Threatened and Endangered Species
of
Wetlands and Waterways
in
Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska
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APPENDIX Al
STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
(A LIST BY FAMILY)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region VII
Information Resource Center
901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
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STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
** CLASS NAME: AMPHIBIAN
BLUE-SPOTTED SALAMANDER
CAVE SALAMANDER
CENTRAL NEWT
CRAWFISH FROG
DARK-SIDED SALAMANDER
EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOAD
EASTERN SPADEFOOT
FOUR-TOED SALAMANDER
GRAYBELLY SALAMANDER
GREEN FROG
GROTTO SALAMANDER
ILLINOIS CHORUS FROG
MOLE SALAMANDER
MUDPUPPY
NORTHERN CRAWFISH FROG
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
NORTHERN SPRING PEEPER
OKLAHOMA SALAMANDER
STRECKER'S CHORUS FROG
WESTERN GREEN TOAD
WOOD FROG
** CLASS NAME: BIRD
AMERICAN BITTERN
ART 1C PEREGRINE FALCON
BALD EAGLE
BARN OWL
BLACK RAIL
BLACK TERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
BROWN CREEPER
COMMON MOORHEN
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
ESKIMO CURLEW
FORSTER'S TERN
GREAT EGRET
AMBYSTOMA LATERALE
EURYCEA LUCIFUGA RAFINESOUE
NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS LOUISIANENSIS
(WOLTraSTORFF)
RANA AREOLATA
EURYCEA LONGICAUDA MELANOPLEURA (COPE)
GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS (HOLBROOK)
SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOK11 HOLBROOK11
HEMIDACTYLIUM SCUTATUM (SCHLEGEL)
EURYCEA MULTIPLICATA GRISEOGASTER MOORE AND
HUGHES
RANA CLAMITANS MELANOTA (RAFINESOUE)
TYPHLOTRITON SPELAEUS STEJNEGER
PSEUDACRIS STRECKERI ILLINOENSIS
AMBYSTOHA TALPOIDEUM
NECTURUS MACULOSUS
RANA ASF.OLATA CIRCULOSA (RICE AND DAVIS)
RANA PIPIENS
PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER ( WIED-NEUWIED)
EURYCEA TYNERENSIS (MOORE AND HUGHES)
PSEUDACRIS STRECKERI STRECKERI WRIGHT AND
WRIGHT
BUFO b'ERILIS INS I DOR GIRARD
RANA SYLVATICA (LE CONTE)
BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS
FALCO PEREGRINUS TUNDRIUS
HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS
TYTO ALBA
LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS
CHLIDONIAS NIGER
NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX
CERTHIA AMERICANA
GALLIKULA CHLOROPUS
PHALACROCORAX AURITUS
NUMENIUS BOREALIS
STERNA FORSTERI
CASMERODIUS ALBUS
PEM,PFO,L1AB,L2EM El
R3UB,PFO,PUB EK
PUB,PEM,PFO,L1AB,L2EM EI,TK
R3UB,R3US,L2US El
PFO,PUB,R3UB,L2AB,L2EM TK
L2AB,L2EM,R4US,R4AB TK
PUB.PAB.R4AB RM
R3UB,R3ML,PFO,PML RM
R3UB EK
R3UB,L1AB,L2EM TK
R3UB EK
PAB,PUB,R4AB RM
PFO,PUB,L1AB,PEM,L2EM RM
R2UB,R3UB,L1AB,L2EM El
L2AB,R4US,R4AB,PEM TK.WM
PAB,L2AB,PEM,R4AB RM
PFO.PUB,L2AB,L2EM,R4AB TK
R3UB.R3AB RM
L2AB,L2EM,R4US,R4AB TK
PSS.PEM TK
PUB,PFO,R4AB,L2EM RM
PEM,PAB,R2EM,L2UB RM
R20W.L10W TFN
L10W,PFO,R20W,L2EM,L2UB,L EFI,EFK,EFM,
2US,L20W EFN
PFO RM
PEM,R2EM,PSS,PAB,L2UB UM
R2US,L2US,PUB,PEM SI
PEM,PFO,PSS,L2UB,R2EM,PAB RM
PAB UM
PAB,PEM,L2UB,R2EM RM
L10W,L2EM,PFO ON,El
PUB,PEM,PUS EFK.EFN
R2US,L2US,PUB,PEM SI
PAB,PEM>L1AB,L2UB,L2EM RM
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STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
INTERIOR LEAST TERN
KING RAIL
LITTLE BLUE HERON
MARSH WREN
MISSISSIPPI KITE
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
PEREGRINE FALCON
PIED-BILLED GREBE
PIPING PLOVER
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SNOWY EGRET
SNOWY PLOVER
SORA
SWAINSON'S WARBLER
WHITE FACED IBIS
WHOOPING CRANE
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
** CLASS NAME: BIVALVE MOLLUSK
BANKCL1MBER
BUCKHORN
BUTTERFLY MUSSEL
CREEK HEELSPLITTER
CURTIS' PEARLY MUSSEL
CYLINDRICAL PAPER SHELL
EBONY SHELL
ELEPHANT-EAR
ELKTOE
ELLIPSE
FAT POCKETBOOK
FLAT FLOATER
FLUTED SHELL
HICKORYNUT
HIGGINS EYE
NEOSHO MUCKET
OHIO RIVER PIGTOE
OZARK PIGTOE
PINK MUCKET
STERNA ANTILLARUM ATHALASSOS
RALLUS ELEGANS
EGRETTA CAERULEA
CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS
ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS
CIRCUS CYANEUS
PANDION HALIAETUS
FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM
POOILYMBUS PODICEPS
CHARADE IUS MELOCUS
BUTEO LINEATUS
EGRETTA THULA
CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS
PORZANA CAROLINA
LIMNOTH'.YPIS SWAINSONII
PLEGADIS CHIHI
GRUS AMERICANA
XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS
PLECTOMERUS DOMBEYANUS (VALENCIENNES)
TRITOGONIA VERRUCOSA (RAFINESQUE)
ELLIPSARIA LINEOLATA (RAFINESQUE)
LASMIGONA COMPRESSA (LEA)
EPIOBLASMA FLORENTINA CURTISI (UTTERBACK)
ANODONTOIDES FERUSSACIANUS (LEA)
FUSCONIA EBENEA
ELLIPTO CRASSIDENS CRASSIDENS
ALASMIDONTA MARGINATA (SAY)
VENUSTACONCHA ELLIPSIFORMIS (CONRAD)
POTAMILUS CAPEX
ANODONTA SUBORBICULATA (SAY)
LASMi--Of1 A COSTATA (RAFINESOUE)
OBOVARIA OLIVARIA (RAFINESQUE)
LAMPSILIS HIGGINSI (LEA)
LAMPSI LIS RAFINESOUEANA (FRIERSON)
PLEUROBEMA SINTOXIA (RAFINESQUE)
FUSCONAIA OZARKENSIS (CALL)
LAMPSILIS ABRUPTA (PREVIOUSLY L.
R2US,L2US,PUB
PEM,R2EM,L2UB,PAB
PFO,PSS,PEM,L2UB,R2EM,PAB
PAB,PEM,R2EM,L2UB
PFO
PEM,PSS,PAB,R2EM,L2UB
R20W.PFO
R20W.L10W
L1AB,L2EM,R2EM,PAB,PEM
R2US,L2US,PUB
PFO
PFO,PSS,L2UB,R2EM,PEM,PAB
R2US,PUB,L2US
PAB,PEM,L2EM,L1AB
PEM,PAB,R2EM
R2EM,PEM,L2UB,PAB
R2UB , L2UB , PUB , L2AB , PEM
PAB,PEM,R2EM,L2AB
R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
R3UB
R2UB,R3UB
R3UB,R2UB,R3RB
R3UB
R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
R2UB.R2RB
R2UB.R3UB
R3UB.R3RB
R2UB
R2UB.L1UB
R3UB.R2UB
R2UB
R2UB
R3UB
R2UB
R2UB
R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
EFI.EFK.EFM,
EFN
El, EM
RM
UM
RM
EM
XM
EFI,EFK,EFM,
EFN
RM
TFI.TFK.TFM,
TFN
El
EM
TK
UM
EM
TK
EFK.EFN
RM
EM
El
TI,TK
TI
EFM
EM
EM
EM
TI
TI
EFI.EFM
EM,EK
El
UM
EFI,EFM,EFN
EM
El
El
EFM
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THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
PURPLE LILL IPUT
PURPLE PIMPLEBACK
RABBITSFOOT
ROCK-POCKETBOOK
SALAMANDER MUSSEL
SCALESHELL
SHEEPNOSE
SLIPPERSHELL
SLOUGH SANDSHELL
SNUFFBOX
SOUTHERN HICKORYNUT
SPECTACLE CASE
STRANGE FLOATER, SQUAW FOOT
UARTYBACK
WESTERN FANSHELL
WESTERN HEEL SPLITTER
WINGED MAPLELEAF
YELLOW SANDSHELL
ORBICULATA)
TOXOLASKA LIVIDUS GLANS (LEA) R3UB
CYCLONAIAS TUBERCULATA (RAFINESOUE) R2UB.R3RB
OUADRULA CYLINDRICA CYLINDRICA R3UB,R3RB
ARCIDENS CONFRAGOSUS (SAY) R2UB.R2RB
SIMPSONAIAS AMBIGUA (SAY) R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
LEPTODEA LEPTODON R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
PLETHOBASUS CYPHYUS (RAFINESQUE) R3UB,R2UB,R3RB
ALASMIOONTA VIRIDIS (RAFINESOUE) R3UB
LAMPSILIS TERES FALLACIOSA R2UB
EPIOBLASMA TRIOUETRA (RAFINESQUE) R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
OBOVARIA JACKSONIANA (FRIERESON) R3UB.R2UB
CUMBERLAND IA MONODONTA (SAY) R2UB.R2RB
STROPHITUS UNDULATUS UNDULATUS(SAY) R2UB.R3UB
OUADRULA NODULATA (RAFINESQUE) R2UB.R3UB
CYPROGJNIA ABERTI (CONRAD) R2UB
POTAMILUS PURPURATUS (LANARK) R2UB.R3UB
OUADRULA FRAGOSA R2UB.R3UB
LAMPSILIS TERES ANODONTOIDES (LEA) R2UB
WM
TI
EM
EM
EM
EM
EM
El
El
EM
EM
WM,EI
TI
EM
EFM
OM
EFI.EFM.EFN
El
** CLASS NAME: BONY FISH
ALABAMA SHAD
ALLIGATOR GAR
AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY
ARKANSAS DARTER
ARKANSAS RIVER SHINER
BANTAM SUNFISH
BLACK REDHORSE
BLACKNOSE SHINER
BLUESTRIPE DARTER
BLUNTNOSE DARTER
BRASSY MINNOW
BROWN BULLHEAD
BURBOT
CENTRAL MUDMINNOW
CHANNEL DARTER
CHESTNUT LAMPREY
CRYSTAL DARTER
CYPRESS MINNOW
EASTERN SLIM MINNOW
FINESCALE DACE
ALOSA AI.ABAMAE (JORDAN AND EVERMANN) R2UB
LEPISOSTSUS SPATULA LACEPEDE R2UB
LAMPETRA APPENDIX (DEKAY) R2UB,R3UB
ETHEOSTOMA CRAGINI (GILBERT) R3UB,R3AB
NOTROPIS GIRARDI HUBBS AND ORTENBURGER R2UB
LEPOMIS SYMMETRICUS (FORBES) L1AB,R3AB,PAB
MOXOCTOKA DUQUESNEI (LESUEUR) R3UB.R3RB
NOTROPIS HETEROLEPIS (EIGENMANN AND R3UB.R3AB
EIGENMANN)
PERCINA CYMATOTAENIIA (GILBERT AND MEEK) R3AB.R3UB
ETHEOSTOMA CHLOROSOMUM (HAY) R3UB
HYBOGNATHUS HANKINSON1 R3UB
ICTALURIS NEBULOSUS (LESUEUR) R3UB.R2AB.L1AB
LOTA LOTA R2UB
UMBRA LIMI (KIRTLAND) R2UB,PAB.L1UB
PERCINA COPELANDI R2UB.R3UB
ICTHYCMYZON CASTANEUS R2UB,R3UB,L1UB
AMMOCRYPTA ASPRELLA (JORDAN) R2UB.R3UB
HYBOGNATHUS HAYI (JORDAN) R3UB.R2UB
PIMEPKALES TENELLUS PARVICEPS R3UB
PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS R3UB.L2AB
RM
RM
TI.RM
TK.RM
EK
RM
TI
TI.TN.EM
RM
El
RM
RM
TI
EM
UN
TI.EK
EM
EM
RM
TN
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STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
FLATHEAD CHUB
FRECKLED MADTOM
GOLDSTRIPE DARTER
GRASS PICKEREL
HARLEQUIN DARTER
HIGHFIN CARPSUCKER
HORNEYHEAD CHUB
LAKE CHUBSUCKER
LAKE STURGEON
LEAST DARTER
LONGNOSE DARTER
MOONEYE
MOTTLED SCULPIN
MOUNTAIN MADTOM
NEOSHO MADTOM
NIANGUA DARTER
NORTHERN PIKE
NORTHERN REDBELLY DACE
ORANGETHROAT DARTER
OZARK CAVEFISH
PALLID STURGEON
PEARL DACE
PIRATE PERCH
PLAINS KILLIFISH
PUGNOSE SHINER
PUMPKINSEED
REDFIN DARTER
REDSPOT CHUB
SABINE SHINER
SICKLEFIN CHUB
SILVERBAND SHINER
SOUTHERN BROOK LAMPREY
SPECKLED CHUB
SPRING CAVEFISH
STARGAZING DARTER
STURGEON CHUB
SWAMP DARTER
TAILLIGHT SHINER
TOPEKA SHINER
TROUT-PERCH
WEED SHINER
HYBOPSIS GRACILIS (RICHARDSON)
NOTURUS NOCTURNUS
ETHEOSTOMA PARVIPINNE (GILBERT AND SWAIN)
ESOX AMERICANUS GMELIN
ETHEOSTOMA HISTRIO (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
CARPOIDES VELIFER
NOCOMIS BIGUTTATUS (KIRTLAND)
ERIMYZON SUCETTA (LACEPEDE)
ACCIPENSER FULVESCENS (RAFINESOUE)
ETHEOSTOMA MICROPERCA
PERCINA NASUTA (BAILEY)
HIODON TERGISUS
COTTUS BAIRDI
NOTURUS ELEUTHERUS (JORDAN)
NOTURUS PLACIDUS (TAYLOR)
ETHEOSTOMA NIANGUAE (GILBERT AND MEEK)
ESOX LUCIUS
PHOXINUS EOS
ETHEOSTOMA SPECTABILE
AMBLVOPSIS ROSAE (EIGENMANN)
SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS (FORBES AND
RICHARDSON)
SEMOTILUS MARGARITA
APHREDCOERUS SAYANUS
FUNDULUS ZEBRINUS (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
NOTROPIS ANOGENUS
LEPOMIE GIBBOSUS (LINNAEUS)
ETHEOSTOMA WHIPPLEI (GIRARD)
NOCOMIS ASPER LACHNER AND JENKINS
NOTROPIS SABINAE (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
HYBOPSIS MEEKI (JORDAN AND EVERMANN)
NOTROPIS SHUMARDI (GIRARD)
ICHTYOMYZON GAGE I (HUBBS AND TRAUTMAN)
HYBOPSIS AESTIVALIS TETRANEMUS (GILBERT)
CHOLOGASTER AGASSIZI (PUTMAN)
PERCINA URANIDEA (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
HYBOPSIS GELIDA (GIRARD)
ETHEOSTOMA FUSIFORME (GIRARD)
NOTRIPIT MACULATUS (HAY)
NOTROP:S TRISTIS OR NOTROPIS TOPEKA
PERCOPSIS OMISCOMAYCUS
NOTROPIS TEXANUS (GIRARD)
R3UB.R2UB
R3UB.R2UB.R3RB
R3UB.R3AB
R3AB,L2AB,R3UB
R2UB
L1UB.R2UB
R3UB.R3AB
R2UB,L1AB,R2AB
R2UB,R20W,L1UB,R2RB
R3UB.R2UB
R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
R20W,R2UB,L10W
R3UB.R3AB
R3UB.R3AB
R3UB.R2UB
R3UB
R2UB,R2AB,L1AB,L1UB
R3UB.L2AB
R3UB
R3UB.R3RB
R2UB.R20W
R3UB
R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
R3UB.R2UB
L2AB.R3AB
R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
R3UB.R2UB
R3UB.R3AB
R2UB
R2UB
R2UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R2UB
L1AB,PAB,R2UB,R2AB
R2UB.L2UB
R3UB,R4AB,R40W
R3UB
R3UB.R2UB
TK.EM
El
EM
TI
EM
RM
TK
RM
EI,EM,TN
El
RM
RM
UM
RM
TFK.TFM
TFM
RM
TN
TI
EFM
EFI.EFK.EFM,
EFN
EI,TN
SI
RM
El
OM
RM
TK
RM
EK.RM
TK
RM
EK
EM
RM
RM
EM
EM
UM
RM
El
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THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
** CLASS NAME: CRUSTACEAN
AN ISOPOD
AN ISOPOD
BARR'S CAVE AMPHIPOD
BIG CREEK CRAYFISH
BIG RIVER CRAYFISH
BRISTLY CAVE CRAYFISH
CENTRAL MISSOURI CAVE AMPHIPOD
CLANTON'S CAVE AMPHIPOD
COLDWATER CRAYFISH
DIGGER CRAYFISH
DWARF CRAWFISH
DWARF CRAYFISH
KANSAS WELL AMPHIPOD
MAMMOTH SPRING CRAYFISH
MEEK'S CRAYFISH
NEOSHO MIDGET CRAYFISH
OZARK CAVE AMPHIPOD
RINGED CRAYFISH
SADDLEBACKED CRAYFISH
SALEM CAVE CRAYFISH
SHIELD CRAYFISH
SHRIMP CRAYFISH
ST. FRANCIS RIVER CRAYFISH
SUBTLE CAVE AMPHIPOD
TADPOLE SHRIMP
WHITE RIVER MIDGET CRAYFISH
WOODLAND CRAYFISH
CAECIDOTEA DIMORPHA (MACKIN AND HUBRICHT) R3UB
LIRCEUS MEGAPODUS (HUBRICHT AND MACKLIN) R3UB
STYGOBROMUS BARRI (HOLSINGER) R3UB
ORCONECTES PERUNCUS (CREASER) R3UB.R3RB
ORCONECTES HARRISON11 (FAXON) R3RB
CAMBARUS SETOSUS (FAXON) R3UB
ALLOCRANGONYX HUBRICHTI. (HOLSINGER) R3UB
STYGOBROMUS CLANTONI (HOLSINGER) R3UB
ORCONECTES EUPUNCTUS (WILLIAMS) R3UB
FALL!CAMBARUS FODIENS
CAMBARLl.LUS SHUFELDTII (FAXON) R3UB
CAMBARELLUS PUER (HOBBS) R3UB
BACTRURUS HUBRICHTI R3UB
ORCONECTES MARCHANDI (HOBBS) R3UB
ORCONECTES MEEKI R3RB
ORCONECTES MACRUS (WILLIAMS) R3UB
STYGOBPOMUS OZARKENSIS (HOLSINGER) R3UB
ORCONECTES NEGLECTUS CHAENODACTYLUS R3UB.R3RB
(WILLIAMS)
ORCONECTES MEDIUS (FAXON) R3RB
CAMBARUS HUBRICHTI (HOBBS) R3UB
FAXONELL'A CLYPEATA PAB.R3UB
ORCONECTES LANCIFER R3UB.R2UB
ORCONECTES QUANDRUNCUS (CREASER) R3UB.R3RB
STYGOBROMUS SUBTIL IS (HOLSINGER) R3UB
TRIOPS LONGICAUDATUS L2UB
ORCONECTES WILLIAMS!
