15A N.C. Admin. Code 10I.0103

Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 24, June 17, 2024

Section 10I .0103 - ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTED

(a) The following species of resident wildlife shall be designated as federally-listed endangered species:

(1) Amphibians: None listed.

(2) Birds:

(A) Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii);

(B) Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis);

(C) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus circumcinctus);

(D) Red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis); and

(E) Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii).

(3) Crustacea: None listed.

(4) Fish:

(A) Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas);

(B) Carolina madtom (Noturus furiosus);

(C) Roanoke logperch (Percina rex);

(D) Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), when found in inland fishing waters as defined in G.S. 113-129(9); and

(E) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), when found in inland fishing waters as defined in G.S. 113-129(9).

(5) Mammals:

(A) Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus);

(B) Eastern cougar (Puma concolor);

(C) Gray bat (Myotis grisescens);

(D) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis);

(E) Manatee (Trichechus manatus), when found in inland fishing waters as defined in G.S. 113-129(9); and

(F) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus).

(6) Mollusks:

(A) Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana);

(B) Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata);

(C) Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon);

(D) James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina);

(E) Littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula);

(F) Tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri); and

(G) Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana).

(7) Reptiles:

(A) Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii);

(B) Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata); and

(C) Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

(b) The following species of resident wildlife shall be designated as State-listed endangered species:

(1) Amphibians:

(A) Gopher frog (Rana [=Lithobates] capito);

(B) Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander (Aneides caryaenis);

(C) Ornate chorus frog (Pseudacris ornata); and

(D) River frog (Rana [=Lithobates] heckscheri).

(2) Birds:

(A) American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum);

(B) Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii);

(C) Common tern (Sterna hirundo);

(D) Henslow's sparrow (Centronyx henslowii); and

(E) Wayne's black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens waynei).

(3) Crustacea:

(A) Bennett's Mill cave water slater (Caecidotea carolinensis); and

(B) Waccamaw crayfish (Procambarus braswelli).

(4) Fish:

(A) Blotchside logperch (Percina burtoni);

(B) Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus);

(C) Orangefin madtom (Noturus gilberti);

(D) Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula);

(E) Robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum);

(F) Rustyside sucker (Thoburnia hamiltoni);

(G) Sharpnose darter (Percina oxyrhyncus); and

(H) Stonecat (Noturus flavus).

(5) Mammals:

(A) Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus); and

(B) Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).

(6) Mollusks:

(A) Barrel floater (Utterbackiana couperiana);

(B) Brook floater (Alasmidonta varicosa);

(C) Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaughaniana);

(D) Fragile glyph (Glyphyalinia clingmani);

(E) Green floater (Lasmigona subviridis);

(F) Greenfield rams-horn (Helisoma eucosmium)

(G) Knotty elimia (Elimia christyi);

(H) Longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda);

(I) Magnificent rams-horn (Planorbella magnifica);

(J) Purple wartyback (Cyclonaias tuberculata);

(K) Savannah lilliput (Toxolasma pullus);

(L) Slippershell mussel (Alasmidonta viridis);

(M) Tennessee clubshell (Pleurobema oviforme);

(N) Tennessee heelsplitter (Lasmigona holstonia);

(O) Tennessee pigtoe (Pleuronaia barnesiana); and

(P) Yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa).

(7) Reptiles:

(A) Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius fulvius); and

(B) Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); and

(C) Mimic glass lizard (Ophisaurus mimicus).

15A N.C. Admin. Code 10I .0103

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-291.2; 113-292; 113-333;
Eff. 6/11/1977;
Amended Eff. 5/1/2008; April 1, 2001; February 1, 1994; November 1, 1991; April 1, 1991; June 1, 1990.

Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 30, Issue 21, May 2, 2016 effective 8/1/2016.

Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 32, Issue 09, November 1, 2017 effective 10/1/2017.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 36, Issue 09, November 1, 2021 effective 10/1/2021.

Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 37, Issue 17, March 1, 2023 effective 2/1/2023.