Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-32-.03

Current through January 8, 2025

Section 1660-01-32-.03 - WILDLIFE IN NEED OF MANAGEMENT LIST AND RULES

(1) The following species or subspecies are listed as state wildlife in need of management.

(a) Crayfish

Common Name	Scientific Name
Prickly Cave Crayfish	Cambarus hamulatus
Spiny Scale Crayfish	Cambarus jezerinaci
Cocoa Crayfish	Cambarus stockeri
Barren River Crayfish	Faxonius barrenensis

(b) Fish

Common Name	Scientific Name
American Eel	Anguilla rostrata
Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer
Tennessee Dace	Chrosomus tennesseensis
Blue Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus
Bigmouth Shiner	Ericymba dorsalis
Emerald Darter	Etheostoma baileyi
Sequatchie Darter	Etheostoma blennius sequatchiense
Chickasaw Darter	Etheostoma cervus
Tuckasegee Darter	Etheostoma gutselli
Redband Darter	Etheostoma luteovinctum
Lollypop Darter	Etheostoma neopterum
Egg-mimic Darter	Etheostoma pseudovulatum
Firebelly Darter	Etheostoma pyrrhogaster
Arrow Darter	Etheostoma sagitta
Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus
Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus
Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei
Smallscale Darter	Nothonotus microlepidus
Wounded Darter	Nothonotus vulneratus
Bedrock Shiner	Notropis rupestris
Tennessee Logperch	Percina apina
Frecklebelly Darter	Percina stictogaster
Riffle Minnow	Phenacobius catostomus
Southern Cavefish	Typhlichthys subterraneus

(c) Amphibians

Common Name	Scientific Name
Cumberland Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus abditus
Northern Pygmy Salamander	Desmognathus organi
Junaluska Salamander	Eurycea junaluska
Tennessee Cave Salamander	Gyrinophilus palleucus
Big Mouth Cave Salamander	Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides
Pale Salamander	Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus
Four-Toed Salamander	Hemidactylium scutatum
Southern Crawfish Frog	Lithobates areolatus
Cumberland Plateau Salamander	Plethodon kentucki
Weller's Salamander	Plethodon welleri

(d) Reptiles

Common Name	Scientific Name
Smooth Softshell Turtle	Apalone mutica
Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus
Red-Bellied Mudsnake	Farancia abacura
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake	Heterodon platirhinos

(e) Birds

Common Name	Scientific Name
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum
Eastern Whip-Poor-Will	Antrostomus vociferus
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus
Swainson's Warbler	Limnothlypis swainsonii
Black-Crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Cerulean Warbler	Setophaga cerulea
Brown-Headed Nuthatch	Sitta pusilla
Bewick's Wren	Thryomanes bewickii

(f) Mammals

Common Name	Scientific Name
Star-Nosed Mole	Condylura cristata
Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat	Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Eastern Small-Footed Bat	Myotis leibii
Long-Tailed Weasel	Neogale frenata
Southern Appalachian Woodrat	Neotoma floridana haematoreia
Eastern Woodrat	Neotoma floridana illinoensis
Allegheny Woodrat	Neotoma magister
Hairy-Tailed Mole	Parascalops breweri
Eastern Water Shrew	Sorex albibarbis
Long-Tailed Shrew	Sorex dispar
Eastern Pygmy Shrew	Sorex hoyi
Southern Bog Lemming	Synaptomys cooperi
Meadow Jumping Mouse	Zapus hudsonius

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-32-.03

Original rules filed February 1, 2018; to have been effective May 2, 2018. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 45-day stay on April 19, 2018; new effective date to have been June 16, 2018. On May 23, 2018, TWRA filed a 75-day stay; new effective date August 30, 2018. Amendments filed March 24, 2021; effective June 22, 2021. Amendments filed September 26, 2024; effective 12/25/2024.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 70-1-206, 70-8-104, 70-8-105, 70-8-106, and 70-8-107.