ORCONECTES HYLAS (FAXON) R3RB
RM
UM
RM
WM
WM
WM
UM
RM
UM
RM
WM
WM
UM
UM
EM
OM
WM
OM
OM
WM
RM
EM
WM
RM
UM
RM
OM
** CLASS NAME: FLATWORM
PINK PLANARIAN
** CLASS NAME: INSECT
A MAYFLY
A MICRO-CADDISFLY
A NET-SPINNING CADDISFLY
A PERLID STONEFLY
A SHORE BUG
A SPRING STONEFLY
A SPRING STONEFLY
MACROCOTYLA GLANDULOSA (HYMAN)
BAETISCA OBESA (SAY)
LEUCOTRICHIA PICTIPES (BANKS)
HYDROPSYCHE PIATRIX (ROSS)
NEOPERLA CARLSON I
PENTACORA SIGNORETTI (GUERIN)
ALLOPERLA HAMATA
ALLOPERLA LEONARDA
R3RB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
R3UB
UM
UM
UM
UM
RM
UM
RM
RM
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THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
A SPRING STONEFLY
A SUMMER PERL ID STONEFLY
A SUMMER PERLID STONEFLY
A WINTER STONEFLY
A WINTER STONEFLY
ARKANSAS SNAKETAIL DRAGONFLY
ARTESIAN AGAPETUS CADDISFLY
BALTIMORE
CONTORTED OCHROTRICHIAN
CADDISFLY
EARWIGFLY
ELUSIVE CLUBTAIL
FRI SON'S SERATELLAN MAYFLY
GUILDED RIVER CRUISER
KITE'S NEOTRICHIAN CADDISFLY
MISSOURI GLYPHOPSYCHE
CADDISFLY
MULBERRY WING
NORTHERN METALMARK
SALINE SPRING TIGER BEETLE
SCOTT RIFFLE BEETLE
SWAMP METALMARK
** CLASS NAME: MAMMAL
GRAY BAT
INDIANA BAT
RICE RAT
RIVER OTTER
SWAMP RABBIT
** CLASS NAME: REPTILE
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
BLANDING'S TURTLE
CHECKERED GARTER SNAKE
DIAMONDBACK WATER SNAKE
EASTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
EASTERN MASSASAUGA
ILLINOIS MUD TURTLE
MASSASAUGA
PLAINBELLY OR BLOTCHED WATER
SNAKE
ISOPERLA BURKSI
ACRONEURIA OZARKENSIS
ATTANEURIA RURAL IS
ALLOCAPNIA PYGMAEA (BURMEISTER)
PROSTO!/, SIMILIS
OPHIOGOMPHUS WESTFALLI
AGAPETUS ARTESUS (ROSS)
EUPHYDRAS PHAETON
OCHROTRICHIA CONTORTA (ROSS)
MEROPE TUBER
STYLURUS NOTATUS
SERATELLA FRISONI
MACROMIA PACIFICA
NEOTRICHIA KITAE (ROSS)
GLYPHOPSYCHE MISSOURI
POANES PASSASOIT
CALEPHELIS BOREAL IS
CICINDELLA CIRCUMPICTA JOHNSONI
OPTIOSERVUS PHAEUS (WHITE)
CALEPHILUS MUTICUM
MYOTIS GRISISCENS
MYOTIS SODALIS
ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS
LUTRA CANADENSIS
SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS
MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII (TROOST)
EMYDOIDFA BLANDINGII (HOLBROOK)
THAMNOPIS MARCIANUS MARCIANUS (BAIRD AND
GIRARD)
NEROIDA RHOMBIFERA
-HETERObuN PLATIRHINOS LATREILLE
SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS (RAFINESQUE)
KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS SPOONERI (AGASSIZ)
SISTRURUS CATENATUS
NEROOIA ERYTHROGASTER TRANSVERSA
R3UB RM
R3UB RM
R3UB RM
R3UB,L2UB,L2EM UM
R3UB RM
R3UB.L2UB UM
R3UB WM
PEM.PSS TI
R3UB UM
RM
L2UB,L2US,R3UB,R3US UM
R3US UM
L2UB,L2US,R3US,R3UB RM
R3UB UM
R3UB EM
PEM,R2EM,PSS TI
PFO.PSS RM
RM
R3UB.R3RB EK
PAB,PEM,PSS,R2EM,L2EM TI
PFO EFK.EFM
PFO EFI.EFM
PAB.PEM UM
R2US,R2UB,R2AB,R3UB,L1UB TI.WM.EN
PSS.PFO RM
R2UB,L1AB,L2EM,PAB RM
PAB,L2UB,L2EM(L1AB EM
R3US,R3EM,L2US,L2EM TK
R2UB,R2US,L2EM,L1AB TI
PSS.PEM TK
PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB EM
PAB,R2UB,L2UB,L2EM,R2EM EM
PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB El
R2UB,R2US,LHUS,PFO El
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STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS
COMMON NAME OF SPECIES
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SPECIES
NATIONAL WETLAND
INVENTORY TYPE
(POSSIBLE HABITAT
BEING USED)
STATUS
STINKPOT
WESTERN CHICKEN TURTLE
WESTERN FOX SNAKE
WESTERN MASSASAUGA
WOOD TURTLE
YELLOW MUD TURTLE
KINOSTERNON ODORATUM
DEIROCHELYS RETICULARIA MIARIA (SCHWARTZ)
ELAPHE VULPINA VULPINA (BAIRD AND GIRARD)
SISTRURUS CATENATUS TERGIMINUS
CLEMMYS INSCULPTA
R2EM,PSS,R2UB,L1UB TI
PAB,PEM,PFO,R2AB,R2EM RM
PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB,PFO EM
PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB EM
PFO,R2UB,L1UB,L2EM El
KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS FLAVESCENS (AGASSIZ) PAB,R2UB,L2UB,L2EM,R2EM EM,El
** CLASS NAME: SNAIL
A CAVE SNAIL
A CAVE SNAIL
A SNAIL
A SNAIL
AMPHIBIOUS SNAIL
AN AQUATIC SNAIL
BLACK VELVET WEDGE SNAIL
BLUFF VERTIGO
CHERRYSTONE SNAIL
STYGIAN CAVESNAIL
TEXAS LIPTOOTH
TUMBLING CREEK CAVESNAIL
FONT I GENS ANTROECETES
FONT I GEMS PROSERPINA
POLYGRA DELTOIDEA (SIMPSON)
SOMATOGYRUS ROSEWATERI
POMATIOPSIS LAPIOARIA
LYMNEA ELODES L2UB
TRIDOPSIS DENOTATA (FERUSCAE)
VERTIGO MERAMECENSIS (VAN DEVENDER) PFO.PML
HENDERSONIA OCCULTA (SAY) PFO.R2RS
AMNICOLA STYGIA (HUBRICHT) R3RB
POLYGRA TEXASIANI (MORICAND)
ANTROBIA CULVER I (HUBRICHT) R3RB
EM
EM
UM
EM
EK
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
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APPENDIX A2
DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH REGION VII
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00330 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HEMIDACTYLIUM SCUTATUM (SCHLEGEL)
COMMON NAME(S): FOUR-TOED SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
AQUATIC LARVAL STAGE, TERRESTRIAL ADULT. 2- 3 1/4 INCHES,
TAN TO BROWN BACK, WITH FAINT, IRREGULAR, BLACK SPOTS, GRAY-BROWN
SIDES, WITH BROWN STIPPLING, A WHITE BELLY WITH NUMEROUS LARGE BLACK
SPOTS. TAIL CONSTRICTED AT BASE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL ARTHROPODS AND MOLLUSCS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3ML,PFO,PML
HABITAT: FOR EGG LAYING AND LARVAE, HEADWATER STREAMS WITH MOSS
COVERED BANKS OR SINKHOLE PONDS WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS ARE REQUIRED.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: AQUATIC MOSS
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COMMON IN EASTERN U.S., A RELICT POULATION IN MISSOURI.
FAMILY LACKS LUNGS, RELIES ON PHARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00331 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM
COMMON NAME(S): MOLE SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: AMBYSTOMATIDAE (MOLE SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3 TO 4 INCH, DULL GRAY-GREEN TO BROWN, WITH WHITISH OR LIGHT
GRAY FLECKS OVER MOST OF THE BODY, LEGS AND TAIL, HAS A VERY LARGE
HEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL INSECTS, WORMS, AND LAND SNAILS
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PUB,L1AB,PEM,L2EM
HABITAT: LOWLAND FORESTS, IN LEAF LITTER, UNDER LOGS AND IN SOIL.
BREED IN LEAF LITTERED, FISHLESS WOODLAND PONDS OR SWAMP POOLS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LOAM
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION:
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00332 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EURYCEA TYNERENSIS (MOORE AND HUGHES)
COMMON NAME(S): OKLAHOMA SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
A SMALL, DELICATE, NEOTENIC SPECIES, ABOUT 2 INCHES VERY
THIN, DULL YELLOW GROUND COLOR WITH BROWN IRREGULAR BLOTCHES, DULL
WHITE BELOW.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL AQUATIC ARTHROPODS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: UNDER ROCKS, IN GRAVEL OR IN AQUATIC VEGETATION IN COOL
STREAMS AND SPRINGS. REQUIRES A THICK STREAM BED OF CHERT GRAVEL.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: COLD WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FAMILY LACKS LUNGS, RELIES ON CUTANEOUS AND PHARYNGEAL
RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00333 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PSEUDACRIS STRECKERI ILLINOENSIS
COMMON NAME(S): ILLINOIS CHORUS FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYLIDAE (TREE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 TO 1 1/2 INCH, CHUBBY LOOKING, LIGHT TAN TO TANNISH-GRAY,
WITH A DISTINT DARK V SHAPED MARK BETWEEN THE EYES, A DARK STRIPE FROM
THE SNOUT TO THE EYE THROUGH THE SHOULDER, AND OTHER DARK GRAY TO
BROWNISH NARKINGS ON BODY AND LIMBS. THE BELLY IS WHIT
FOOD PREFERENCES:
VARIOUS SMALL INSECTS AND PROBABLY BURYING LARVAE
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PUB,R4AB
HABITAT: FLAT, SANDY AREAS, SAND PRAIRIE, USES SOYBEAN AND COTTON
FIELDS IN PRIOR SAND PRAIRIE. BREEDS IN TEMPORARILY FLOODED FIELDS,
DITCHES, AND WATER BODIES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: AQUATIC MOSS
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00334 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RANA SYLVATICA (LE CONTE)
COMMON NAME(S): WOOD FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: RANIDAE (TRUE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL TO MEDIUM, PINKISH-TAN TO DARKER BROWN COLOR WITH A
DARK BROWN MARKING FROM THE EYE TO THE EAR THAT LOOKS LIKE A MASK.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: PUB,PFO,R4AB,L2EM
HABITAT: MOIST WOODLANDS WITH SHADY RAVINES IN DEEP ACCUMULATIONS OF
LEAVES, BREEDS IN PONDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COMMON IN EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN U.S.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00335 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RANA PIPIENS
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: RANIDAE (TRUE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3 1/2 INCHES, BROWN OR GREEN COLOR, WITH DARK BROWN TO
BLACK SPOTS ON THE BACK AND LIMBS. THE DARK SPOTS ARE PROMINENTLY
RINGED WITH WHITE. THE SNOUT USUALLY HAS A LARGE ROUND BLACK SPOT,
WHITE BELLY, GROIN AND LEG UNDERSIDE WHITE OR PALE GREEN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND SPIDERS
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,L2AB,PEM,R4AB
HABITAT: MARSHES, FLOODED DITCHES, SMALL LAKES AND PONDS. WINTERS IN
THE MUD OF PERMANENT WATERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00336 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMBYSTOMA LATERALS
COMMON NAME(S): BLUE-SPOTTED SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: AMBYSTOMATIDAE (MOLE SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
4- 5 1/4 INCHES, BLUE TO BLUISH WHITE FLECKS ON BACK AND
SPOTS ON SIDES AND TAIL, DISTINGUISHED FROM THE JEFFERSON SALAMANDER BY
DISTINCT SPOTS, AND BLACK COLOR AROUND VENT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
EARTHWORMS AND INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PFO,L1AB,L2EM
HABITAT: LIVE IN MOIST GROUND, BREED IN PONDS AND DITCHES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00337 STATUS: KM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII HOLBROOKII
COMMON NAME(S): EASTERN SPADEFOOT
ANIMAL FAMILY: PELOBATIDAE (SPADEFOOT TOAD FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 3/4 TO 2 1/4 INCH, STOUT, TOADLIKE, GROUND COLOR LIGHT TO
YELLOW-BROWN, HEAD, BACK, AND UPPER LEGS MOTTLED WITH DARK BROWN AND
MAY FORM STRIPES. BELLY WHITE TO PALE GRAY. THE INNER SURFACE OF THE
HIND FEET HAS A SICKLE SHAPED SPUR OR SPADE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: PUB,PAB,R4AB
HABITAT: OPEN FIELDS WITH LOOSE SOIL TO BURY IN, BREED IN TEMPORARILY
FLOODED FIELDS AND DITCHES HAVING SUBMERGED VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
HEAVY RAINS MAY STIMULATE BREEDING ACTIVITY.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00338 STATUS: EI,TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS LOUISIANENSIS
(WOLTERSTORFF)
COMMON NAME(S): CENTRAL NEWT
ANIMAL FAMILY: SALAMANDRIDAE (NEWT FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: IA,KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULTS HAVE A YELLOW BELLY WITH SMALL BLACK DOTS NEAR THE
HEAD, WHILE THE HEAD, BODY, LIMBS AND TAIL ARE OLIVE-GREEN TO BROWN
WITH SMALL BLACK DOTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS, LEECHES, WORMS, TINY MOLLUSKS AND CRUSTACEANS,
YOUNG AMPHIBIANS, FROGS' EGGS
WETLAND TYPE: PUB,PEM,PFO,L1AB,L2EM
HABITAT: ADULTS PREFER PONDS, SMALL LAKES, MARSHES AND WATER FILLED
DITCHES. LARVAE PREFER SMALL WEEDY PONDS, EFTS ARE TERRESTRIAL, LIVING
UNDER MOIST DEBRIS ON THE WOODLAND FLOOR.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00340 . STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NECTURUS MACULOSUS
COMMON NAME(S): MUDPUPPY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PROTEIDAE (MUDPUPPY FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
8-12 INCHES, HAS PLUME-LIKE RED OR MAROON GILLS, FOUR TOES
ON EACH FOOT, REDDISH, GRAYISH OR YELLOWISH BROWN BODY AND TAIL,
COVERED WITH INDISTINCT BLUE-BLACK SPOTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL AQUATIC ANIMALS, FISH, EGGS, CRAYFISH, AQUATIC
INSECTS, MOLLUSKS
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,L1AB,L2EM
HABITAT: LAKES, PONDS, RIVERS, STREAMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
THE MUDPUPPY IS THE ONLY HOST FOR THE LARVAE OF THE
SALAMANDER MUSSEL, SIMPSONAIAS AMBIGUA, WHOSE LARVAE ARE MUDPUPPY GILL
PARASITES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00342 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RANA AREOLATA
COMMON NAME(S): CRAWFISH FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: RANIDAE (TRUE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 1/4- 3 INCHES, A STUBBY APPEARING FROG, HAS ROUND DARK
DORSAL SPOTS, ENCIRCLED BY LIGHT BORDERS. VARIABLE COLOR, BUT BELLY I
IMMACULATE WHITISH.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
TYPICALLY INSECTIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3US,L2US
HABITAT: OFTEN FOUND IN CRAWFISH HOLES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR CHIMNEYS
AND FILLED WITH WATER, MAMMAL BURROWS, HOLES IN BANKS, AND STORM AND
DRAIN SEWERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
USES SMALL ABANDONED BURROWS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00344 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EURYCEA LUCIFUGA RAFINESQUE
COMMON NAME(S): CAVE SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
4-6 INCH, BRIGHT ORANGE-YELLOW ABOVE WITH SCATTERED BLACK
SPOTS. THE BELLY IS WHITE OR YELLOW.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST LIKELY SMALL INVERTEBRATES AND INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,PFO,PUB
HABITAT: THE TWILIGHT ZONE OF LIMESTONE CAVES OR NEAR PERMANENT COLD
SPRINGS IN FORESTED AREAS, MAY BE FOUND UNDER LEAVES AND FOREST DEBRIS
NEAR CAVES AND SPRINGS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FAMILY LACKS LUNGS, RELIES ON PHARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS
RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00346 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EURYCEA MULTIPLICATA GRISEOGASTER MOORE AND HUGHES
COMMON NAME(S): GRAYBELLY SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-3 INCHES, WITH A BROAD BROWN STRIPE RUNNING DOWN THE BACK.
THE BACK MAY HAVE SMALL DARK BROWN CHEVRONS MARKING THE MEDIAL GROOVES.
THE BELLY IS PALE GRAY TO LEMON YELLOW.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST LIKELY SMALL INVERTEBRATES AND INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CAVE SPRINGS OR SPRING FLOWS WHERE ROCK CREVICES PROVIDE
COVER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FAMILY LACKS LUNGS, RELIES ON PHARYNGEAL OR CUTANOUES
RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00348 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TYPHLOTRITON SPELAEUS STEJNEGER
COMMON NAME(S): GROTTO SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3-5 INCH, BROWNISH-PURPLE TO PINKISH-WHITE BODY COLOR.
ADULTS ARE BLIND.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST LIKELY EATS SMALL INVERTEBRATES AND INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: ADULTS IN CAVE INTERIORS, LARVAE IN STREAMS OR SPRING FLOWS
NEAR CAVE OPENINGS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FAMILY LACKS LUNGS, RELIES ON PHARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS
RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00350 STATUS: TK,WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RANA AREOLATA CIRCULOSA (RICE AND DAVIS)
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN CRAWFISH FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: RANIDAE (TRUE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-4 INCHES, HEAD, BACK, AND SIDES ARE COVERED WITH DARK
ROUND SPOTS OUTLINED BROADLY WITH WHITE. DARK LINES FORM A RETICULATE
PATTERN BETWEEN THE SPOTS. LARGELY UNMARKED VENTRALLY.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
TYPICALLY EATS INSECTS, SPIDERS, SNAILS, AND OTHER
INVERTEBRATES.
WETLAND TYPE: L2AB,R4US,R4AB,PEM
HABITAT: ADULTS PREFER POORLY DRAINED RANGELANDS AND HAY MEADOWS,
USING CRAWFISH OR SMALL MAMMAL BURROWS. THEY REQUIRE TEMPORARILY RAIN
FILLED POOLS OR PERMANENT WETLAND OR PONDS WITH NO PREDATORY FISH, FOR
BREEDING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:.
USES SMALL ABANDONED BURROWS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00351 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RANA CLAMITANS MELANOTA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): GREEN FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: RANIDAE (TRUE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3-4 INCH, OLIVE TO OLIVE BROWN, MAY BE MARKED WITH SMALL
BLACK SPOTS ON THE BACK. THE BELLY AND THROAT ARE WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
TYPICALLY INSECTS, SPIDERS, SNAILS, AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES.-
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L1AB,L2EM
HABITAT: STREAMS, BROOKS, AND ADJACENT BACKWATER AREAS. MAY BE FOUND
ALONG THE EDGES OF SMALL IMPOUNDMENTS, DITCHES OR STRIP PITS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00352 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PSEUDACRIS STRECKERI STRECKERI WRIGHT AND WRIGHT
COMMON NAME(S): STRECKER'S CHORUS FROG
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYLIDAE (TREE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCH CHORUS FROG, BROWN, GRAY, GREEN OR HAZEL BODY WITH
A DARK LINE THROUGH THE EYE AND A DARK SPOT BELOW AND IN FRONY OF THE
EYE. THE BACK HAS SCATTERED DARK SPOTS AND BLOTCHES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY SMALL INVERTEBRATES, ESPECIALLY INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: L2AB,L2EM,R4US,R4AB
HABITAT: SHALLOW RUNOFF POOLS WHERE SOME WETLAND VEGETATION OCCURS,
THERE ARE NO PREDATOR FISH AND THE WATER IS RELATIVELY UNPOLLUTED.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
PROBABLY EXTIRPATED IN KANSAS, ALL PRIOR KNOWN BREEDING
COLONIES OCCUR ON PRIVATE LAND AND ARE SUBJECT TO IMPACT BY
CULTIVATION, SILTATION, DRAINAGE OR SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00356 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: BUFO DEBILIS INSIDOR GIRARD
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN GREEN TOAD
ANIMAL FAMILY: BUFONIDAE (TRUE TOAD FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCH, BRIGHT COLORED, GREEN TO GREENISH-YELLOW WITH
YELLOW SPOTS SURROUNDING BROWN TIPPED WARTS AND SCATTERED BLACK SPOTS
OR STREAKS. THE BELLY IS YELLOWISH AND MAY BE DARK SPOTTED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: PSS,PEM
HABITAT: SHORT GRASS PRARIES, PLAINS AND VALLEYS AT HIGH ELEVATION,
SOILS WITH GOOD WATER HOLDING CAPACITY FEW OR NO TREES OR SHRUBS.
