La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § I-317

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-317 - Threatened and Endangered Species

A. The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hereby determines that those species designated as endangered or threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), are designated as such by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 50 CFR 17.11. Based upon the above determination, said species, which are enumerated below, are deemed to be endangered or threatened species under the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes title 56, chapter 8, part I V.

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	Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi	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
Louisiana Pinesnake	Pituophis ruthveni	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

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § I-317

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), Amended LR 44798 (4/1/2018), Amended LR 46193 (2/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:1904.