Florida's
Imperiled Species
A printable version of the list of animals species from the
FWC is available here
in Adobe pdf format.
A printable version of the list of plant species protected by
the State of Florida from the DACS is available here
in Adobe pdf format.
|
Numerical Summary of Listed Species
|
Status
|
Fish
|
Amphibians
|
Reptiles
|
Birds
|
Mammals
|
Invertebrates
|
Plants
|
Total
|
State - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
|
E
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
8
|
20
|
4
|
--
|
41
|
T
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
--
|
26
|
SSC
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
18
|
6
|
4
|
--
|
51
|
Total
|
15
|
5
|
24
|
36
|
30
|
8
|
--
|
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
|
E
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
18
|
6
|
43
|
79
|
T
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
11
|
29
|
T (S/A)
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0 |
1
|
0
|
--
|
2
|
XN
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
1
|
Total
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
11
|
20
|
10
|
54
|
111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS)
|
E
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
421
|
421
|
T
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
113
|
113
|
CE
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
8
|
8
|
Total
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
542
|
542
|
Abbreviations:
E = Endangered
T = Threatened
SSC = Species of Special Concern
T (S/A) = Threatened/Similarity of Appearance
XN = Experimental Population/Non-essential
CE = Commercially Exploited
Reptiles
|
American alligator |
Alligator mississippiensis |
SSC |
T(S/A)* |
American crocodile |
Crocodylus acutus |
E |
E |
Key ringneck snake |
Diadophis punctatus acricus |
T |
|
Eastern indigo snake |
Drymarchon corais couperi |
T |
T |
Red rat snake |
Elaphe guttata |
SSC1 |
|
Atlantic salt marsh water snake
(Atlantic salt marsh snake) |
Nerodia clarkii taeniata |
T |
T |
Florida pine snake |
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus |
SSC |
|
Short-tailed snake |
Stilosoma extenuatum |
T |
|
Florida brown snake |
Storeria dekayi victa |
T1 |
|
Rim rock crowned snake |
Tantilla oolitica |
T |
|
Florida ribbon snake |
Thamnophis sauritus sackeni |
T1 |
|
Bluetail mole skink |
Eumeces egregius lividus |
T |
T |
Florida Key mole skink |
Eumeces egregius egregius |
SSC |
|
Sand skink |
Neoseps reynoldsi |
T |
T |
Gopher tortoise |
Gopherus polyphemus |
SSC |
|
Barbour’s map turtle |
Graptemys barbouri |
SSC |
|
Alligator snapping turtle |
Macroclemys temminckii |
SSC |
|
Striped mud turtle |
Kinosternon baurii |
E1 |
|
Suwannee cooter |
Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis |
SSC |
|
Loggerhead sea turtle |
Caretta caretta |
T |
T |
Green sea turtle |
Chelonia mydas |
E |
Ea/Tb |
Leatherback sea turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
E |
E |
Hawksbill sea turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
E |
E |
Kemp’s ridley sea turtle |
Lepidochelys kempii |
E |
E |
Birds
|
Piping plover |
Charadrius melodus |
T |
T |
Snowy plover
(Cuban snowy plover) |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
T |
|
American oystercatcher |
Haematopus palliatus |
SSC |
|
Brown pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
SSC |
|
Black skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
SSC |
|
Least tern |
Sterna antillarum |
T |
|
Roseate tern |
Sterna dougallii
(Sterna dougallii dougallii) |
T |
T |
Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
SSC |
|
Reddish egret |
Egretta rufescens |
SSC |
|
Snowy egret |
Egretta thula |
SSC |
|
Little blue heron |
Egretta caerulea |
SSC |
|
Tricolored heron |
Egretta tricolor |
SSC |
|
White ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
SSC |
|
Florida sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis pratensis |
T |
|
Whooping crane |
Grus americana |
SSC |
XN |
Wood stork |
Mycteria americana |
E |
E |
Roseate spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
SSC |
|
Burrowing owl
(Florida burrowing owl) |
Athene cunicularia
(Athene cunicularia floridana) |
SSC |
|
Crested caracara
(Audubon’s crested caracara) |
Caracara cheriway
(Polyborus plancus audubonii) |
T |
T |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
E |
|
Southeastern American kestrel |
Falco sparverius paulus |
T |
T |
Bald eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
T |