SHELTERS IN BURROWS OR CREVICES IN UNFAVORABLE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WET PRAIRIES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00358 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS (HOLBROOK)
COMMON NAME(S): EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOAD
ANIMAL FAMILY: MICROHYLIDAE (NARROWMOUTH TOAD FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-1 1/4 INCHES, A UNIFORM BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN WITH A
WHITE AND DARK GRAY MOTTLED BELLY. MALES HAVE A BLACKISH THROAT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST LIKELY ANTS AND INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: L2AB,L2EM,R4US,R4AB
HABITAT: ADULTS PREFER AREAS OF LOOSE DAMP SOIL BENEATH LARGE ROCKS
AND DEBRIS. REQUIRES CLEAR TEMPORARY PREDATOR FREE POOLS AND THE
SHALLOW WATERS OF WELL VEGETATED IMPOUNDMENTS FOR BREEDING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00360 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER ( WIED-NEUWIED)
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN SPRING PEEPER
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYLIDAE (TREE FROG FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, 3/4 TO 1 1/4 INCH CHORUS FROG. HEAD BODY AND LIMBS
ARE LIGHT BROWN, THE UNDERSIDE IS YELLOWISH AND A DARK X-SHAPED MARK ON
THE BACK IS EVIDENT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY SMALL INVERTEBRATES, ESPECIALLY INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PUB,L2AB,L2EM,R4AB
HABITAT: SMALL PONDS AND WETLANDS HAVING ABUNDANT EMERGENT AQUATIC
VEGETATION AND LOCATED NEAR WOODLANDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT
'WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: A00362 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EURYCEA LONGICAUDA MELANOPLEURA (COPE)
COMMON NAME(S): DARK-SIDED SALAMANDER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLETHODONTIDAE (LUNGLESS SALAMANDER FAMILY)
CLASS: AMPHIBIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3 TO 6 INCHES, BACK AND HEAD BROWNISH YELLOW TO BRIGHT
YELLOW WITH BLACK SPOTS ON THE BACK THAT MAY BE SCATTERED IN PATTERN OR
ARRANGED IN A DOUBLE ROW, OR MAY FORM A DARK LATERAL STRIPE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CARNIVOROUS, WORMS AND INSECTS LIKELY.
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PUB,R3UB,L2AB,L2EM
HABITAT: MOIST AREAS NEAR STREAMS, IN OR NEAR CAVES, AND UNDER ROCKS
AND DEBRIS WHERE MOISTURE IS SUITABLE.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
LUNGLESS, RELIES ON PHARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS RESPIRATION.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00028 STATUS: TFI,TFK,TFM,TFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CHARADRIUS MELODUS
COMMON NAME(S): PIPING PLOVER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE (PLOVER FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO,IA,NE,KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL 6-7 INCHES LONG, THE COLOR OF DRY SAND, WITH A NARROW
BLACK BAND ABOVE THE FOREHEAD FROM EYE TO EYE, AND A COMPLETE OR
INCOMPLETE DARK RING AROUND THE NECK. THE PLOVER HAS YELLOW LEGS AND
BILL IN THE SUMMER, DARK IN THE WINTER.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND SMALL MARINE ANIMALS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,L2US,PUB
HABITAT: SPARSELY VEGETATED SHALLOW WETLANDS AND OPEN BEACHES AND
SANDBARS ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN STREAMS AND IMPOUNDMENTS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
DOES NOT CURRENTLY BREED IN KANSAS. IN IOWA USES POWER PLANT
ASH PONDS. BREEDS IN NEBRASKA.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00029 STATUS: TFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FALCO PEREGRINUS TUNDRIUS
COMMON NAME(S): ARTIC PEREGRINE FALCON
ANIMAL FAMILY: FALCONIDAE (FALCON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
DARKER THAN F. PEREGRINUS, SLATY BLUE BACK, BARS AND SPOTS
BELOW, HEAVY BLACK FACE PATTERN, SIDE-BURNS ON CHEEKS
FOOD PREFERENCES:
BIRDS, SUCH AS PIGEONS, GAMEBIRDS, SONGBIRDS, AND WATERFOWL.
WETLAND TYPE: R2OW,L1OW
HABITAT: BREEDS ON ISLANDS OFF ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
A MIGRANT IN NEBRASKA, BUT CONSIDERED FEDERALLY ENDANGERED
WHEN MIGRATING THROUGH THE LOWER 48 STATES BECAUSE OF ITS SIMILARITY OF
APPEARANCE TO THE AMERICAN PEREGRINE FALCON.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00030 STATUS: EFI,EFK,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STERNA ANTILLARUM ATHALASSOS
COMMON NAME(S): INTERIOR LEAST TERN
ANIMAL FAMILY: LARRIDAE (TERN AND GULL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO,IA,KS,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALLEST NORTH AMERICAN TERN, 8-10 INCHES LONG WITH A 20
INCH WINGSPAN AND FORKED TAIL. ADULTS ARE WHITE BELOW AND GRAYISH
ABOVE, WITH A BLACK CAP AND WHITE FOREHEAD AND A BLACK LEADING EDGE OF
WING PRIMARIES. BILL YELLOW, BLACK TIP. FEET ORANGE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL FISH ARE THE PRIMARY DIET. ALSO FEED ON AQUATIC
CRUSTACEANS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,L2US,PUB
HABITAT: BARREN AREAS NEAR WATER SUCH AS SALINE FLATS IN SALT
MARSHES, SAND BARS IN RIVER BEDS AND SHORES OF LARGE IMPOUNDMENTS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
BREEDS IN NEBRASKA AND AT QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFURGE
AND ALONG THE CIMMARON RIVER IN KANSAS. IN IOWA IT USES POWER PLANT
ASH PONDS. MAY OCCUR AS A TRANSIENT SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
WINTERS IN THE TROPICS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00031 STATUS: SI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STERNA FORSTERI
COMMON NAME(S): FORSTER'S TERN
ANIMAL FAMILY: LARRIDAE (TERN AND GULL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
15 INCHES LONG. CROWN BLACK, UPPER PARTS SILVERY GREY,
UNDERPARTS WHITE, OUTER WING SILVER. BILL ORANGE WITH TERMINAL THIRD
BLACK, FEET ORANGE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL FISH, AQUATIC LIFE, LARGE INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,L2US,PUB,PEM
HABITAT: MARSHES, LAKES, BEACHES, NESTS IN MARSHES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COLONIAL NESTER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00032 STATUS: OM,EI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PHALACROCORAX AURITUS
COMMON NAME(S): DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
ANIMAL FAMILY: PHALACROCORACIDAE (CORMORANT FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
30-33 INCHES WITH 50-52 INCH WINGSPAN, GLOSSY GREENISH BLACK
WITH WHITE CREST ON HEAD, EYES GREEN, BEAK AND POUCH YELLOW, FEET
BLACK. WHEN BREEDING, EYELIDS BLUE AND BEAK AND POUCH ORANGE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MINNOWS, SMALL 'TRASH FISH'
WETLAND TYPE: L10W,L2EM,PFO
HABITAT: LAKES OR PONDS WITH SNAGS AND SMALL DEAD TREES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DEAD, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
NORMALLY OCCUR IN FLOCKS,
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00033 STATUS: SI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CHLIDONIAS NIGER
COMMON NAME(S): BLACK TERN
ANIMAL FAMILY: LARRIDAE (TERN AND GULL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
9 INCHES LONG. HEAD AND NECK AND UNDERPARTS BLACK, WINGS AND
TAIL DEEP GREY. BILL BLACK, FEET PURPLISH. IN WINTER, HEAD, NECK AND
UNDERPARTS WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL FISH, AQUATIC LIFE, LARGE INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,L2US,PUB,PEM
HABITAT: FRESH MARSHES, LAKES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COLONIAL NESTER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00034 STATUS: EFK,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: GRUS AMERICANA
COMMON NAME(S): WHOOPING CRANE
ANIMAL FAMILY: GRUIDAE (CRANE FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: KS,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THE TALLEST NORTH AMERICAN BIRD, 5 FT., WITH A 7-8 FT.
WINGSPAN. ADULTS ARE WHITE WITH BLACK WINGTIPS AND RED FACE. YOUNG ARE
WHITISH GRAY WITH RUSTY WASH COLOR ON THE HEAD AND NECK AND REDDISH
BROWN BACK AND SIDE FEATHERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
GRAIN, FROGS, CRAYFISH, GRASSHOPPERS, FISH, CRICKETS,
SPIDERS AND AQUATIC PLANTS
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,L2UB,PUB,L2AB,PEM
HABITAT: RESTING AREAS ARE OFTEN SANDBARS AND FEEDING AREAS IN
WETLANDS AWAY FROM HUMAN ACTIVITY, SUCH AS WET PRAIRIES, WITH LOW
SPARSE VEGETATION PROVIDING AN OPEN VIEW. ROOSTING (OVERNIGHT) IS ON
SHALLOWLY SUBMERGED RIVERINE SANDBARS, EMERGENT WETLANDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
KANSAS SITES INCLUDED ARE CRITICAL HABITAT AND THOSE WHERE
SIGHTINGS HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST 30 YEARS. NEBRASKA HAS HAD
NEARLY 200 CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS SINCE 1940. HUNTING WAS ONE OF THE
PRIMARY REASONS FOR THIS SPECIES DECLINE.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00035 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: BUTEO LINEATUS
COMMON NAME(S): RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWK FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
17-24 INCHES, DARK RUFOUS SHOULDERS AND ROBIN-RED
UNDERPARTS, BARRED WINGS AND TAIL.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
RODENTS, ALSO SNAKES, FROGS, SMALL BIRDS, LARGE INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: PFO
HABITAT: RIPARIAN FOREST, LOWLAND WOODS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, or DECIDUOUS
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
•REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00036 STATUS: EFK,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NUMENIUS BOREALIS
COMMON NAME(S): ESKIMO CURLEW
ANIMAL FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE (CURLEW FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: KS,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
A SMALL SHOREBIRD, 12-14 INCHES INCLUDING A 2-2 1/2 INCH
CURVED BEAK WITH A 26-30 INCH WINGSPAN. BUFF TO PALE CINNAMON BROWN,
DARKER, MOTTLED BACK, LIGHTER BELOW WITH A BROWN STRIPE OVER THE EYE,
THE BILL IS BLACK AND THE LEGS DARK GREEN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INVERTEBRATES AND BERRIES IN THE U.S., AND THE CROWBERRY
ESPECIALLY IN CANADA
WETLAND TYPE: PUB,PEM,PUS
HABITAT: DURING MIGRATION, PREFER PLOWED FIELDS, HEAVILY BURNED OR
GRAZED GRASSLAND, WET MEADOWS. FORMERLY MIGRATED GREAT PLAINS IN
SPRING. RECENT SIGHTINGS ARE MAINLY FROM GULF COAST, CARIBBEAN AREA AND
CANADA.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
THE LOCATIONS LISTED IN KANSAS HAVE HAD NO RECORDED
SIGHTINGS WITHIN 30 YEARS. NEBRASKA LISTS AS A MIGRATORY SPECIES WITH
ONE POSSIBLE SIGHTING ON PLATTE RIVER IN HALL COUNTY DURING MIGRATION.
WAS COMMON IN NE. EXCEPT CLAY, HAMILTON, & YORK COUNTIES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00037 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CASMERODIUS ALBUS
COMMON NAME(S): GREAT EGRET
ANIMAL FAMILY: ARDEIDAE (HERON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
A LARGE WHITE HERON, UP TO 38 INCHES, WITH YELLOW BILL,
BLACK FEET AND LEGS AND STRAIGHT PLUMES ON THE BACK THAT ARE NOTICEABLE
WHEN BREEDING.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, MOLLUSKS, CRUSTACEANS, AQUATIC INSECTS, MAY TAKE,
SNAKES, TURTLES, SMALL BIRDS AND MAMMALS,
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,L1AB,L2UB,L2EM
HABITAT: PONDS, LAKES, MARSHES AND MUDFLATS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
PREVIUOSLY HUNTED FOR ITS PLUMAGE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00039 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CERTHIA AMERICANA
COMMON NAME(S): BROWN CREEPER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CERTHIDAE (CREEPER FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHORT-LEGGED, SMALL, BROWN-BACKED WITH BUFF, DARK, AND WHITE
SPOTTING, AND A DECURVED BILL.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB
HABITAT: WOODLAND GROVES AND SHADE TREES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MOST LIKELY USES UPLAND HABITAT.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00040 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS
COMMON NAME(S): SNOWY PLOVER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHARADRIIDAE (PLOVER FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG, WITH 13-14 INCH WINGSPAN. VERY
LIGHT COLOR WITH A THIN BLACK BILL, A BLACK LINE OVER EACH EYE AND OVER
THE FORECROWN AND A BLACK SLASH MARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE THROAT. DARK
LEGS AND FEET.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,PUB,L2US
HABITAT: OPEN SALTFLATS, BEACHES, BARS OF RIVERS, AND WETLANDS.
NESTING IN OPEN SALT FLATS OR SANDY AREAS NEAR WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SITES IN KANSAS IDENTIFIED AS CRITICAL HABITAT AND WHERE
SIGHTING RECORDS OCCUR WITHIN THE PAST 30 YEARS. BREEDS AT QUIVIRA NWR
AND ALONG CIMMARON RIVER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00041 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS
COMMON NAME(S): MARSH WREN
ANIMAL FAMILY: TROGLODYTIDAE (WREN FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
5 INCH, BROWN, STOCKY BIRD, COCKED TAIL, THIN WHITE STRIPES
ON BACK BELOW NECK AND A WHITE STRIPE ABOVE THE EYE, WHITER UNDERPARTS,
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MAINLY INSECTIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,R2EM,L2UB
HABITAT: MARSHES AND MEADOWS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
INHABITS SEDGE MEADOWS RATHER THAN CATTAIL MARSHES FOR
NESTING.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00042 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PLEGADIS CHIHI
COMMON NAME(S): WHITE FACED IBIS
ANIMAL FAMILY: PLATALEIDAE (IBIS FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LARGE MARSH BIRD, CHESTNUT BRONZE GLOSSED WITH GREEN OR
PURPLE, 22-25 INCHES LONG WITH 5-6 INCH DOWNCURVED BILL. IT IS WHITE
BANDED AT THE BILL BASE, UNDER THE CHIN AND BEHIND THE EYE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS, SALAMANDERS, LEECHES, SNAILS, CRAYFISH, FROGS
WETLAND TYPE: R2EM,PEM,L2UB,PAB
HABITAT: FRESH-WATER MARSHES FOR FEEDING, STANDS OF CATTAILS AND/OR
BULRUSHES OVER WATER FOR NESTING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COLONIAL NESTERS, BREED AT QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
AND CHEYENNE BOTTOMS
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00043 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: GALLINULA CHLOROPUS
COMMON NAME(S): COMMON MOORHEN
ANIMAL FAMILY: RALLIDAE (RAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
13 INCHES, A DARK COLORED WATER BIRD, BROWN ABOVE, SLATY
BLUE BELOW, WITH A BRIGHT RED BILL AND FOREHEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PRIMARILY VEGETARIAN, MAY EAT INSECTS AND MOLLUSKS.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,L2UB,R2EM
HABITAT: MARSHY EDGES OF WATER, NESTS IN REEDS, CATTAILS, SEDGES OR
IN EMERGENT VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00044 STATUS: El,EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: RALLUS ELEGANS
COMMON NAME(S): KING RAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: RALLIDAE (RAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
17 INCHES LONG, WINGSPAN 134-177 MM, UPPER BODY BRIGHT BROWN
WITH A STRIPED EFFECT, CHEEKS BROWNISH, BREAST BRIGHT CINNAMON, FLANKS
BARRED BROWN AND WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH, FROGS, FISHES, SNAILS, INSECTS, MAY EAT SOME
VEGETABLE MATTER, SEEDS AND TUBERS.
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,R2EM,L2UB,PAB
HABITAT: FERSHWATER MARSHES FOR NESTING, GRASS HUMMOCKS, CATTAILS,
GRASSES AND RUSHES, RICE FIELDS ARE OPTIMUM HABITAT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00045 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS
COMMON NAME(S): MISSISSIPPI KITE
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWK FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
14 INCH, SOLID DARK GRAY ABOVE, LIGHT GRAY BELOW, WITH
SOLID, NON-BARRED BLACKISH TAIL, PALE HEAD AND PALE PATCH ON REAR OF
WING.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CICADAS, GRASSHOPPERS, FROGS, SNAKES, SMALL BIRDS, SMALL
RODENTS
WETLAND TYPE: PFO
HABITAT: NEST IN TREES IN HEDGEROWS, WINDBREAKS, RIPARIAN AREAS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, EVERGREEN
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
GREGARIOUS, MAY NEST IN COLONIES,
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00046 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS
COMMON NAME(S): AMERICAN BITTERN
ANIMAL FAMILY: ARDEIDAE (HERON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
26-28 INCHES LONG, 36-48 IN. WINGSPAN. UPPER BODY BROWN WITH
RUST AND BUFF FLECKS, BREAST BROWN STREAKED. CROWN BLACK, CHEEKS
GOLDEN, BLACK STRIPE DOWN THE SIDES OF THE NECK. BILL AND EYES YELLOW,
LEGS YELLOW-GREEN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, LIZARDS, FROGS, SALAMANDERS, SNAKES, EELS,
GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, MICE.
