polyphemus | T |
Black Pinesnake | Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi | T |
5. Birds (including eggs) | ||
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | E |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | T |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus rufa | T |
Interior Least Tern | Sternula antillarum athalassos | E |
Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | E |
6. Mammals | ||
West Indian Manatee | Trichechus manatus | T |
Northern Long-eared Bat | Myotis septentrionalis | T |
Sperm Whale | Physeter macrocephalus | E |
Florida Panther | Felis concolor coryi | E |
7. Plants | ||
American Chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | E |
Earth-fruit | Geocarpon minimum | T |
Louisiana Quillwort | Isoetes louisianensis | E |
Pondberry | Lindera melissifolia | E |
E = Endangered; T = Threatened |
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:1904.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Office of Wildlife, LR 15:1099 (December 1989), amended LR 18:877 (August 1992), LR 37:2438 (August 2011), LR 44:798 (April 2018).
Jack Montoucet
Secretary
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