T |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
SSC2 |
|
Snail kite
(Everglades snail kite) |
Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus |
E |
E |
Florida scrub-jay |
Aphelocoma coerulescens |
T |
T |
Cape Sable seaside sparrow |
Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis |
E |
E |
Florida grasshopper sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum floridanus |
E |
E |
Scott’s seaside sparrow |
Ammodramus maritimus
peninsulae |
SSC |
|
Wakulla seaside sparrow |
Ammodramus maritimus juncicolus |
SSC |
|
White-crowned pigeon |
Columba leucocephala |
T |
|
Kirtland’s warbler |
Dendroica kirtlandii |
E |
|
Bachman’s warbler |
Vermivora bachmanii |
E |
|
Ivory-billed woodpecker |
Campephilus principalis |
E |
|
Red-cockaded woodpecker |
Picoides borealis |
SSC |
E |
Marian’s marsh wren |
Cistothorus palustris marianae |
SSC |
|
Worthington’s marsh wren |
Cistothorus palustris griseus |
SSC |
|
Mammals
|
Florida panther |
Puma concolor coryi
(Puma [=Felis]concolor coryi) |
E |
E |
Puma (= mountain lion) |
Puma [=Felis] concolor |
|
T (S/A)** |
Red wolf |
Canis rufus |
|
Ec |
Florida black bear |
Ursus americanus floridanus |
T |
|
Everglades mink |
Mustela vison evergladensis |
T |
|
Key deer |
Odocoileus virginianus clavium |
E |
E |
Lower Keys marsh rabbit |
Sylvilagus palustris hefneri |
E |
E |
Big Cypress fox squirrel |
Sciurus niger avicennia |
T |
|
Sherman’s fox squirrel |
Sciurus niger shermani |
SSC |
|
Eastern chipmunk |
Tamias striatus |
SSC |
|
Sanibel Island rice rat |
Oryzomys palustris sanibeli |
SSC |
|
Silver rice rat
(Rice rat, lower FL Keys) |
Oryzomys argentatus
(Oryzomys palustris natator) |
E |
E |
Key Largo woodrat |
Neotoma floridana smalli |
E |
E |
Key Largo cotton mouse |
Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola |
E |
E |
Choctawhatchee beach mouse |
Peromyscus polionotus allophrys |
E |
E |
Southeastern beach mouse |
Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris |
T |
T |
Anastasia Island beach mouse |
Peromyscus polionotus phasma |
E |
E |
St. Andrews beach mouse |
Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis |
E |
E |
Perdido Key beach mouse |
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis |
E |
E |
Florida mouse |
Podomys floridanus |
SSC |
|
Florida mastiff bat |
Eumops glaucinus floridanus |
E |
|
Gray bat |
Myotis grisescens |
E |
|
Indiana bat |
Myotis sodalis |
|
E |
Florida saltmarsh vole
(Florida salt marsh vole) |
Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli |
E |
E |
Sherman’s short-tailed shrew |
Blarina carolonensis [=brevicauda]
shermani |
SSC |
|
Homosassa shrew |
Sorex longirostris eionis |
SSC |
|
Sei whale |
Balaenoptera borealis |
E |
|
Fin whale
(Finback whale) |
Balaenoptera physalus |
E |
E |
North Atlantic right whale
(Right whale) |
Eubalaena glacialis
(Balaena glacialis [incl. australis]) |
E |
E |
Humpback whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
E |
E |
Sperm whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
E |
E |
Caribbean monk seal |
Monachus tropicalis |
|
E*** |
Florida manatee
(West Indian manatee) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris
(Trichechus manatus) |
E |
E |
Invertebrates
|
Corals
|
|
|
|
Pillar coral |
Dendrogyra cylindrus |
E |
|
Crustaceans
|
|
|
|
Panama City crayfish
(econfina crayfish); |
Procambarus econfinae |
SSC |
|
Sims sink crayfish
(Santa Fe cave crayfish) |
Procambarus erythrops |
SSC |
|
Black creek crayfish |
Procambarus pictus |
SSC |
|
Squirrel chimney cave shrimp
(Florida cave shrimp) |
Palaemonetes cummingi |
|
T |
Insects
|
|
|
|
Miami blue butterfly |
Cyclargus [=Hermiargus] thomasi bethunebakeri |
E |
|
Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly |
Heraclides aristodemus |
E |
E |
Mollusks
|
|
|
|
Florida tree snail |
Liguus fasciatus |
SSC |
|
Stock Island tree snail |
Orthalicus reses
Orthalicus reses [not incl. nesodryas] |
E |
T |
Fat three-ridge |
Amblema neislerii |
|
E |
Chipola slabshell |
Elliptio chipolaensis |
|
T |
Purple bankclimber |
Elliptoideus sloatianus |
|
T |
Shinyrayed pocketbook |
Lampsilis subangulata |
|
E |
Gulf moccasinshell |
Medionidus penicillatus |
|
E |
Ochlockonee moccasinshell |
Medionidus simpsonianus |
|
E |
Oval pigtoe |
Pleurobema pyriforme |
|
E |
|
|
Lead-plant, Crenulate |
Amorpha crenulata |
|
E |
Pawpaw, four-petal |
Asimina tetramera |
|
E |
Bonamia, Florida |
Bonamia grandiflora |
|
T |
Bellflower, Brooksville |
Campanula robinsiae |
|
E |
Prickly-apple, fragrant |
Cereus eriophorus var.