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM,L2UB
HABITAT: PERMANENT MARSHES, SWAMPS FOR NESTING, CATTAIL, BULRUSH AND
SEDGE, PREFER TO NEST OVER OPEN WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00047 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII
COMMON NAME(S): SWAINSON'S WARBLER
ANIMAL FAMILY: EMBERIZIDAE (WARBLER, BLACKBIRD FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, BROWN BIRD WITH LIGHT TAN UNDERBODY, RUST COLORED CAP
WITH WHITE BAR OVER EYE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM
HABITAT: FREQUENTLY NESTS IN DENSE CANE STANDS IN WOODED SWAMPS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ONE OF THE LEAST COMMON WARBLERS. HAS LOST ITS CANE STAND
HABITAT IN THE U.S. AND WINTER HABITAT IN THE TROPICS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00048 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EGRETTA THULA
COMMON NAME(S): SNOWY EGRET
ANIMAL FAMILY: ARDEIDAE (HERON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
24-28 IN, 38 IN WINGSPAN, WHITE, PLUMES ON HEAD AND
SHOULDERS WHEN BREEDING, EYES AND TOES YELLOW, LEGS AND BEAK BLACK.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, GRASSHOPPERS, CUTWORMS, SNAKES, LIZARDS, FROGS,
CRAYFISH, SHRIMP
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PSS,L2UB,R2EM,PEM,PAB
HABITAT: MARSHES WITH NESTING TREES AVAILABLE, NESTS IN WILLOWS,
PHRAGMITES, BUTTONBUSH, BULRUSHES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00049 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PODILYMBUS PODICEPS
COMMON NAME(S): PIED-BILLED GREBE
ANIMAL FAMILY: PODICIPEDIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
13 INCH, BROWN, DIVING BIRD WITH A THICK LIGHT COLORED BILL,
WHITE PUFFY TAIL, A DARK THROAT PATCH AND DARK RING AROUND THE BILL
WHEN BREEDING.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, INSECTS, CRUSTACEANS, SOME VEGETABLE MATTER
WETLAND TYPE: L1AB,L2EM,R2EM,PAB,PEM
HABITAT: SLOUGHS, PONDS, LAKES AND SOMETIMES SALT MARSHES OR RIVER
EDGES, NESTS MADE OF VEGETATION AND ANCHORED TO CATTAILS OR REEDS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00050 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EGRETTA CAERULEA
COMMON NAME(S): LITTLE BLUE HERON
ANIMAL FAMILY: ARDEIDAE (HERON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
20-25 INCHES TALL, 36-42 INCH WINGSPAN. SLATE BLUE, HEAD AND
NECK MAROON TINGED, HEAD AND SHOULDER PLUMES PRESENT. BILL BLACKISH
BLUE, LEGS BLACK. IMMATURE IS WHITE WITH DUSKY WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MINNOWS, FROGS, LIZARDS, CRAYFISH, CUTWORMS, GRASSHOPPERS
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PSS,PEM,L2UB,R2EM,PAB
HABITAT: FRESHWATER LAKES AND PONDS, WILLOW, BUTTONBUSH, SWAMP PRIVET.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COMPETE WITH CATTLE EGRETS
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00051 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PORZANA CAROLINA
COMMON NAME(S): SORA
ANIMAL FAMILY: RALLIDAE (RAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
8-10 INCH, RAIL-LIKE WITH A SHORTER NECK, GRAY-BROWN,
LIGHTER GRAY BELOW, BLACK PATCH ON FACE AND THROAT, SHORT YELLOW BILL.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS, CRUSTACEANS, SEEDS, VEGETABLE MATTER
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,L2EM,L1AB
HABITAT: MARSH AND WET PRAIRIE, NEST IN CATTAILS, RUSHES, OR SEDGE
NEAR OPEN WATER, ON THE GROUND OR ATTACHED TO REEDS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
WEAK FLYER, STRONG SWIMMER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00052 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX
COMMON NAME(S): BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
ANIMAL FAMILY: ARDEIDAE (HERON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
WINGS 259-345 MM. HEAD PLUMES AND THROAT WHITE, CROWN AND
BACK GREENISH BLACK, UPPER PARTS GREY, UNDERPARTS ASHY. EYES RED AND
BILL BLACK, LEGS GREENISH YELLOW.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, FROGS, TADPOLES,SNAKES, SALAMANDERS, MOLLUSKS,
CRUSTACEANS, MARINE ANNELIDS, INSECTS, VEGETABLE MATTER, YOUNG BIRDS
AND MAMMALS
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PFO,PSS,L2UB,R2EM,PAB
HABITAT: MARSH AND SWAMP, USES,REEDS, CATTAILS, BOTTOMLAND FOREST,
SHRUBS, THICKETS, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FORAGE AREAS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COLONIAL NESTER, NOCTURNAL FEEDER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00053 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TYTO ALBA
COMMON NAME(S): BARN OWL
ANIMAL FAMILY: TYTONIDAE (BARN OWL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
14-20 INCH, WHITE HEART SHAPED FACE, RUSTY BACK, UNSTREAKED
WHITISH OR PALE CINNAMON UNDERPARTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
RODENTS
"WETLAND TYPE: PFO
(HABITAT: WOODLAND GROVES, FARMLANDS, BARNS, CLIFFS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
(ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, EVERGREEN
-WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
SON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00055 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS
COMMON NAME(S): YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
ANIMAL FAMILY: EMBERIZIDAE (WARBLER, BLACKBIRD FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
8-11 INCH, ROBIN SIZED BLACKBIRD WITH ORANGE-YELLOW HEAD AND
BREAST, WHITE WING PATCH VISIBLE IN FLIGHT. THE FEMALE IS BROWN WITH
YELLOW ON THE BREAST AND SOME YELLOW ON THE FACE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS, FRUITS, SEEDS, GRAIN, SMALL AQUATIC LIFE
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,R2EM,L2AB
HABITAT: FRESH WATER MARSH, FIELDS FOR FORAGING
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00056 STATUS: XM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PANDION HALIAETUS
COMMON NAME(S): OSPREY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PANDIONIDAE (OSPREY FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
21-24 1/2 INCH, 4 1/2-6FOOT WINGSPAN, BLACKISH ABOVE, WHITE
BELOW, HEAD WHITE WITH BROAD BLACK CHEEK PATCH AND BLACK PATCH AT BEND
OF WING (ELBOW).
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOSTLY FISHES, CHIEFLY SLOW MOVING FISH, MAY TAKE TURTLES,
SNAKES, FROGS, AND POSSIBLY YOUNG DUCKS.
WETLAND TYPE: R20W,PFO
HABITAT: RIVERS AND LARGE IMPOUNDMENTS. LARGE DEAD NEST TREES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, EVERGREEN
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CONSIDERED EXTIRPATED IN MISSOURI, A RARE MIGRANT
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00058 STATUS: EFI,EFK,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS
COMMON NAME(S): BALD EAGLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWK FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO,IA,KS,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULT HAS 6-8 FT. WINGSPAN, WHITE HEAD AND TAIL, YELLOW BILL
AND EYES AND DARK BROWN BODY. IMMATURE BIRDS ARE DARK WITH WHITISH
WASHES AT THEIR WING PRIMARIES, WITH INCREASED WHITE HEAD AND TAIL
BLOTCHING AS THEY MATURE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH AND WATERFOWL, CARRION.
WETLAND TYPE: L10W,PFO,R20W,L2EM,L2UB,L2US,L2OW
HABITAT: LARGE IMPOUNDMENTS, MARSHES, AND RIVERS. MATURE TREES WITHIN
1/2 A MILE OR LESS OF WATER FORAGE SITES, WITH STOUT HORIZONTAL LIMBS
FOR NESTING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS, EVERGREEN
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTIES OF REPORTED NESTING SEASON OCCUPANCY ARE
LISTED AS WELL AS KANSAS LOCATIONS OF CRITICAL HABITAT, ALL IOWA AND
NEBRASKA LOCATIONS REPORTED ARE LISTED.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00060 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CIRCUS CYANEUS
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN HARRIER
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWK FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
WING 328-405 MM, TAIL 65-75% OF WING LENGTH. HEAD, UPPER
BREAST AND BACK GREY, LOWER PARTS WHITE, MAY BE BARRED. EYE REGION
PALE, STREAKED. IRIS AND FEET YELLOW, BILL AND CLAWS BLACK.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL RODENTS AND GROUND NESTING BIRDS PREDOMINATELY, FROGS,
SNAKES, LIZARDS AND LARGE INSECTS ALSO
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PSS,PAB,R2EM,L2UB
HABITAT: MARSH OR PRAIRIE FOR NESTING, A GROUND NESTING SPECIES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
GROUND NESTING. IN MOST OF MISSOURI SITES ARE NON-WETLAND.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE MARSH HAWK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00062 STATUS: EFI,EFK,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM
COMMON NAME(S): PEREGRINE FALCON
ANIMAL FAMILY: FALCONIDAE (FALCON FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: IA,KS,MO,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULTS HAVE SLATY-BLUE COLORED BACKS, BARS AND SPOTS BELOW
AND HEAVY BLACK FACE PATTERNS APPEARING AS DARK SIDE-BURNS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
BIRDS, CHIEFLY WATERFOWL, SOME SMALL MAMMALS AND LARGE
INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: R2OW,L1OW
HABITAT: CLIFFS AND BLUFFS WITHIN 1/2 TO 1 MILE FROM MAJOR RIVERS,
MARSHES, OR LAKES, WITH NO HUMAN DISTURBANCE.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
OFTEN OCCURS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SHOREBIRD AND WATERFOWL
CONCENTRATIONS. KANSAS SITES LISTED IF KNOWN OCCUPANCY WITHIN 30 YEARS,
NEBRASKA LISTS AS A MIGRATORY TRANSIENT, NO NATURAL NESTING SITES IN
STATE KNOWN.
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SPECIES ID NO.: B00064 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS
COMMON NAME(S): BLACK RAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: RALLIDAE (RAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: AVES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
5 1/2 INCHES LONG, HEAD SLATE GRAY, BACK DARK BROWN SPECKLED
WITH WHITE, WINGS AND TAIL FUSCOUS WITH BROKEN WHITE BARS. UNDERSIDE
GRAY BARRED WITH WHITE. EYES RED, BILL BLACK, FEET GREEN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND SEEDS OF WATER PLANTS
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,R2EM,PSS,PAB,L2UB
HABITAT: PERMANENT MARSH, WET MEADOWS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SECRETIVE, RARELY SIGHTED
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00214 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LEPISOSTEUS SPATULA LACEPEDE
COMMON NAME(S): ALLIGATOR GAR
ANIMAL FAMILY: LEPISOSTEIDAE (GAR FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THE LARGEST GAR, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. FISH, CAN
EXCEED 7 FEET AND 130 POUNDS. HAS A SHORT BROAD SNOUT, BROWN OR DARK
OLIVE ABOVE WITH LIGHTER BELLY AND UNPAIRED FINS HAVING ROUNDISH BLACK
SPOTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOSTLY FISHES, MAY EAT WATERBIRDS ALSO
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: SLUGGISH POOLS AND OVERFLOW WATERS OF LARGE RIVERS, IN FRESH
OR BRACKISH WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CAN USE FRESH OR BRACKISH WATER
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00216 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ICHTYOMYZON GAGEI (HUBBS AND TRAUTMAN)
COMMON NAME(S): SOUTHERN BROOK LAMPREY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PETROMYZONTIDAE (LAMPREY FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
4.5 TO 7 INCH, NONPARASITIC, OLIVE BROWN SHADING TO OLIVE
YELLOW BELLY. THE MOUTH DISC IS NARROWER THAN THE HEAD WHEN EXPANDED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
NONPARASITIC
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: ADULTS IN CLEAR, PERMANENT-FLOWING STREAMS, LARVAE IN
ACCUMULATIONS OF DEBRIS IN SLACK MARGINAL WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00218 STATUS: TI,EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ICTHYOMYZON CASTANEUS
COMMON NAME(S): CHESTNUT LAMPREY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PETROMYZONTIDAE (LAMPREY FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
10-12 INCH PARASITIC LAMPREY, YELLOW-TAN SHADING TO LIGHT
OLIVE YELLOW ON THE BELLY AND FINS. THE MOUTH DISC WHEN EXPANDED IS
WIDER THAN THE HEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ADULTS FEED PARASITICALLY
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,L1UB
HABITAT: ADULT PARASITES, IN LARGE RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS, LARVAE IN
CLEAR PERMANENT FLOWING STREAMS WITH STABLE BARS OF SILT SAND OR
ORGANIC DEBRIS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00220 STATUS: TI,RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPETRA APPENDIX (DEKAY)
COMMON NAME(S): AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PETROMYZONTIDAE (LAMPREY FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
6-8 INCHES LONG, NONPARASITIC, SLATE BLUE BACK WITH
SILVERY-WHITE BELLY. THE MOUTH DISC WHEN EXPANDED, IS NARROWER THAN THE
HEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
NONPARASITIC.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: CLEAR, PERMANENT-FLOWING STREAMS, LARGE CREEKS TO MEDIUM
SIZED RIVERS. ADULTS SPAWN OVER GRAVEL.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00222 STATUS: EI,EM,TN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ACCIPENSER FULVESCENS (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): LAKE STURGEON
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACIPENSERIDAE (STURGEON FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,NE,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LARGE, SLOW GROWING FISH, MAY REACH OVER 90 POUNDS AND OVER
40 YEARS OF AGE. COLOR VARIABLE, FROM SLATE TO BROWN TO
YELLOWISH-OLIVE, BELLY WHITE. HAS A CONE SHAPED SNOUT, IS PARTLY
COVERED WITH PLATES AND HAS BARBELS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
A BOTTOM FEEDER, SUCKING UP BOTTOM MATERIAL AND SELECTIVELY
STRAINING SNAILS, SMALL MOLLUSKS, INSECT LARVAE, AND CRAYFISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2OW,L1UB,R2RB
HABITAT: LARGE MODERATELY CLEAR RIVERS AND LAKES, WITH FIRM SANDY,
GRAVEL OR ROCKY BOTTOMS, SPAWN ON ROCKY RAPIDS OR SHOALS WITH STRONG
WAVE ACTION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RIFFLE AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED A LARGE COMMERCIAL FISHERY, BUT NUMBERS
GREATLY REDUCED THROUGHOUT RANGE.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00223 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CARPOIDES VELIFER
COMMON NAME(S): HIGHFIN CARPSUCKER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CATOSTOMIDAE (SUCKER FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULTS 9 TO 11 INCHES LONG, SILVER COLORED, LONG SICKLE
SHAPED DORSAL FIN, THE FIRST PRINCIPLE RAY BEING VERY LONG, REACHING
BEYOND THE BACK OF THE FIN. BREEDING MALE HAVE LARGE TUBERCULES ON MOST
OF THE HEAD, BODY AND FINS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY CONSUMES ALGAE, SMALL CRUSTACEANS, IMMATURE AQUATIC
INSECTS, MOLLUSKS, AND PARTS OF HIGHER PLANTS
WETLAND TYPE: L1UB,R2UB
HABITAT: INTOLERANT OF EXCESS TURBIDITY AND SILTATION, FIRMER BOTTOM
THAN OTHER CARPSUCKERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00224 STATUS: EFI,EFK,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS (FORBES AND RICHARDSON)
COMMON NAME(S): PALLID STURGEON
ANIMAL FAMILY: ACIPENSERIDAE (STURGEON FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,NE,MO,KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
MAY WEIGH UP TO 65 POUNDS, INDIVIDUALS LARGER THAN 10 POUNDS
ARE UNCOMMON, LIGHTER IN COLOR THAN LAKE STURGEON, BODY IS
GREYISH-WHITE, BELLY IS WITHOUT PLATES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FEEDING HABITS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE LAKE STURGEON,
PROBABLY FEEDING ON AQUATIC INSECTS AND SMALL FISHES.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2OW
HABITAT: REQUIRES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
DAMS ON MAJOR RIVERS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SPECIES
DECLINE.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00225 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: COTTUS BAIRDI
COMMON NAME(S): MOTTLED SCULPIN
ANIMAL FAMILY: COTTIDAE (SCULPIN FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 1/2 TO 4 1/2 INCHES, OLIVE-BROWN, STRONGLY MOTTLED SCULPIN
WITHOUT DEFINITE CROSS BARS ON THE BACK OR WITH INDISTINCT CROSS BARS,
LATERAL LINE IS INCOMPLETE, ENDING BENEATH SOFT DORSAL
FOOD PREFERENCES:
LARVAL AQUATIC INSECTS, SMALL AQUATIC INVERTERTEBRATES,
OCCASIONALLY SMALL FISH, DO NOT FEED ON TROUT EGGS OR FRY TO A GREAT
EXTENT
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: SPRING BRANCHES AND STERAMS KEPT COOL BY SPRING FLOW, USES
COVER OF ROCKS OR THICK AQUATIC PLANTS LIKE WATER CRESS, IN POOLS OR
RIFFLES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00226 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS ANOGENUS
COMMON NAME(S): PUGNOSE SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 2 INCHES, DARK LATERAL BAND, CHIN BLACK, FAINT CAUDAL
SPOT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
POSSIBLY MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS.
WETLAND TYPE: L2AB,R3AB
HABITAT: CLEAR, HEAVILY VEGETATED GLACIAL LAKES AND STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00227 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ESOX LUCIUS
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN PIKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: ESOCIDAE (PIKE FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
CAN BE OVER 4 FEET AND 40 LBS., UPPER BODY GREEN TO
BLUE-GRAY WITH NUMEROUS ROUNDISH YELLOW SPOTS, FINS EXCEPT PECTORALS
OFTEN MARKED WITH ROUNDISH BLACK SPOTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FISH, LARGE PIKE FEED ON OTHER FAIRLY LARGE CARNIVOROUS
SPECIES LIKE GIZZARD SHAD.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2AB,L1AB,L1UB
HABITAT: LAKES, RESERVOIRS, LARGE STREAMS, AVOIDS STRONG CURRENT AND
PREFERS DENSE AQUATIC VEGETATION
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI IS THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS PIKE'S RANGE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00228 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS TEXANUS (GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): WEED SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 3 INCH, OLIVE-YELLOW WITH DARK EDGED SCALES, SILVERY
SIDES, DUSKY HORIZONTAL STRIPE AND SILVERY WHITE BELLY. BREEDING MALES
HAVE A ROSY FIN PIGMENT.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: LARGE DITCHES AND LOWLAND RIVERS WITH MODERATE CURRENT,
SANDY BOTTOM AND LITTLE OR NO VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00229 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HIODON TERGISUS
COMMON NAME(S): MOONEYE
ANIMAL FAMILY: HIODONTIDAE (MOONEYE FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULTS 14 TO 16 INCHES, GREENISH UPPERS WITH SILVERY OR
GOLDEN REFLECTIONS, SIDES AND BELLY SILVERY-WHITE, IRIS SILVER.
DISTINGUISHED FROM H. ALOSOIDES BY A FLESHY KEEL ON THE MIDLINE FROM
THE VENT TO THE PECTORAL FIN (H. ALOSOIDES HAS SHORT KEEL)
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS, SMALL FISHES, AND CRUSTACEANS.
WETLAND TYPE: R20W,R2UB,L1OW
HABITAT: LARGER POOLS OF STREAMS AND OPEN WATER OF RESERVOIRS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00230 STATUS: EI,TN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SEMOTILUS MARGARITA
COMMON NAME(S): PEARL DACE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 4 INCHES, DUSKY MOTTLED ABOVE AND ON SIDES, SILVERY
BELOW. REDDISH COLOR IN BREEDING MALES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
COPEPODS, CLADOCERANS, BEETLES, AND ALGAE.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CLEAR STREAMS WITH SAND BOTTOMS AND SMALL CLEAR RIVERS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00231 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOGNATHUS HANKINSONI
COMMON NAME(S): BRASSY MINNOW
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 1/2 TO 3 1/2 INCH, BRASSY-YELLOW, SILVERY SIDES, WITH A
SILVERY-WHITE BELLY, DORSAL FIN DISTINCTLY ROUNDED AT TIP, SCALES IN
ADULTS HAVE ABOUT 20 RADIATING LINES (RADII).
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INGESTS ORGANIC RICH OOZE ON THE STREAM BOTTOM AND DIGESTS
THE ALGAE AND ORGANIC MATTER.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SMALL, MODERATELY CLEAR PRAIRIE STREAMS WITH PERMANENT
POOLS, SANDY OR GRAVELLY BOTTOMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00232 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTURUS NOCTURNUS
COMMON NAME(S): FRECKLED MADTOM
ANIMAL FAMILY: ICTALURIDAE (CATFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 4 INCHES, LIGHT TAN OR CHOCOLATE BROWN WITH A NARROW
DARK LINE MIDSIDE, BELLY WHITE OR PALE YELLOW AND SPRINKLED WITH DARK
SPECKLES
FOOD PREFERENCES:
BOTTOM FEEDER.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB,R3RB
HABITAT: CLEAR TO MODERATELY TURBID STREAMS WITH PERMANENT MEDIUM TO
LOW FLOW RATE, IN RIFFLES OVER GRAVEL OR ROCK BOTTOMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LIMESTONE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00233 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS TRISTIS OR NOTROPIS TOPEKA
COMMON NAME(S): TOPEKA SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 1/2 TO 3 INCHES, BACK OLIVE-YELLOW, SIDES SILVERY, BELLY
SILVERY-WHITE, WEDGE-SHAPED BLACK SPOT AT BASE OF TAILFIN. BREEDING
MALES WITH ORANGE-RED FINS AND HEAD AND BODY TINGED WITH ORANGE,
TUBERCULES ON HEAD AND BODY.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY CARNIVOROUS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R4AB,R4OW
HABITAT: QUIET POOLS OF SMALL, CLEAR, UPLAND CREEKS, STREAMS MAY BE
IMPERMANENT IN DRY SEASON, BUT POOLS REMAIN. PREFERS SAND GRAVEL OR
RUBBLE BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: 'CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SILTATION DUE TO AGRICULTURE MAY LIMIT HABITAT
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00234 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA CHLOROSOMUM (HAY)
COMMON NAME(S): BLUNTNOSE DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LESS THAN 2 INCHES, A SLENDER STRAW COLORED DARTER WITH
ABOUT 6 SMALL CROSSBARS ON THE BACK AND SMALL X AND W SHAPED MARKS ON
THE BACK AND SIDES.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SLUGGISH STREAMS, POOLS, BACKWATERS WITH LITTLE OR NO
CURRENT, AND BOTTOM OF SAND AND ORGANIC DEBRIS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ALGAL, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
WATER POLLUTION (including siltation)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00235 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PERCINA COPELANDI
COMMON NAME(S): CHANNEL DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCH, SLENDER DARTER, BACK YELLOWISH-OLIVE
WITH 8 INDISTINCT BROWN CROSS-BARS AND SCATTERED BROWN X AND W SHAPED
MARKS. SIDES YELLOW WITH BLACK BLOTHES FORMING INTERRUPTED STRIPE.
DUSKY BAR UNDER SNOUT AND FROM EYE TO SNOUT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FEEDS PRIMARILY ON THE BOTTOM, MIDGE LARVAE AND IMMATURE
AQUATIC INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: LARGE RIVERS TO MEDIUM SIZED STREAMS, IN SLUGGISH RIFFLES
AND POOLS WITH SUFFICIENT CURRENT TO CREATE SILT-FREE GRAVEL OR ROCK
BOTTOMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MAY OVERWINTER IN QUIET RIVER BACKWATERS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00236 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA MICROPERCA
COMMON NAME(S): LEAST DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
25-27 MM ADULT SIZE, DARK BLOTCHES ON SIDES, UNEVEN DARK
BARS ON TAIL AND UPPER FINS
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: CLEAR, QUIET, HEAVILY VEGETATED POOLS TO MEDIUM-SIZED CREEKS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00237 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PERCOPSIS OMISCOMAYCUS
COMMON NAME(S): TROUT-PERCH
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCOPSIDAE (TROUT PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3 TO 5 INCH, BACK AND SIDES GREENISH-YELLOW OR STRAW
COLORED, WITH SILVERY REFLECTIONS AND DUSKY SPOTS, BELLY WHITE, FINS
PLAIN, TAIL FIN DEEPLY FORKED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
AQUATIC INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL INVERTEBRATES.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: DEEPER POOLS OF PRAIRIE STREAMS WITH MODERATELY CLEAR WATER,
BOTTOMS OF SAND OR GRAVEL, WITH DEEP WATER OR DETRITUS, STICKS AND
LEAVES FOR SHELTER. BREED IN STREAMS WITH SWIFT CURRENT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CHANNELIZATION HAS DESTROYED POOL HABITAT IN MANY STREAMS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00238 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ESOX AMERICANUS GMELIN
COMMON NAME(S): GRASS PICKEREL
ANIMAL FAMILY: ESOCIDAE (PIKE FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SLENDER, 10-12 INCHES, OLIVE OR YELLOW-BROWN, PLAIN OR
MOTTLED WITH DARKER COLOR, A DUSKY VERTICAL BAR ANGLES DOWN FROM THE
EYE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CARNIVEROUS, SEIZES SMALL FISH, AQUATIC INSECTS AND CRAYFISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R3AB,L2AB,R3UB
HABITAT: CLEAR WATER, LITTLE CURRENT, THICK GROWTH OF AQUATIC
VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00240 STATUS: TI,TN,EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS HETEROLEPIS (EIGENMANN AND EIGENMANN)
COMMON NAME(S): BLACKNOSE SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA,NE,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES, PALE OLIVE-YELLOW, DARK EDGED SCALES WITH
SILVERY SIDES AND A DUSKY STRIPE THAT EXTENDS TO THE TIP OF THE SNOUT.
BELLY SILVERY-WHITE, FINS PLAIN.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: CLEAR, COLD WATER PRAIRIE STREAMS OR SMALL RIVERS, WITH
AQUATIC VEGETATION, BOTTOMS OF SAND OR ORGANIC MUCK AND DEBRIS, WITHOUT
CONSTANT TURBIDITY, AND QUIET, HEAVILY VEGETATED BACKWATER POOLS OF
OZARK STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
INTOLERANT OF CONTINUOUS TURBIDITY.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F0024"4 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MOXOSTOMA DUQUESNEI (LESUEUR)
COMMON NAME(S): BLACK REDHORSE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CATOSTOMIDAE (SUCKER FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
9 TO 15 INCHES, SLENDER, COARSE SCALED, DARK OLIVE BROWN
WITH DARK EDGED SCALES, BELLY WHITE. UPPER FINS OLIVE TO SLATE, LOWER
PLAIN OR ORANGE TINGED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FEED IN SCHOOLS, SUCKING IN BOTTOM MATERIAL AND SELECTIVELY
FILTERING FOR ALGAE, INSECT LARVAE, SMALL INVERTEBRATES.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: CLEAR STREAMS WITH PERMANENT FLOW, CLEAN GRAVEL OR ROCKY
BOTTOMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
LIVE IN LARGE SCHOOLS
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00246 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LOTA LOTA
COMMON NAME(S): BURBOT
ANIMAL FAMILY: GADIDAE (CODFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LARGE FISH, UP TO 22 INCHES, SLENDER, SMOOTH SKINNED, DARK
OLIVE OR BROWN, BLOTCHED AND MOTTLED WITH A PALE YELLOW OR WHITE BELLY,
HAS A LARGE CHIN BARBEL AND VERY LONG SECOND DORSAL FIN AND ANAL FIN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
BOTTOM FEEDER, NIGHT FORAGER, YOUNG EATING AQUATIC INSECTS,
ADULTS, FISH AND CRAYFISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: LARGE RIVERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: COLD WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
POSSIBLY NO SELF-SUSTAINING POPULATIONS IN IOWA, ONLY A
TRANSIENT NORTHERN SPECIES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00248 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA SPECTABILE
COMMON NAME(S): ORANGETHROAT DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 TO 2.5 INCHES, A RELATIVELY STOUT DARTER, YELLOWISH-BROWN
BACK WITH INDISTINCT DARK CROSSBARS, BROWN SIDES WITH VERTICAL
BLUE-GREEN BARS. BREEDING MALES ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED, BLUE-GREEN AND
RED-BRICK WITH BRIGHT ORANGE GILL MEMBRANES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SMALL CRUSTACEANS AND INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SMALL CREEKS AND SPRING BRANCHES IN SLUGGISH RIFFLES OR
POOLS WITH SUFFICIENT CURRENT TO PREVENT SILTATION, ON GRAVEL OR ROCKY
BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00250 STATUS: TN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PHOXINUS EOS
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN REDBELLY DACE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 3 INCHES, OLIVE BROWN TO BLACKISH ABOVE, LIGHT BELOW,
TWO LATERAL DARK BANDS WITH A REDDISH STREAK IN BETWEEN. MALES WITH
REDDISH BELLY. MOUTH IS LARGER THAN SOUTHERN REDBELLY DACE, EXTENDS TO
EYE DISTANCE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
DIATOMS, ALGAE, ZOOPLANKTON, AND AQUATIC INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L2AB
HABITAT: CLEAR, COLD WATER STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS WITH SAND
BOTTOMS, AND BOGGY LAKES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00252 STATUS: TN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS
COMMON NAME(S): FINESCALE DACE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 5 INCHES, DARK ABOVE, LIGHT BELOW, DARK LATERAL BAND
WITH A LIGHT STREAK ABOVE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND SMALL MOLLUSKS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L2AB
HABITAT: CLEAR STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS, WITH SAND BOTTOMS, AND BOGGY
LAKES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00254 STATUS: TFK,TFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTURUS PLACIDUS (TAYLOR)
COMMON NAME(S): NEOSHO MADTOM
ANIMAL FAMILY: ICTALURIDAE (CATFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, UP TO 3 IN., MOTTLED DARK AND LIGHT BROWN, WITH DARK
BROWNISH BARS ON THE TAIL AND DUSKY STREAKS ON THE DORSAL AND ANAL
FINS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
AQUATIC INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: RELATIVELY CLEAR, MODERATELY LARGE RIVERS, IN RIFFLES AND
SLOPING GRAVEL BARS. PREFER LOOSE, 8-16 MM DIA. LIMESTONE GRAVEL IN
MODERATE TO SWIFT CURRENT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LIMESTONE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00256 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOPSIS AESTIVALIS TETRANEMUS (GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): SPECKLED CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, UP TO 3 IN., CHUB WITH SLENDER NEARLY TRANSPARENT
BODY AND SMALL BLACK DOTS SCATTERED ON ITS BACK. SMALL VENTRAL, MOUTH
WITH FOUR PROMINENT BARBELS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
TAKES IN SAND AND SELECTIVELY STRAINS FOR IMMATURE AQUATIC
INSECTS, SMALL CRUSTACEANS AND PLANT MATERIAL.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: PERMANENTELY FLOWING STREAMS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER SHALLOW
CHANNELS WITH CLEAN FINE SAND. IT CAN INHABIT STREAMS WITH CONTINUAL
HIGH TURBIDITY.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WATER WITH SOME TURBIDITY
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CAN TOLERATE CONTINUAL HIGH TURBIDITY
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00258 STATUS: EK,RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOPSIS MEEKI (JORDAN AND EVERMANN)
COMMON NAME(S): SICKLEFIN CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
4 INCH, TAWNY BROWN OR GREENISH, SILVER-WHITE UNDERSIDE,
WITH SHARPLY POINTED SICKLE SHAPED FINS WITH ONE BARBEL ON EACH SIDE OF
ITS MOUTH.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY A BOTTOM FEEDER.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: LARGE RIVERS WITH STRONG CURRENT AND HEAVY TURBIDITY IN SAND
OR GRAVEL BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TURBID WATERS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00260 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS GIRARDI HUBBS AND ORTENBURGER
COMMON NAME(S): ARKANSAS RIVER SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, LESS THAN 2 IN., STRAW COLORED, WITH SILVER SIDES AND
BROWN FLECKS BEHIND THE HEAD. THE ANAL FIN HAS 8 RAYS COMPARED TO OTHER
SHINERS IN THE AREA WITH 7 RAYED ANAL FINS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY SMALL INSECTS AND AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: IN MODERATELY LARGE RIVERS WITH REGULAR FLOOD FLOWS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: FLOOD FLOWS REQUIRED
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
REQUIRES FLOODFLOWS FROM JUNE TO AUGUST IN ORDER TO SPAWN.
MAY BE EXTIRPATED IN KANSAS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00262 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOCOMIS ASPER LACHNER AND JENKINS
COMMON NAME(S): REDSPOT CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
A LARGE MINNOW, 6-8 IN. LONG, GREENISH BACK WITH A
YELLOW-WHITE BELLY, RESEMBLES THE COMMON CREEK CHUB, BUT HAS LARGER
SCALES AND NO SPOT AT THE FRONT OF THE DORSAL FIN. LARGE HEAD AND
MOUTH, SMALL MOUTH BARBEL. BREEDING MALES HAVE RED EYE SPOT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PLANT MATERIAL, INCLUDING ALGAE AND HIGHER PLANTS, INSECTS,
CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: STREAMS WITH DEEP POOLS AND RUNS WITH GRAVEL BOTTOMS AND
MODERATELY STEADY FLOW. PREFER CLEAR WATER AND STREAMS WITH AQUATIC
PLANT MARGINS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00264 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOCOMIS BIGUTTATUS (KIRTLAND)
COMMON NAME(S): HORNEYHEAD CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES • STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
A LARGE MINNOW, UP TO 10 INCHES, OLIVE TO BLACK ABOVE,
YELLOWISH SILVERY BELOW, SIMILAR TO THE COMMON CREEK CHUB. HAS A LARGE
MOUTH, A BLACKISH SPOT AT THE TAIL BASE, AND BREEDING MALES HAVE A RED
SPOT BEHIND THE EYE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PLANTS INCLUDING ALGAE AND HIGHER PLANTS, ALSO AQUATIC
INSECTS, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE CLEAR GRAVELLY STREAMS WITH POOLS AND
SLOW TO MODERATE RUNS. PREFERS AREAS WITH AQUATIC PLANTS AND REQUIRES
GRAVEL AREAS FREE OF SILT FOR SPAWNING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00266 STATUS: TK,RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA CRAGINI (GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): ARKANSAS DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 1/2 INCH MOTTLED, LIGHT TO OLIVE-BROWN ABOVE, YELLOWISH
WHITE BELOW, WITH 6 TO 9 DUSKY SADDLES ALONG MIDSIDE. DURING SPAWNING
THE MALES HAVE COLORFUL ORANGE THROAT AND SIDES WITH BLUE-GREEN MARKS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
AQUATIC INSECTS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: CLEAR SPRING-FED SMALL TRIBUTARY AND HEADWATER STREAMS WITH
SAND OR GRAVEL BOTTOM, ALMOST ALWAYS IN NEAR SHORE AREAS OF VEGETATIVE
COVER ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THICK STANDS OF WATERCRESS, AWAY FROM
SWIFT CURRENTS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS, ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES, HAS DETAIL ON CRITICAL HABITAT.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00268 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS SHUMARDI (GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): SILVERBAND SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3 INCH, PALE GREEN-YELLOW WITH A NARROW SILVERY LATERAL
STRIPE AND SILVER BELLY. IT HAS A HIGH SHARPLY POINTED DORSAL FIN
DIRECTLY ABOVE THE PELVIC FIN.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: OPEN CHANNELS OF LARGE RIVERS IN MODERATELY DEEP, FLOWING,
WATER ALONG SAND OR GRAVEL BARS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TURBID WATERS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CHANNELIZATION HAS DESTROYED HABITAT.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00270 STATUS: TK,EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOPSIS GRACILIS (RICHARDSON)
COMMON NAME(S): FLATHEAD CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 9 INCHES, LIGHT GREEN TO BROWN BACK WITH PLAIN SILVER
SIDES, WITH A BROAD WEDGE SHAPED HEAD, LARGE MOUTH WITH ONE BARBEL ON
EACH SIDE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
TERRESTRIAL INSECTS THAT FALL IN THE WATER AND OTHER SMALL
INVERTEBRATES AND PLANT MATERIAL.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: SMALL CREEKS TO LARGE RIVERS WITH TURBID, FLUCUATING WATER
LEVELS AND UNSTABLE SAND BOTTOMS. CAN BE FOUND IN SMALL MODERATELY
CLEAR CREEKS WITH LITTLE CURRENT AS WELL AS IN THE MISSOURI AND
MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WATER WITH SOME TURBIDITY
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
REQUIRES FLOOD FLOWS TO SPAWN SUCCESSFULLY.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00272 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALOSA ALABAMAE (JORDAN AND EVERMANN)
COMMON NAME(S): ALABAMA SHAD
ANIMAL FAMILY: CLUPEIDAE (HERRING FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 18 INCHES, BLUISH OR GREENISH WITH SILVER REFLECTION
AND SILVERY-WHITE BELLY.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ADULTS ANADROMOUS AND DO NOT FEED IN FRESH WATER, YOUNG FEED
ON SMALL FISH AND AQUATIC INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: ANADROMOUS, SPENDS ITS ADULT LIFE IN THE SEA, ENTERS FRESH
WATER STREAMS TO SPAWN.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SALINE WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ANADROMOUS SPECIES, THE YOUNG RETURN TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
BEFORE THEIR SECOND SUMMER OF LIFE, SPAWNING RUNS OCCUR IN GULF-COASTAL
DRAINAGES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00274 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: UMBRA LIMI (KIRTLAND)
COMMON NAME(S): CENTRAL MUDMINNOW
ANIMAL FAMILY: UMBRIDAE (MUDMINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 UP TO 6 INCHES, REDDISH-BROWN, NO LATERAL LINE, DORSAL FIN
SET RETHER FAR BACK. FAINT CROSS BARS, NO LONGITUDINAL STREAKS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
BOTTOM FEEDER. INVERTEBRATES AND OCASSIONALLY FISHES.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,PAB,L1UB
HABITAT: QUIET, MUD-BOTTOMED STREAMS, SLOUGHS, AND PONDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FOUND IN THE INTAKE SCREENS OF NEW MADRID, MO, ELECTRIC
PLANT.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00276 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOGNATHUS HAYI (JORDAN)
COMMON NAME(S): CYPRESS MINNOW
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3-6 INCH, YELLOWISH-OLIVE WITH EMERALD REFLECTIONS AND DUSKY
OR GREENISH GOLDEN STRIPE AT MIDLINE, BELLY SILVER-WHITE, SCALES ON
FORWARD PART OF SIDE ARE DISTINCTLY DARK EDGED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY FEEDS ON ALGAE AND PLANT MATERIAL.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: QUIET POOLS AND BACKWATERS OF MODERATELY LARGE LOWLAND
STREAMS, OFTEN FOUND WITH THE CENTRAL SILVERY MINNOW, WHICH PREFERS
SILT OR SAND BOTTOMS. INTOLERANT OF CONTINUED HIGH TURBIDITY.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
WATER POLLUTION (including siltation)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00278 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYBOPSIS GELIDA (GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): STURGEON CHUB
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 3 INCH, SLENDER, LIGHT BROWN, THICKLY DUSTED WITH
FINE DARK SPECKS ON THE BACK, BELLY SILVER-WHITE. SNOUT LONG AND
FLATTENED, PROJECTING BEYOND UPPER LIP.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY A BENTHIC TASTE FEEDER.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: CHANNELS OF LARGE SILTY RIVERS, IN SWIFT CURRENT OVER A SAND
OR GRAVEL BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FOR SWIFT, TURBID WATER.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00284 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS MACULATUS (HAY)
COMMON NAME(S): TAILLIGHT SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3 INCHES, PALE OLIVE YELLOW, SILVER SIDES WITH A NARROW
DUSKY STRIPE, BELLY SILVER-WHITE. SCALES ARE PROMINENTLY DARK EDGED,
TAIL FIN HAS PROMINENT BLACK SPOT AT BASE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MAINLY ALGAE, CLADOCERANS, AND INSECT LARVAE.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,L2UB
HABITAT: SLUGGISH LOWLAND POOLS, CREEKS AND RIVERS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00286 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTROPIS SABINAE (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): SABINE SHINER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES, PALE OLIVE-YELLOW, SIDES SILVEY, BELLY
WHITE, NO STREAK ALONG SIDES AND SCALES NOT DARK EDGED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ANIMAL LIFE ON WATERWAY BOTTOMS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: CLEAR LOWLAND RIVERS WITH FINE, SILT FREE, SANDY BOTTOMS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00290 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PIMEPHALES TENELLUS PARVICEPS
COMMON NAME(S): EASTERN SLIM MINNOW
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINIDAE (MINNOW FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES, MORE SLENDER THAN THE WESTERN SLIM
MINNOW, PALE YELLOWISH-OLIVE, WITH SILVER SIDES, BACK SCALES ARE DARK
EDGED AND FINS ARE OFTEN TINGED WITH ORANGE.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: POOLS IN CLEAR OZARK RIVERS OVER SANDY, GRAVEL OR ROCK
BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
IN MISSOURI, TABLE ROCK AND BULL SHOAL RESERVOIRS ELIMINATED
THE WHITE RIVER POPULATIONS
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00292 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIMYZON SUCETTA (LACEPEDE)
COMMON NAME(S): LAKE CHUBSUCKER
ANIMAL FAMILY: CATOSTOMIDAE (SUCKER FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
5-10 INCHES OLIVE BROWN WITH DARK EDGED SCALES, MIDSIDE
DARKER STRIPE, LOWER BELLY YELLOW WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
WATER FLEAS, SMALL CRUSTACEANS AND OTHER IMMATURE AQUATIC
INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,L1AB,R2AB
HABITAT: CLEAR QUIET WATER WITH THICK GROWTH OF AQUATIC VEGETATION
AND BOTTOMS OF SILT OR SAND WITH ORGANIC DEBRIS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ALGAL or UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00294 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ICTALURIS NEBULOSUS (LESUEUR)
COMMON NAME(S): BROWN BULLHEAD
ANIMAL FAMILY: ICTALURIDAE (CATFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
7-15 INCHES, BACK AND SIDES DARK YELLOW-BROWN, USUALLY
STRONGLY MOTTLED WITH DARKER BROWN, BELLY YELLOW OR WHITE, FINS DUSKY
OR BLACK.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PLANT AND ANIMAL MATTER FROM THE BOTTOM
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2AB,L1AB
HABITAT: QUIET, CLEAR, SLOW FLOWING WATER WITH MODERATE GROWTH OF
AQUATIC VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MAY BE AT WESTERN LIMIT OF ITS RANGE IN MISSOURI,
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00296 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NOTURUS ELEUTHERUS (JORDAN)
COMMON NAME(S): MOUNTAIN MADTOM
ANIMAL FAMILY: ICTALURIDAE (CATFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 4 INCHES, YELLOWISH-BROWN WITH BROWN MOTTLING AND 4
UNDEFINED DARK CROSSBARS ON BACK, BELLY PALE YELLOW-WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: ROCKY OR GRAVEL RIFFLES IN CLEAR, MODERATELY LARGE UPLAND
STREAMS AND RIVERS, MAY BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEAVY AQUATIC GROWTH
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00298 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CHOLOGASTER AGASSIZI (PUTMAN)
COMMON NAME(S): SPRING CAVEFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: AMBLYOPSIDAE (CAVEFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 1/2 INCH, BROWN ABOVE, LIGHTER BELOW, BODY SPRINKLED WITH
BLACK SPECKS. THREE DARK LONGITUDINAL STRIPES ON SIDES, CENTRAL STRIPE
MAY BE PALE.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CAVE STREAMS AND THE MOUTHS OF SPRINGS, OCCASIONALLY IN
SWAMPS AND CREEKS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00300 STATUS: EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMBLYOPSIS ROSAE (EIGENMANN)
COMMON NAME(S): OZARK CAVEFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: AMBLYOPSIDAE (CAVEFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 INCHES OR LESS, BODY NEARLY COLORLESS EXCEPT FOR A ROSY
PINK HUE OF BLOOD VESSELS SHOWING THROUGH TRANSLUCENT BODY. ANUS FAR
FORWARD OF ANAL FIN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOSTLY COPEPODS, ALSO SMALL SALAMANDERS, CRAYFISH, ISOPODS,
AMPHIPODS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: SUBTERRANEAN WATERS IN LIMESTONE CAVE SYSTEMS THAT WERE
UNGLACIATED AND NOT EXTENSIVELY DEFORMED DURING UPLIFT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00304 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FUNDULUS ZEBRINUS (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): PLAINS KILLIFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CYPRINODONTIDAE (KILLIFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5-3 INCHES, OLIVE-BROWN BACK WITH SILVERY-WHITE SIDES AND
BELLY, BARRING ON SIDES. FINS PLAIN OR YELLOWISH IN FEMALES AND
IMMATURES, BRIGHT YELLOW-ORANGE IN BREEDING MALES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
OMNIVOROUS, EATING MOSTLY INSECTS AND INVERTEBRATES; DIATOMS
AND PLANTS WHEN ANIMALS ARE SCARCE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: DIVERSE HABITATS, FROM POOLS AND BACKWATERS TO SHALLOW,
SANDY AREAS WITH CURRENT. MAY BE IN ALKALINE OR SALINE WATER WITH FEW
OTHER KINDS OF FISH.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: ALKALINE WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
TOLERANT OF ALKALINE OR SALINE CONDITIONS
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00306 STATUS: OM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS (LINNAEUS)
COMMON NAME(S): PUMPKINSEED
ANIMAL FAMILY: CENTRARCHIDAE (SUNFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
8-10 INCHES, BACK AND SIDES GOLDEN OR LIGHT OLIVE GREEN,
BELLY YELLOW OR YELLOW ORANGE, STRONGLY MOTTLED AND SPOTTED. FINS HAVE
ROWS OF SMALL DARK SPOTS, CHEEK HAS WAVY BLUE LINES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SNAILS AND SMALL MOLLUSKS AND AQUATIC INSECTS AND SMALL FISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
HABITAT: CLEAR, STANDING WATER WITH DENSE GROWTH OF AQUATIC
VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00308 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LEPOMIS SYMMETRICUS (FORBES)
COMMON NAME(S): BANTAM SUNFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CENTRARCHIDAE (SUNFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LESS THAN 2 INCHES, BACK AND SIDES OLIVE-BLUE FADING TO A
PALE YELLOW BELLY, SIDES MARKED WITH DUSKY VERTICAL STRIPES AND BARS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
AQUATIC ANIMAL LIFE.