fragrans |
|
E |
Spurge, deltoid |
Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp.
deltoidea |
|
E |
Spurge, Garber's |
Chamaesyce garberi |
|
T |
Fringe-tree, pygmy |
Chionanthus pygmaeus |
|
E |
Aster, Florida golden |
Chrysopsis floridana |
|
E |
Cladonia, Florida perforate |
Cladonia perforata |
|
E |
Pigeon wings |
Clitoria fragrans |
|
T |
Rosemary, short-leaved |
Conradina brevifolia |
|
E |
Rosemary, Etonia |
Conradina etonia |
|
E |
Rosemary, Apalachicola |
Conradina glabra |
|
E |
Harebells, Avon Park |
Crotalaria avonensis |
|
E |
Gourd, Okeechobee |
Cucurbita okeechobeensis
ssp. okeechobeensis |
|
E |
Pawpaw, beautiful |
Deeringothamnus
pulchellus |
|
E |
Pawpaw, Rugel's |
Deeringothamnus
rugelii |
|
E |
Mint, Garrett's |
Dicerandra
christmanii |
|
E |
Mint, longspurred |
Dicerandra
cornutissima |
|
E |
Mint, scrub |
Dicerandra
frutescens |
|
E |
Mint, Lakela's |
Dicerandra immaculata |
|
E |
Buckwheat, scrub |
Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium |
|
T |
Snakeroot |
Eryngium
cuneifolium |
|
E |
Spurge, telephus |
Euphorbia telephioides |
|
T |
Milkpea, Small's |
Galactia smallii |
|
E |
Seagrass, Johnson's |
Halophila johnsonii |
|
T |
Beauty, Harper's |
Harperocallis flava |
|
E |
Hypericum, highlands scrub |
Hypericum cumulicola |
|
E |
Jacquemontia, beach |
Jacquemontia reclinata |
|
E |
Water-willow, Cooley's |
Justicia cooleyi |
|
E |
Blazingstar, scrub |
Liatris
ohlingerae |
|
E |
Lupine, scrub |
Lupinus aridorum) |
|
E |
Birds-in-a-nest, white |
Macbridea alba |
|
T |
Beargrass, Britton's |
Nolina brittoniana |
|
E |
Whitlow-wort, papery |
Paronychia chartacea |
|
T |
Cactus, Key tree |
Pilosocereus robinii |
|
E |
Butterwort, Godfrey's |
Pinguicula ionantha |
|
T |
Polygala, Lewton's |
Polygala lewtonii |
|
E |
Polygala, tiny |
Polygala smallii |
|
E |
Wireweed |
Polygonella basiramia |
|
E |
Sandlace |
Polygonella myriophylla |
|
E |
Plum, scrub |
Prunus geniculata |
|
E |
Rhododendron, Chapman |
Rhododendron chapmanii |
|
E |
Gooseberry, Miccosukee |
Ribes echinellum |
|
T |
Chaffseed, American |
Schwalbea americana |
|
E |
Skullcap, Florida |
Scutellaria floridana |
|
T |
Campion, fringed |
Silene polypetala |
|
E |
Pinkroot, gentian |
Spigelia gentianoides |
|
E |
Meadowrue, Cooley's |
Thalictrum cooleyi |
|
E |
Torreya, Florida |
Torreya taxifolia |
|
E |
Warea, wide-leaf |
Warea amplexifolia |
|
E |
Mustard, Carter's |
Warea carteri |
|
E |
Ziziphus, Florida |
Ziziphus celata |
|
E |
Notations
1 = Lower Keys population only
2 = Monroe County population only
3 = Other than those found in Baker and Columbia Counties or in Apalachicola National Forest
a = Breeding colony populations in FL and on Pacific coast of Mexico
b = Wherever found except where listed as endangered
c = (Except where XN) Presumed extinct in wild except experimental populations in
NC & TN
* = Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon in the Entire Range
** = All subspecies except coryi. Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon in the U.S.
*** = No known populations in the wild, presumed extinct
|
|
|