WETLAND TYPE: L1AB,R3AB,PAB
HABITAT: LOWLAND SWAMPS AND CLEAR, QUIET WATERS WITH MUCH AQUATIC
VEGETATION AND STANDING TIMBER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR or FLOATING VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00310 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMMOCRYPTA ASPRELLA (JORDAN)
COMMON NAME(S): CRYSTAL DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-4 INCH, PALE YELLOW WITH 4 OR 5 BROWN CROSSBARS, UNDERSIDE
SILVER-WHITE, OBLONG DUSKY BLOTCHES MIDSIDE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
AQUATIC ANIMAL LIFE.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: IN OPEN STRETCHES OF LARGE MODERATELY CLEAR STREAMS WITH
CLEAN SAND AND GRAVEL BOTTOMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
BURIES IN SAND AND DARTS AT PREY.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00312 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA FUSIFORME (GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): SWAMP DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THIN, OLIVACEOUS, WITH BLOTCHES ALONG EACH SIDE WHICH MAY
FUSE TO FORM A LATERAL BAND.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: L1AB,PAB,R2UB,R2AB
HABITAT: QUIET WATER OF PONDS, SWAMPS, AND SLUGGISH STREAMS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00314 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA HISTRIO (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): HARLEQUIN DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 3 INCH, MOTTLED GREEN WITH 6 OR 7 DARK BROWN
CROSSBARS BACK, SIDE WITH DARK GREEN BLOTCHES, UNDERSIDE MOTTLED
YELLOWISH-WHITE. FINS ARE PROMINENTLY MARKED WITH BROWN LINES AND
SPOTS.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: SLUGGISH RIFFLES AND BACKWATERS OF LARGER LOWLAND STREAMS
AND DITCHES, OVER SANDY BOTTOMS WITH LOGS AND OTHER ORGANIC DEBRIS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DEAD, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RIFFLE AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00316 STATUS: TFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA NIANGUAE (GILBERT AND MEEK)
COMMON NAME(S): NIANGUA DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3 TO 4 INCHES, BACK LIGHT YELLOWISH-OLIVE WITH SCATTERED
ORANGE SPOTS AND ABOUT 8 PROMINENT DARK BROWN CROSSBARS, SIDES WITH
ALTERNATING DARK GREEN BLOTCHES AND ORANGE BARS. FINS WITH ORANGE AND
SOME BLACK SPOTTING.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PROBABLY IMMATURE AQUATIC INSECTS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CLEAR, SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED, GRAVEL OR ROCKY STREAMS
ADJACENT TO RIFFLES OR IN CLEAR POOLS WITH NO PERCEPTIBLE CURRENT, USES
RIFFLES FOR SPAWNING.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
REMOVAL OF WOODY STREAMBANK (RIP-RAP), RESERVOIR
CONSTRUCTION, INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORS (SPOTTED AND ROCK BASS) ARE
DETRIMENTAL.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00318 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA PARVIPINNE (GILBERT AND SWAIN)
COMMON NAME(S): GOLDSTRIPE DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3 INCHES LONG LIGHT BROWN BACK, DARKER MOTTLED SIDES,
WITH A PALE STRIPE ALONG LATERAL LINE, BELLY YELLOWISH. EYE WITH A
DUSKY BAR, FINS BANDED WITH BROWN LINES.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3AB
HABITAT: SMALL SPRINGS AND SPRING BRANCHES HAVING MUCH AQUATIC
VEGETATION, IN RIFFLES OVER ROCKY BOTTOMS COVERED BY A LAYER OF SILT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SILT
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RIFFLE AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00320 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ETHEOSTOMA WHIPPLEI (GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): REDFIN DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.5 TO 3 INCHES, BACK MOTTLED OLIVE-BROWN, MAY HAVE DARK
BROWN CROSSBARS, SIDES LIGHT WITH PALE SPOTS AND BELLY WHITE WITH DUSKY
SPECKS. DUSKY BAR EXTENDS FROM NOSE TO SNOUT. BREEDING MALES HAVE
SCATTERED RED SPOTS AND ORANGE, RED AND BLUE FIN MARKING
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: GRAVEL RIFFLES OF STREAMS WITH MODERATE OR LOW FLOW RATES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RIFFLE AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00322 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PERCINA CYMATOTAENIIA (GILBERT AND MEEK)
COMMON NAME(S): BLUESTRIPE DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2.5 TO 4 INCHES, DARK BROWN WITH PALE LENGTHWISE STREAKS,
UNDERPARTS CREAMY YELLOW WITH DARK SPECKS. MIDSIDE BLACK STRIPE WITH
GREENISH TINGE, FINS FAINTLY DARK BARRED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS AND SMALL AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES.
WETLAND TYPE: R3AB,R3UB
HABITAT: QUIET POOLS AND BACKWATERS OF CLEAR OZARK STREAMS WITH SANDY
BOTTOMS AND ABUNDANT SUBMERGED VEGETATION OR STICKS AND LEAVES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, DEAD, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
A SPECIES ENDEMIC TO MISSOURI.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00324 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PERCINA NASUTA (BAILEY)
COMMON NAME(S): LONGNOSE DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 4 INCHES, YELLOWISH BROWN MOTTLED WITH DARKER BROWN
SIDES AND A CREAMY WHITE BELLY. SMALL BLACK SPOT BEFORE TAIL FIN AND
ORANGE BAND ON DORSAL FIN. VERY LONG AND SLENDER HEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
HABITAT: MEDIUM TO LARGE RIVERS AND IN VEGETATED BACKWATERS,
SOMETIMES FOUND IN RIFFLES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
POSSIBLY ELIMINATED .IN THE WHITE RIVER, MISSOURI, BY THE
TABLE ROCK AND BULL SHOALS RESERVOIRS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00326 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PERCINA URANIDEA (JORDAN AND GILBERT)
COMMON NAME(S): STARGAZING DARTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERCIDAE (PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3.5 INCHES, BROWNISH OLIVE WITH 4 OR 5 DARK BROWN
SQUARISH CROSSBARS, YELLOW SIDES WITH 8 TO 10 OBLONG BLACK BLOTCHES,
VERTICAL BLACK BAR ON HEAD EXTENDING FROM EYE AND ONE FORWARD TO SNOUT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MIDGE AND CADDISFLY LARVAE, SOME POPULATIONS MAY FEED ON
SNAILS OR LIMPETS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: GRAVEL CHUTES AND RIFFLES OF SWIFT FLOWING, CLEAR,
MODERATLEY LARGE STREAMS WITH BOTTOMS OF GRAVEL OR ROCK.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: F00328 STATUS: SI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: APHREDODERUS SAYANUS
COMMON NAME(S): PIRATE PERCH
ANIMAL FAMILY: APHREDODERIDAE (PIRATE PERCH FAMILY)
CLASS: OSTEICHTHYES STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2.5 TO 5 IN., BODY GREY, THICKLY SPECKLED WITH BLACK,
VERTICAL BAR OFTEN VISIBLE BELOW THE EYE. ONLY IT AND THE CAVEFISH HAVE
THE ANUS LOCATED FAR FORWARD OF THE ANAL FIN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
IMMATURE AQUATIC INSECTS, CRUSTACEANS AND SMALL FISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L1AB,R3AB
HABITAT: BOTTOMLAND LAKES, QUIET POOLS AND BACKWATERS, WITH CLEAR
WARM WATER VERY LOW CURRENT AND MUCH VEGETATIVE COVER OR ORGANIC
DEBRIS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, DEAD, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ALSO FOUND IN MISSOURI, IT IS THE ONLY LIVING SPECIES OF THE
FAMILY, A RELICT SPECIES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100002 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MACROCOTYLA GLANDULOSA (HYMAN)
COMMON NAME(S): PINK PLANARIAN
ANIMAL FAMILY: DENDROCOELIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: TURBELLARIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES, 30 MM, LIGHT REDDISH BROWN TO ORANGE
COLOR.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THE TURBELLARIANS FEED ON LIVING, DEAD, CRUSHED OR WHOLE
ANIMAL OR PLANT MATTER
WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: CAVES AND SPRINGS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100004 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMNICOLA STYGIA (HUBRICHT)
COMMON NAME(S): STYGIAN CAVESNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: ANCYCLIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SPIRE SHORT, APEX RATHER ROUNDED
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST FRESH-WATER, AQUATIC SNAILS EAT ALGAE AND VEGETABLE
MATTER
WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: FRESH-WATER, AQUATIC SNAILS INHABIT SUBMERGED SURFACES,
USUALLY IN WATER 10 CM TO 2 M DEEP
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100006 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ANTROBIA CULVERI (HUBRICHT)
COMMON NAME(S): TUMBLING CREEK CAVESNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: ON AND UNDER COBBLES IN RIFFLES OF CAVE STREAM (EFFLUENT
CAVE)
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100008 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POLYGRA TEXASIANI (MORICAND)
COMMON NAME(S): TEXAS LIPTOOTH
ANIMAL FAMILY: POLYGYRIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100010 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POLYGRA DELTOIDEA (SIMPSON)
COMMON NAME(S): A SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: POLYGYRIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100012 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TRIDOPSIS DENOTATA (FERUSCAE)
COMMON NAME(S): BLACK VELVET WEDGE SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: POLYGYRIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100023 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FONTIGENS ANTROECETES
COMMON NAME(S): A CAVE SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100024 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: VERTIGO MERAMECENSIS (VAN DEVENDER)
COMMON NAME(S): BLUFF VERTIGO
ANIMAL FAMILY: PUPILLIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG SHELL, 5 WELL ROUNDED WHORLS, PERFORATE, 1.86 MM
LONG, 1.15 MM WIDE. CHESTNUT TRANSLUCENT SHELL, LIP DARKER, WELL
DEVELOPED WHITE TEETH.
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PML
HABITAT: MOSSY SHELVES IN WOODED LIMESTONE BLUFFS ABOVE CREEKS, DAMP
SPOTS ALONG CREEK
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LIMESTONE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: EVERGREEN, DEAD
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100025 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FONTIGENS PROSERPINA
COMMON NAME(S): A CAVE SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100026 STATUS: UM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: HENDERSONIA OCCULTA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): CHERRYSTONE SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: HELICINIDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
RED SHELL, BLACK HEAD, YELLOW "LIP", GRAY FOOT, SMALLER THAN
A DIME
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,R2RS
HABITAT: COOL, WET, LEAFY, DARK, LIMESTONE TERRACES NEAR PERMANENTLY
FLOWING WATER
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LIMESTONE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100027 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LYMNEA ELODES
COMMON NAME(S): AN AQUATIC SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: LIMNAEDAE (LAND SNAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS FAMILY ARE SPIRAL, DEXTRAL, USUALLY ELONGATE
AND ACUTE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
USUALLY VEGETARIAN.
WETLAND TYPE: L2UB
HABITAT: PERENNIAL WATER, USUALLY LAKES AND PONDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100029 STATUS: EFI,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: QUADRULA FRAGOSA
COMMON NAME(S): WINGED MAPLELEAF
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
GENUS QUADRULA ARE OVATE-QUADRATE, ROUNDED ANTERIORLY,
SOMEWHAT TRUNCATED POSTERIORLY, INNER SHELL OFTEN YELLOWISH.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER.
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: MEDIUM TO LARGE RIVERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100031 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SOMATOGYRUS ROSEWATERI
COMMON NAME(S): A SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: AMNICOLIDAE (LAND SNAIL FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL, SPIRAL SHELL, SHORT SPIRED, LARGE BODY WHORL
FOOD PREFERENCES: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100033 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: BACTRURUS HUBRICHTI
COMMON NAME(S): KANSAS WELL AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESHWATER SPECIES OF THE ORDER ARE
5-20 MM, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, 7 FREE THORACIC
SEGMENTS, A 6 SEGMENTED ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
OMNIVOROUS, OFTEN SCAVENGING.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED CLEAR, COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
WATER POLLUTION (including siltation)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100035 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FALLICAMBARUS FODIENS
COMMON NAME(S): DIGGER CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, PRIMARILY EATING AQUATIC VEGETATION,
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100037 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FAXONELLA CLYPEATA
COMMON NAME(S): SHIELD CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.1 TO 2 INCH, TAN, WITH A PATTERN OF BLACK DASHES ALONG THE
CARAPACE AND ABDOMEN SURFACE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EATING PRIMARILY AQUATIC VEGETATION.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,R3UB
HABITAT: INTERMITTENT CREEKS AND SEASONALLY FLOODED SLOUGHS AND
SWAMPS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER or SLOW FLOW AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MO. COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MDC CRAYFISH BOOK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100039 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES LANCIFER
COMMON NAME(S): SHRIMP CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE/ASTACIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2 TO 3 INCH, LIGHT REDDISH-BROWN TO GRAY, DUSTED WITH DARK
SPECKS. HAS AN UNUSUALLT LARGE ROSTRUM, WITH THE TIP LONGER THAN THE
BASE, HAS NARROW AND WEAK PINCERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, PRIMARILY EATING AQUATIC VEGETATION.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: IN DEEP PERMANENT WATER OF LOWLAND RIVERS AND OXBOWS, AMONG
TREE ROOTS AND BANK COVER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MO. COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MDC CRAWFISH BOOK
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100041 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES MEEKI
COMMON NAME(S): MEEK'S CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE/ASTACIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.3 TO 2 INCH, OLIVE-TAN WITH A PALE VASE-SHAPED ZONE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DARKER CARAPACE, BROAD, POWERFUL PINCERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EATING MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION.
WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: BURROWS IN SANDY OR GRAVEL SUBSTRATE BENEATH ROCKS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MO. COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MDC CRAYFISH BOOK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100043 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES WILLIAMSI
COMMON NAME(S): WHITE RIVER MIDGET CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EATING MAINLY AQUATIC VEGETATION.
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100045 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ACRONEURIA OZARKENSIS
COMMON NAME(S): A SUMMER PERLID STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLIDAE (PERLID STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
STONEFLYS OF THIS FAMILY ARE GREEN, YELLOW OR BROWN, AND
HAVE A SINGLE ROW OF CROSS-VEINS IN THE ANAL AREA OF THE FRONT WING OR
NONE AT ALL
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOUROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NYMPHS ARE AQUATIC IN WATERS WITH GRAVEL OR DETRITUS BOTTOMS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100047 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALLOPERLA HAMATA
COMMON NAME(S): A SPRING STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLODIDAE (SPRING STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
STONEFLYS OF THIS FAMILY ARE SMALL, 1/4 TO 3/8 INCHES,
YELLOWISH OR GREENISH, WITH CLEAR WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
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WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SPRING FED STREAMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100049 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALLOPERLA LEONARDA
COMMON NAME(S): A SPRING STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLODIDAE (SPRING STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
STONEFLYS OF THIS FAMILY ARE SMALL 1/4 TO 3/8 INCHES,
YELLOWISH OR GREENISH, WITH CLEAR WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: IN SPRING FED STREAMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100051 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ATTANEURIA RURALIS
COMMON NAME(S): A SUMMER PERLID STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLIDAE (PERLID STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
STONEFLYS OF THIS FAMILY ARE GREEN, YELLOW, OR BROWN, AND
HAVE A SINGLE ROW OF CROSS VEINS IN THE ANAL AREA OF THE FRONT WING
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONE-FLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NYMPHS ARE AQUATIC IN WATERS WITH GRAVEL OR DETRITUS BOTTOMS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ST. LOUIS TYPE LOCALITY, HISTORICALLY REPORTED FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RIVERS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100053 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CALEPHELIS BOREALIS
COMMON NAME(S): NORTHERN METALMARK
ANIMAL FAMILY: RIODINIDAE (METALMARK BUTTERFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
U.S. SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE SMALL, 1 INCH OR LESS,
BROWNISH, WITH NARROW LINES AND SMALL METALLIC SPOTS ON THE WINGS,
FOOD PREFERENCES:
LARVAE EAT LEAVES, HOST PLANT COMPOSITAE FAMILY, SENECIO
OBOVATUS
WETLAND TYPE: PFO,PSS
HABITAT: MOIST WOOD OPENINGS, LIMESTONE OUTCROPS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LIMESTONE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100055 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CICINDELLA CIRCUMPICTA JOHNSONI
COMMON NAME(S): SALINE SPRING TIGER BEETLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CICINDELLIDAE (TIGER BEETLE FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
HARD BODIED, HEAD AND THORAX NARROWER THAN WINGS, BRIGHT,
WHITE OR BLACK CURVED MARKS ON THE WING COVERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PREDACIOUS, INSECTIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SALINE WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100057 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: GLYPHOPSYCHE MISSOURI
COMMON NAME(S): MISSOURI GLYPHOPSYCHE CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: LIMNEPHILIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
IN THIS GENUS, LARVA UP TO 21 MM, CASES RANGE FROM AN EVEN
CYLINDER OF ROCK OR VEGETATION TO UNEVEN CASES USING LARGER PIECES,
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PRIMARILY PLANT MATERIAL.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SLOWER STREAMS, MARSHES, ASSOCIATED WITH VEGETATION.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100059 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ISOPERLA BURKSI
COMMON NAME(S): A SPRING STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLODIDAE (SPRING STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL STONEFLY, 1/4 TO 3/8 INCHES, YELLOWISH OR GREENISH,
WITH CLEAR WINGS
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100061 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MACROMIA PACIFICA
COMMON NAME(S): GUILDED RIVER CRUISER
ANIMAL FAMILY: ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER ODONATA, 4 LONG WINGS, ALMOST EQUAL IN SIZE, LONG WELL
DEVELOPED THORAX
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ADULTS ARE PREDACIOUS ON INSECTS INCLUDING MOSQUITOES, WHILE
NAIADS PREY ON SMALL AQUATIC ANIMAL LIFE.
WETLAND TYPE: L2UB,L2US,R3US,R3UB
HABITAT: PERMANENT FRESHWATER PONDS, LAKES, AND STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100063 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MEROPE TUBER
COMMON NAME(S): EARWIGFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: MEROPIDAE (MEROPID SCORPIONFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER MECOPTERA, 10-12 MM LONG WITH SHORT BROAD WINGS AND
FORCEPS-LIKE CERCI.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
INSECTS OR NECTAR AND FRUIT
WETLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100067 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NEOPERLA CARLSONI
COMMON NAME(S): A PERLID STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: PERLIDAE (PERLID STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THIS STONEFLY FAMILY IS GREEN, YELLOW, OR BROWN, WITH A
SINGLE ROW OF CROSS VEINS IN THE ANAL AREA OF THE FRONT WING OR NONE AT
ALL.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
BITAT: NYMPHS ARE AAQUATIC, IN WATERS WITH GRAVEL OR DETRITUS
BOTTOMS.
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
IwATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100069 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: OPHIOGOMPHUS WESTFALLI
COMMON NAME(S): ARKANSAS SNAKETAIL DRAGONFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: GOMPHIDAE (DRAGONFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER ODONATA, 4 LONG WINGS, ALMOST EQUAL SIZE, WITH A WELL
DEVELOPED THORAX
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ADULTS PREY ON INSECTS, INCLUDING MOSQUITOES, NAIADS PREY ON
SMALL AQUATIC ANIMAL LIFE.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L2UB
HABITAT: STREAM AND LAKE BEDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100071 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PROSTOIA SIMILIS
COMMON NAME(S): A WINTER STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAPNIIDAE (WINTER STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER PLECOPTERA, SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE USUALLY
BLACKISH, 10MM OR LESS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
MOST STONEFLY SPECIES ARE OMNIVOROUS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NYMPHS OF THIS FAMILY USUALLY OCCUR SMALL STREAMS, PONDS,
ADULTS RESTING ON ROCKS, TREE TRUNKS, REEDS, CATTAILS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100073 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SERATELLA FRISONI
COMMON NAME(S): PRISON'S SERATELLAN MAYFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: EPHEMERELLIDAE (MAYFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER EPHEMEROPTERA, SMALL, SOFT BODIED, WITH SINGLE OR
PAIRED QAUZY, CROSS VEINED, MEMBRANEOUS WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
PLANT MATERIAL.
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WETLAND TYPE: R3US
HABITAT: USUALLY ROCKY-BOTTOMED HEADWATER STREAMS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100074 STATUS: WM,EI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CUMBERLANDIA MONODONTA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): SPECTACLE CASE
ANIMAL FAMILY: MARGARITIFERIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO,IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
3-9 INCHES, OUTER SHELL DARK BROWN TO BLACK, INNER PEARL
BLUE TO WHITE. SHELL NARROW AND ELLIPTICAL, BEAK ONLY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
ABOVE THE HINGE LINE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2RB
HABITAT: FOUND IN 1 INCH TO 3.5 FEET SLOW CURRENT, STABLE SUBSTRATE
OF ROCKS AND BOULDERS AT INTERFACE OF SWIFT MAINSTREAM CURRENT AND
QUIETER WATER OF POOL EDGES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SEE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S BOOK ON MUSSLES OF
THE MERAMEC.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100075 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STYLURUS NOTATUS
COMMON NAME(S): ELUSIVE CLUBTAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: GOMPHIDAE (DRAGONFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER ODONATA (DRAGONFLY), 4 LONG WINGS, AND LONG, WELL
DEVELOPED THORAX.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ADULTS ARE PREDACIOUS ON INSECTS INCLUDING MOSQUITOES,
NAIADS PREY ON SMALL AQUATIC ANIMALS.
WETLAND TYPE: L2UB,L2US,R3UB,R3US
HABITAT: PERMANENT LAKES, PONDS, OR STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100076 STATUS: EM,EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ANODONTA SUBORBICULATA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): FLAT FLOATER
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: KS,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE LONG-ELLIPTIC, NACRE WHITE OR
BLUISH IN MOST SPECIES, IN SOME SPECIES IT IS PINKISH.
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ODD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
IWETLAND TYPE: R2UB,LiuB
tfABITAT: LAKES OR SLOUGHS AND QUIET SEGMENTS OF RIVERS WITH MUD
BOTTOMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SILT
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100077 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TRIOPS LONGICAUDATUS
COMMON NAME(S): TADPOLE SHRIMP
ANIMAL FAMILY: ( FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
10 TO 40 MM, CARAPACE IN FORM OF DORSAL SHIELD, VESTIGAL OR
ABSENT ANTENNAE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
DETRITUS OF PLANT OR ANIMAL ORIGIN.
WETLAND TYPE: L2UB
HABITAT: TEMPORARY OR SHALLOW LAKES OR PONDS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SUPERCLASS CRUSTACEA, CLASS BRANCHIOPODA, ORDER NOTOSTRACA.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100079 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STROPHITUS UNDULATUS UNDULATUS(SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): STRANGE FLOATER, SQUAW FOOT
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
===:
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-4 INCHES, SHELL ELONGATE-OVATE OR ELLIPTICAL, MODERATELY
INFLATED IN LARGER SHELLS. OUTSIDE YELLOWISH TO BLACK, INSIDE BLUEISH
WHITE TO WHITE. BEAK IS DEPRESSED.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: IN 1 IN. TO 3 FEET OF STANDING TO SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER,
SUBSTRATES OF SILT, MUD, TO COBBLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SEE MUSSELS OF THE MERAMEC BOOK BY THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT
OF CONSERVATION
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100080 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ANODONTOIDES FERUSSACIANUS (LEA)
COMMON NAME(S): CYLINDRICAL PAPER SHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-4 INCHES, SHELL THIN, ELONGATE, ELLIPTICAL AND MODERATELY
INFLATED, LIGHT GREEN TO YELLOWISH BROWN WITH NUMEROUS GREEN RAYS.
INTERIOR IS BLUISH-WHITE, IRRIDESCENT POSTERIORLY, TO PINK OR SALMON.
BEAK RAISED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE HINGE LINE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: IN 2 IN. TO 3 FT. SLOW CURRENT OF SMALL STREAMS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SILT
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
===
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100081 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALASMIDONTA MARGINATA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): ELKTOE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-3 INCHES, SHELL ELONGATED, INFLATED AND SOMEWHAT RHOMBOID.
OUTSIDE SMOOTH, YELLOWISH BROWN OR GREENISH, WITH GREENISH RAYS. INSIDE
IS WHITE. BEAK IS LARGE, INFLATED AND ELEVATED ABOVE THE HINGE LINE.
fOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
PABITAT: 1 INCH TO 4 FEET OF WATER, SLOW TO SWIFT CURRENT, SILT SAND
OR COBBLE BOTTOM
EUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
SEE MUSSELS OF THE MERAMEC BOOK BY THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT
OF CONSERVATION
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100082 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ARCIDENS CONFRAGOSUS (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): ROCK-POCKETBOOK
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-5 INCHES, SHELL THIN TO MODERATELY SOLID, SQUARISH TO
RHOMBOID AND INFLATED, BROWN TO BLACK, INTERIOR WHITE. THE BEAK IS HIGH
AND FULL WITH IRREGULAR NODULES OR CORRUGATIONS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2RB
HABITAT: FOUND IN 4 INCH TO 3.5 FEET STANDING TO SLOW MOVING WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100083 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LASMIGONA COMPRESSA (LEA)
COMMON NAME(S): CREEK HEELSPLITTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
CHARACTERISTIC TRIANGULAR POSTERIOR PROJECTION, SHELL
SLIGHTLY ELONGATED OVAL, BEAK SCULPTURE DOUBLE LOOPED
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
IWETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
MABITAT: LARGE RIVERS TO SMALL CREEKS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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.SON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100084 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SIMPSONAIAS AMBIGUA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): SALAMANDER MUSSEL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCHES, SHELL SMALL, ELONGATED-ELLIPTICAL, INFLATED AND
RELATIVELY THIN, OUTSIDE BROWNISH, INSIDE DULL BLUISH-WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: IN ABOUT 3 INCHES OF WATER UNDER LARGE FLAT ROCKS IN SANDY
SUBSTRATE IN SWIFT CURRENT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100085 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CYCLONAIAS TUBERCULATA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): PURPLE PIMPLEBACK
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL 1 TO 4 INCHES, COMPRESSED TO INFLATED, SUBROTUND,
OVATE OR SUBQUADRATE, DEPRESSED TO MODERATELY SWOLLEN BEAK, CENTER AND
POSTERIOR SHELL COVERED WITH ROUNDED OR ELONGATE TUBERCULES. OUTER
SHELL BROWN TO GREEN, INNER BROWN-PURPLE TO PURPLE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3RB
HABITAT: 1 INCH TO 5 FEET WATER, SLOW TO MODERATE CURRENT IN MEDIUM
TO LARGE RIVERS. SUBSTRATE OF SILT, SAND, GRAVEL, COBBLE OR BOULDER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ALSO KNOWN AS PURPLE WARTY-BACK
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100086 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PLECTOMERUS DOMBEYANUS (VALENCIENNES)
COMMON NAME(S): BANKCLIMBER
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL ELONGATE, RHOMBOIDAL, INSIDE VIOLET TO BRONZE,
INTERIOR ADDUCTOR MUSCLE SCAR ROUGH.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
IwETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
r
BITAT: MUD OR MUD-ROCK/GRAVEL STREAM BEDS WITH MODERATE TO SLUGGISH
CURRENT.
(UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:BEDROCK
SSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ifATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100087 STATUS: TI,TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ELLIPSARIA LINEOLATA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): BUTTERFLY MUSSEL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL COMPRESSED, SEMI-TRIANGULATE, WITH A SMOOTH ARC, HINGE
TEETH VERY LARGE, HEAVY, AND ELONGATE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100088 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: QUADRULA CYLINDRICA CYLINDRICA
COMMON NAME(S): RABBITSFOOT
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL VERY ROUGH, PUSTULOSE, ELONGATE, RHOMBOIDAL, WITH
IRREGULAR POSTERIOR.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: CLEAR STREAMS WITH GRAVEL BOTTOM AND STRONG CURRENT
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
EXTREMELY UNCOMMON.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100089 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: VENUSTACONCHA ELLIPSIFORMIS (CONRAD)
COMMON NAME(S): ELLIPSE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 TO 3 INCHES, SHELL ELLIPTICAL, ANTERIOR ROUNDED, POSTERIOR
BLUNT, BEAK USUALLY ERODED, OUTER SHELL YELLOW-BROWN WITH WAVY RAYS,
INNER WHITE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: USUALLY IN 1 INCH TO 4 FEET OF SWIFT FLOWING WATER WITH
GRAVEL OR COBBLE BOTTOM.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100090 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: QUADRULA NODULATA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): WARTYBACK
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE VERY ROUGH, PUSTULOSE, TYPICALLY
OVATE-QUADRATE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100092 STATUS: EM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: FUSCONIA EBENEA
COMMON NAME(S): EBONY SHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-4 INCHES, SHELL THICK, SOLID AND SUBROTUND, EXTERIOR
REDDISH-BROWN TO BLACK, INTERIOR WHITE. BEAK INFLATED AND INCURVED AND
PROJECTS FORWARD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: 1 IN. TO 5 FT. OF MODERATELY FLOWING TO SWIFT WATER,
SUBSTRATE OF FINE TO COARSE GRAVEL OR HARD MUD.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100093 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POANES MASSASOIT
COMMON NAME(S): MULBERRY WING
ANIMAL FAMILY: HESPERIIDAE (SKIPPER BUTTERFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ROUNDED DARK BROWN WINGS, BLOCKY YELLOW PATTERN ON LOWER
WINGS, SCANT YELLOW MARKS ON UPPER WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
HOST PLANT SEDGE (CYPERACEAE),CAREX STRICTA
IWETLAND TYPE: pEM,R2EM,pss
(HABITAT: MARSHES, BOGS, ROADSIDE SLOUGHS
"SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100094 STATUS: EM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: PLETHOBASUS CYPHYUS (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): SHEEPNOSE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
•SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
11-3 INCHES, SHELL OVATE TO ELONGATE-SUBOVATE, STRAW COLORED
TO YELLOWISH-BROWN, INSIDE WHITE. BEAK HIGH AND ANTERIOR.
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FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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ETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB,R3RB
BITAT: IN 1 IN. TO 5 FT. OF STANDING TO SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER,
USUALLY WITH GRAVEL SUBSTRATE.
tUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SILT
SSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ITATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100095 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EUPHYDRAS PHAETON
COMMON NAME(S): BALTIMORE
ANIMAL FAMILY: NYMPHALIDAE (BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORANGE WITH BLUE-BLACK ABOVE, AND MANY CREAM COLORED SPOTS.
ADULTS HAVE ORANGE-RED DOTS ALONG BORDERS. CATEPILLARS ARE BLACK WITH
REDDISH-ORANGE BANDS AND SHORT BLACK SPINES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
HOST PLANTS OF FAMILY SCROPHULARACEAE, CHELONE GLABRA,
GERARDIA GRANDIFLORA, PEDICULARIS CANADENSIS. ,
WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PSS
HABITAT: WET MEADOWS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, NONPERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: WET PRAIRIES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100096 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ELLIPTO CRASSIDENS CRASSIDENS
COMMON NAME(S): ELEPHANT-EAR
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-6 INCHES, SHELL THICK, HEAVY, SOLID, TRIANGULAR OR NEARLY
RHOMBOIDAL IN SHAPE. EXTERIOR REDDISH BROWN TO BLACK, INTERIOR, SALMON
TO PURPLE. BEAK LARGE AND FLATTENED.
fOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2RB
BITAT: FOUND IN SWIFT CURRENT, LARGE RIVERS
1UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
SSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
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EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
EXTREMELY UNCOMMON.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100097 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CALEPHILUS MUTICUM
COMMON NAME(S): SWAMP METALMARK
ANIMAL FAMILY: RIODINIDAE (METALMARK BUTTERFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
U.S. SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE SMALL, 1 INCH OR LESS,
BROWNISH, WITH NARROW LINES AND SMALL METALLIC SPOTS ON WINGS. C.
MUTICUM HAS SMALL SILVER DOTS ON WINGS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
LARVAE EAT LEAVES, HOST PLANT COMPOSITAE FAMILY, CISSIUM
MUTICUM, C. ALTISSIMUM
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,PSS,R2EM,L2EM
HABITAT: SWAMPS, BOGS, WET MEADOWS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
-REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100098 STATUS: EFM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: CYPROGENIA ABERTI (CONRAD)
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN FANSHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCHES, SHELL SOLID, SUB-TRIANGULAR OR RHOMBOID,
EXTERNAL YELLOW-GREEN TO BROWN, INTERNAL WHITE. BEAK LOW, COMPRESSED,
TURNED FORWARD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: 3 IN. TO 18 IN. OF WATER IN MODERATE CURRENT, MIXED GRAVEL
AND MUD SUBSTRATE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
LISTED IN CITES APPENDIX II.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100100 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: OBOVARIA OLIVARIA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): HICKORYNUT
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCHES, SHELL HEAVY, THICK, OVATE OR ELLIPTICAL, OUTSIDE
YELLOW-GREEN TO BROWN, INSIDE WHITE. BEAK SWOLLEN AND CURVED INWARD AND
FORWARD.
-FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: FOUND IN MODERATE TO SWIFT CURRENT IN MEDIUM TO LARGE RIVERS,
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100102 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: OBOVARIA JACKSONIANA (FRIERESON)
COMMON NAME(S): SOUTHERN HICKORYNUT
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THIS GENUS HAS CIRCULAR TO HIGH-OVAL SHELL SHAPE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
IWETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
HABITAT: MEDIUM SIZED GRAVEL IN WATER WITH LOW TO MODERATE CURRENT
(SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
.ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
•WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100104 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LEPTODEA LEPTODON
COMMON NAME(S): SCALESHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-4 INCHES, SHELL ELONGATE-OVATE, COMPRESSED AND USUALLY
THIN AND FRAGILE. EXTERIOR DULL YELLOWISH OR OLIVE GREEN, OFTEN WITH
WIDE GREEN RAYS, INSIDE PURPLISH OR SALMON. BEAK INCONSPICUOUS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: 1 IN. TO 1 FT. OF CLEAR, UNPOLLUTED, WATER, WITH GOOD
CURRENT, FREQUENTLY BURYING ITSELF IN RIFFLE GRAVEL.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
PROPOSED FOR FEDERAL LIST AS OF 1984. EXTREMELY UNCOMMON,
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100106 STATUS: OM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POTAMILUS PURPURATUS (LAMARK)
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN HEEL SPLITTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
CHARACTREISTIC TRIANGULAR POSTERIOR PROJECTION
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB
HABITAT: SUBSTRATE OF SMALL TO MEDIUM GRAVEL WITH MUD INTERSPERSED
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100108 STATUS: EFI,EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POTAMILUS CAPEX
COMMON NAME(S): FAT POCKETBOOK
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA,MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: FOUND IN FLOWING WATER, A FEW INCHES TO OVER 8 FEET IN DEPTH.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION-NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100110 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TOXOLASMA LIVIDUS GLANS (LEA)
COMMON NAME(S): PURPLE LILLIPUT
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
IN MISSOURI, UNCOMMON AT ALL SITES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100114 STATUS: EFI,EFM,EFN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPSILIS HIGGINSI (LEA)
COMMON NAME(S): HIGGINS EYE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA,MO,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THE POSTERIOR INNER MANTLE OF THIS GENUS IS RIBBON-LIKE,
BEAK IS VERY HIGH AND ROUNDED
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FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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TLAND TYPE: R2UB
BITAT: FOUND IN DEEP WATER, PROBABLY NO DEEPER THAN 40 FEET
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS : NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ksSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
PEAS
ON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
NO RECENT RECORDS IN MISSOURI,
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100116 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPSILIS RAFINESQUEANA (FRIERSON)
COMMON NAME(S): NEOSHO MUCKET
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THE POSTERIOR INNER MANTLE OF THIS GENUS IS RIBBON-LIKE, THE
BEAK IS VERY HIGH AND ROUNDED
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
ZETLAND TYPE: RBUB
HABITAT: MODERATELY FLOWING SHALLOW WATER IN FINE TO MEDIUM GRAVEL
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100118 STATUS: EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPSILIS ABRUPTA (PREVIOUSLY L. ORBICULATA)
COMMON NAME(S): PINK MUCKET
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
2-4 INCHES, EXTREMELY THICK, HEAVY SHELL, OUTSIDE IS LIGHT
YELLOW-BROWN TO BROWN, INSIDE WHITE TO SALMON, BEAK CAVITY OFTEN SALMON
TO ORANGE. BEAK ONLY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ABOVE HINGE LINE, TURNED
FORWARD, AND IN ANTERIOR HALF OF SHELL
IFOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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•WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: IN 1 IN. TO 5 FT. OF STANDING TO MODERATELY FLOWING WATER,
MOST COMMONLY ON GRAVEL-COBBLE SUBSTRATE, ALSO SILT-SAND
'SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS : SAND
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100120 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EPIOBLASMA TRIQUETRA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): SNUFFBOX
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1-2 INCHES, THICK, SOLID, MODERATELY INFLATED, TRIANGULAR TO
TRAPEZOIDAL SHELL, EXTERIOR YELLOWISH GREEN WITH DARK GREEN RAYS,
INSIDE WHITE. SWOLLEN BEAK, DEEP BEAK CAVITIES.
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FOOD PREFERENCES:
' FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
BITAT: 2 IN. TO 2 FT. WATER WITH MODERATE TO SWIFT FLOW, FOUND IN
MEDIUM SIZED GRAVEL, CLEAR WATER, OFTEN BURIED IN GRAVEL
UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
I INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100122 STATUS: EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EPIOBLASMA FLORENTINA CURTISI (UTTERBACK)
COMMON NAME(S): CURTIS' PEARLY MUSSEL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE TRIANGULAR TO TRAPEZOIDAL.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB,R3RB
HABITAT: SMALL TO MEDIUM GRAVEL IN QUIET WATER AT THE EDGE OF A GOOD
CURRENT OR IN WATER WITH MODERATE CURRENT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: MEDIUM FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
EXTREMELY UNCOMMON.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100128 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALASMIDONTA VIRIDIS (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): SLIPPERSHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE RHOMBOIDAL WITH A POSTERIOR RIDGE,
YELLOW BROWN TO GREENISH, NACRE WHITE OR BLUISH, IRIDESCENT
POSTERIORLY.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: MOSTLY SMALL HEADWATER STREAMS, MAY BE IN LARGE RIVERS OR
LAKES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100130 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LASMIGONA COSTATA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): FLUTED SHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
THE BEAK SCULPTURE OF THIS GENUS IS DOUBLE LOOPED, SHELL
TRAPEZOID-OVATE, YELLOW-GREEN TO BROWN, NACRE IS BLUISH WITH A YELLOW
OR PINK TINTED CENTER.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R2UB
pABITAT: RIVERS, LAKES, AND CANALS.
^UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
SOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
'ATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100132 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TRITOGONIA VERRUCOSA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): BUCKHORN
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL ELONGATE WITH A WELL DEVELOPED POSTERIOR RIDGE AND
SMALL PUSTULES
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
ItfET
LAND TYPE: R2UB,R3UB,R3RB
ftlABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100134 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: FUSCONAIA OZARKENSIS (CALL)
COMMON NAME(S): OZARK PIGTOE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELL OF THIS GENUS SMOOTH AND OVAL-RHOMBOIDAL TO ROUGHLY
TRIANGULAR.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
STLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: MEDIUM TO LARGE RIVERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
(ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
[REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100136 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PLEUROBEMA SINTOXIA (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): OHIO RIVER PIGTOE
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS SEMI-TRIANGULAR, BEAK HIGH, ARCHED
FORWARD AND OF WHITE, GRAY, YELLOW OR PALE ORANGE COLOR.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: MEDIUM TO LARGE RIVERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100138 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPSILIS TERES FALLACIOSA
COMMON NAME(S): SLOUGH SANDSHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE INFLATED, BEAK CAVITIES DEEP, COLOR
RAYS MAY BE PRESENT
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB
HABITAT: MOST SPECIES OF THIS GENUS ARE FOUND IN RIVERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS.INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100140 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LAMPSILIS TERES ANODONTOIDES (LEA)
COMMON NAME(S): YELLOW SANDSHELL
ANIMAL FAMILY: UNIONIDAE (MUSSEL FAMILY)
CLASS: PELECYPODA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SHELLS OF THIS GENUS ARE INFLATED, BEAK CAVITIES DEEP, COLOR
RAYS MAY BE PRESENT
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FOOD PREFERENCES:
FILTER FEEDER
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ETLAND TYPE: R2UB
IHABITAT: MOST SPECIES OF THIS GENERA ARE FOUND IN RIVERS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
PEAS
ON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100142 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CAMBARUS HUBRICHTI (HOBBS)
COMMON NAME(S): SALEM CAVE CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ADULTS 2.2 TO 2.8 INCHES LONG, BLIND, WHITE, TROGLOBITIC
CRAYFISH, LONG, NARROW PINCERS AND LONG ANTENNAE. CARAPACE IS SEPARATED
IN THE MIDDLE BY A WIDE SPACE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CAVE STREAMS AND OCCASSIONALLY AT THE MOUTHS OF SPRINGS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MO. COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MDC CRAYFISH BOOK AND NATURAL
HERITAGE DATABASE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100144 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CAMBARUS SETOSUS (FAXON)
COMMON NAME(S): BRISTLY CAVE CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
3PECIES DESCRIPTION:
2.2 TO 2.8 INCHES, A BLIND, WHITE, TROGLOBITIC CRAYFISH,
LONG NARROW PINCERS AND LONG ANTENNAE, WITH LONG CONSPICUOUS BRISTLES
ON THE PINCERS. DOES NOT HAVE A WIDE SPACE SEPARATING THE CARAPACE AT
THE MIDDLE.
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oOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: CAVE STREAMS
luBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS : NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
I/ATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MO. COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MDC CRAYFISH BOOK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100148 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CAMBARELLUS PUER (HOBBS)
COMMON NAME(S): DWARF CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
0.8 TO 1.3 INCHES, REDDISH BROWN TO GRAY, WITH A SERIES OF
PAIRED DARK, WAVY STRIPES OR DASHED LINES ALONG THE DORSAL SURFACE AND
THE TAIL FAN HAS A DARK BLOTCH. CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM C. SHUFELDTII
BY MALE HAVING CURVED REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: IN SHALLOW, TEMPORARY POOLS IN THE WET SEASON, RETREATING TO
CELLS THEY DIG IN MUD IN DROUGHT.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COUNTY LOCATION INFORMATION FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100150 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CAMBARELLUS SHUFELDTII (FAXON)
COMMON NAME(S): DWARF CRAWFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE/ASTACIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
0.8 TO 1.3 INCHES, REDDISH BROWN TO GRAY, WITH A SERIES OF
PAIRED DARK, WAVY STRIPES OR LINES ALONG THE DORSAL SURFACE, AND A DARK
BLOTCHED TAIL FAN. CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM C.PUER BY THE MALES HAVING
STRAIGHT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
dWETLAND TYPE: R3UB
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BITAT: SHALLOW, TEMPORARY POOLS DURING THE WET SEASON, RETREATING
TO CELLS THEY DIG IN MUD DURING DROUGHT.
UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: TEMPORARILY PONDED (SEASONAL)
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
BOOK ON CRAYFISH.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100152 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES EUPUNCTUS (WILLIAMS)
COMMON NAME(S): COLDWATER CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.2 TO 2.8 INCHES, A STOUT CRAYFISH WITH A BLUE GREEN HEAD
AND PINCERS AND A DARK RUST BROWN CARAPACE. THE ABDOMEN HAS A PAIR OF
CONSPICUOUS WHITE LATERAL SPOTS ON THE FIRST SEGMENT, AND A TAPERING
V-SHAPED DARK CENTRAL STRIPE.
[FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE ONMIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
CTLAND TYPE: R3UB
BITAT: CLEAR, COLD RIVERS WITH SWIFT CURRENT AND GRAVEL SUBSTRATE
JSUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS : GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
|*ATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH BOOK. ALSO LOCATED IN TWO COUNTIES IN
ARKANSAS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100154 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES HARRISONII (FAXON)
COMMON NAME(S): BIG RIVER CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.4 TO 2.4 INCHES, TAN COLORED WITH OLIVE-GREEN AND
REDDISH-BROWN ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS AND BROAD BLACKISH BANDS ON THE
CARAPACE THAT SPAN THE GROVE SEPARATING THE HEAD AND THORAX. THE
PINCERS ARE NARROW FOR A STREAM CRAYFISH.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
iWETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: CLEAR, PERMANENT STREAMS OVER COARSE ROCK
(SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:RUBBLE/BOULDER
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
IWATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
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.REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100156 STATUS: OM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES HYLAS (FAXON)
COMMON NAME(S): WOODLAND CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 TO 2.6 INCH, STOUT, REDDISH-TAN TO DARK BROWN, WITH
NUMEROUS DARK BLACKISH SPECKS AND BLOTCHES ON THE PINCERS, CARAPACE,
AND ABDOMEN. A NARROW CRESCENT SHAPED DARK BAND SPANS THE CARAPACE AT
ITS JUNCTION WITH THE ABDOMEN.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
•WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: OCCUPIES BURROWS IT DIGS BENEATH ROCKS IN CLEAR, PERMANENT
STREAMS.
UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:RUBBLE/BOULDER
(ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
feEASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100158 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES MARCHANDI (HOBBS)
COMMON NAME(S): MAMMOTH SPRING CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE/ASTACIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.4 TO 2.4 INCH, REDDISH-BROWN, WITH BROAD, POWERFUL PINCERS
HAVING NUMEROUS BLACKISH SPECKS ON THEIR BASAL PARTS. ABDOMEN IS DARK
RUST WITHOUT SPECKS, CARAPACE IS LIGHT TAN WITH A DARK BROWN BAND
CROSSING THE HEAD AND THE CARAPACE ABDOMEN JUNCTION.
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'OOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
ZETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
fcuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
LATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH. ALSO FOUND IN TWO COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS,
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100160 STATUS: OM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES MEDIUS (FAXON)
COMMON NAME(S): SADDLEBACKED CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.4 TO 2.6 INCHES, HAS A BOLD BLACKISH BAND, SADDLEMARK,
ACROSS THE HIND MARGIN OF THE CARAPACE, NO DARK BLOTCHES OR SPECKS, AND
A BAR ACROSS THE GROOVE SEPARATING THE HEAD FROM THE THORAX. HAS BROAD,
POWERFUL PINCERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3RB
HABITAT: IN SHALLOW BURROWS BENEATH ROCKS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:RUBBLE/BOULDER
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100162 STATUS: OM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES MACRUS (WILLIAMS)
COMMON NAME(S): NEOSHO MIDGET CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
0.9 TO 2 INCH, SUBDUED MOTTLED BROWN WITH A PROMINENT BLACK
BAND CROSSING THE CARAPACE NEAR THE ABDOMEN JUNCTION. STOUT BODIED,
WITH BROAD, POWERFUL PINCERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SHORT BURROWS IN THE BOTTOMS OF GRAVELLY RIFFLES.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RIFFLE AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH. ALSO FOUND IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS,
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100164 STATUS: OM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES NEGLECTUS CHAENODACTYLUS (WILLIAMS)
COMMON NAME(S): RINGED CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1.6 TO 3.6 INCHES, OLIVE GREEN TO REDDISAH TAN, HAS BLACK OR
BROWN RINGS AROUND THE TIPS OF VERY BROAD AND HEAVY PINCERS. HAS A DARK
BAND AT THE CARAPACE ABDOMEN JUNCTION AND PAIRED STRIPES ALONG THE
LATERAL ABDOMEN MARGINS.
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OOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
|WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
HABITAT: IN BURROWS IN GRAVEL BENEATH LARGE ROCKS.
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
IWATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATIONS FROM THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION BOOK ON CRAYFISH.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100166 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES PERUNCUS (GREASER)
COMMON NAME(S): BIG CREEK CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
1 TO 2.2 INCHES, BROWN, WITH BLACKISH SPECKS AND BLOTCHES
ALONG THE DORSAL SURFACE OF THE BODY AND PINCERS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
•WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
I HABITAT: BURROWS IN GRAVEL BENEATH ROCKS IN THE ABSCENCE OF 0.
QUANDRUNCUS
-SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
'ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
[WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CCONSERVATION CRAYFISH BOOK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100168 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORCONECTES QUANDRUNCUS (CREASER)
COMMON NAME(S): ST. FRANCIS RIVER CRAYFISH
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAMBARIDAE (CRAYFISH FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
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1.2 TO 2.4 INCH, BROWN, WITH BLACKISH SPECKS AND BLOTCHES ON
THE DORSAL SURFACE OF THE PINCERS AND BODY. THE PINCERS ARE TRIMMED
WITH RED AND HAVE THICK HAIRS AT THE BASE OF THE FINGERS.
OOD PREFERENCES:
CRAYFISH ARE OMNIVOROUS, EAT MOSTLY AQUATIC VEGETATION
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
PABITAT: IN BURROWS DUG IN GRAVEL BENEATH ROCKS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:GRAVEL/COBBLE
ksSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
PATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
MISSOURI COUNTY LOCATION DATA FROM MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION CRAYFISH BOOK.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100170 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CAECIDOTEA DIMORPHA (MACKIN AND HUBRICHT)
COMMON NAME(S): AN ISOPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: ASELLIDAE (AQUATIC SOW BUG FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER ISOPODA, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, THE 7
OTHER THORACIC SEGMENTS EAVE-LIKE, THE LAST 4 ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS AND
THE TELSON ARE FUSED, SHIELD-LIKE
iFOOD PREFERENCES:
OMNIVOROUS, MOSTLY SCAVENGERS
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WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
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BITAT: THIS ORDER IS USUALLY IN UNPOLLUTED SHALLOWS OF SPRINGS,
BROOKS, STREAMS AND SUBTERRANEAN WATERS
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
WATER POLLUTION (including siltation)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ORDER ISOPODA, FISHLICE, PILLBUGS
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100172 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LIRCEUS MEGAPODUS (HUBRICHT AND MACKLIN)
COMMON NAME(S): AN ISOPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: ASELLIDAE (AQUATIC SOW BUG FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I ORDER ISOPODA, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, OTHER
7 THORACIC SEGMENTS EAVE-LIKE, LAST 4 ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS AND TELSON
FUSED, SHIELD-LIKE
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.FOOD PREFERENCES:
' OMNIVOROUS, USUALLY SCAVENGERS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
BITAT: THIS ORDER IS USUALLY IN UNPOLLUTED SHALLOWS OF SPRINGS,
BROOKS, STREAMS AND SUBTERRANEAN WATERS
JSUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
• INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ORDER ISOPODA, FISHLICE, PILLBUGS
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100174 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALLOCRANGONYX HUBRICHTI (HOLSINGER)
COMMON NAME(S): CENTRAL MISSOURI CAVE AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESHWATER SPECIES OF THE ORDER ARE
5-20 MM, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, 7 FREE THORACIC
SEGMENTS, A 6 SEGMENTED ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THIS ORDER IS OMNIVOROUS, GENERAL SCAVENGERS, SOME PREDACEOUS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED CLEAR COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
FOUND IN SUBTERRANEAN WATER. ORDER AMPHIPODA, FRESH WATER
SHRIMP, BEACH FLEAS, SAND HOPPERS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100176 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STYGOBROMUS SUBTILIS (HOLSINGER)
COMMON NAME(S): SUBTLE CAVE AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESH WATER SPECIES OF THE ORDER ARE
5-20 MM, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, 7 FREE THORACIC
SEGMENTS, A 6 SEGMENTED ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THIS ORDER IS OMNIVOROUS, GENERAL SCAVENGERS, SOME PREDACEOUS
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WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
BITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED, CLEAR COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED
feuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
IJATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ALSO FOUND IN ILLINOIS. ORDER AMPHIPODA, FRESH WATER
SHRIMP, BEACH FLEAS, SAND HOPPERS
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100180 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STYGOBROMUS BARRI (HOLSINGER)
COMMON NAME(S): BARR'S CAVE AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESH WATER SPECIES OF THE ORDER ARE
5-20 MM, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, 7 FREE THORACIC
SEGMENTS, 6 SEGMENTED ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THIS ORDER IS OMNIVOROUS, GENERAL SCAVENGER SOME PREDACEOUS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED, CLEAR COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, FRESH WATER SHRIMP, BEACH FLEAS AND SAND
HOPPERS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100182 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STYGOBROMUS CLANTONI (HOLSINGER)
COMMON NAME(S): CLANTON'S CAVE AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
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ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESH WATER SPECIES ARE 5-20 MM, HEAD
AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT FUSED, 7 THORACIC SEGMENTS, A 6 SEGMENTED
ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON
•FOOD PREFERENCES:
' THIS ORDER IS OMNIVOROUS, GENERAL SCAVENGERS, SOME PREDACEOUS
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WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
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BITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED CLEAR COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
ATER REQUIREMENTS: CLEAR WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ALSO KNOWN IN FOUR SUBTERRANEAN SITES IN KANSAS (?). ORDER
AMPHIPODA, FRESH WATER SHRIMP, BEACH FLEAS AND SAND HOPPERS
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100134 STATUS: WM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: STYGOBROMUS OZARKENSIS (HOLSINGER)
COMMON NAME(S): OZARK CAVE AMPHIPOD
ANIMAL FAMILY: GAMMARIDAE (FRESH WATER SHRIMP FAMILY)
CLASS: CRUSTACEA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER AMPHIPODA, MOST FRESH WATER SPECIES OF THE ORDER ARE
5-20 MM, HEAD AND FIRST THORACIC SEGMENT ARE FUSED, 7 FREE THORACIC
SEGMENTS, A 6 SEGMENTED ABDOMEN AND A SMALL TERMINAL TELSON
PREFERENCES:
THIS ORDER IS OMNIVOROUS, GENERAL SCAVENGERS, SOME PREDACEOUS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
IIABITAT: THIS ORDER PREFERS UNPOLLUTED, CLEAR COOL WATERS, HABITAT
OFTEN VERY RESTRICTED
KUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: CAVES
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EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
WATER POLLUTION (including siltation)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
ALSO IN FOUR SUBTERRANEAN WATERS IN ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.
ORDER AMPHIPODA, FRESH WATER SHRIMP, BEACH FLEAS, AND SAND HOPPERS.
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100190 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: BAETISCA OBESA (SAY)
COMMON NAME(S): A MAYFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: BAETIDAE (MAYFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER EPHEMEROPTERA, NYMPHS OF THIS FAMILY ARE CYLINDRICAL
AND STREAMLINED, ADULTS VARY IN APPEARANCE, BUT ARE USUALLY LESS THAN
15 MM.
iFOOD PREFERENCES:
NYMPHS OF THIS ORDER FEED ON SMALL AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND
ORGANIC DEBRIS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS GENERA FOUND IN RAPIDLY FLOWING WATERS, CLINGING TO
PEBBLES AT REST
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: RAPID FLOWS
SON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100196 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ALLOCAPNIA PYGMAEA (BURMEISTER)
COMMON NAME(S): A WINTER STONEFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: CAPNIIDAE (WINTER STONEFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER PLECOPTERA, THE SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE USUALLY 10
MM OR LESS, AND BLACKISH. IN THE GENUS ALLOCAPNIA THE ANAL LOBE OF THE
HIND WING IS NEARLY AS LONG AS THE REST OF THE WING.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
IN THIS FAMILY, NYMPHS ARE PLANT FEEDERS AND ADULTS FEED ON
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB,L2UB,L2EM
HABITAT: NYMPHS OF THIS FAMILY USUALLY OCCUR IN SMALL STREAMS, PONDS,
ADULTS RESTING ON ROCKS, TREE TRUNKS, REEDS, CATTAILS. THIS SPECIES HAS
BEEN COLLECTED IN PERMANENTLY FLOWING STREAMS WITH WATERS FROM KARST
SPRINGS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
CONSIDERED A RELICT SPECIES IN MISSOURI
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100198 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: PENTACORA SIGNORETTI (GUERIN)
COMMON NAME(S): A SHORE BUG
ANIMAL FAMILY: OCHTERIDAE (VELVETY SHOREBUG FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER HEMIPTERA, THE FAMILY OCHTERIDAE ARE VELVETY SHOREBUGS
WHICH ARE OVAL BODIED, 4-5 MM, VELVETY BLUISH OR BLACK, WITH A LONG
BEAK AND EXPOSED ANTENNAE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THIS ORDER ARE PLANT FEEDERS OR PREDACEOUS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100203 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: OPTIOSERVUS PHAEUS (WHITE)
COMMON NAME(S): SCOTT RIFFLE BEETLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: ELMIDAE (RIFFLE BEETLE FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER COLEOPTERA, RIFFLE BEETLE SPECIES ARE SMALL, LESS THAN
3.5 MM, BLACK AQUATIC BEETLE USUALLY WITH FILIFORM ANTENAE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ALL ELMIDAE SPECIES ARE THOUGHT TO FEED ON ALGAE AND DEBRIS
ETLAND TYPE: R3UB,R3RB
(HABITAT: SURFACE OF SMALL STONES ON THE SUBSTRATE OF WELL OXYGENATED
| FLOWING WATER.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS: GRAVEL/COBBLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
foATER REQUIREMENTS: WELL OXYGENATED WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100204 STATUS: WM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: AGAPETUS ARTESUS (ROSS)
COMMON NAME(S): ARTESIAN AGAPETUS CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: GLOSSOSOMATIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER TRICHOPTERA, A PRIMITIVE CADDISFLY, LARVAL NET IS
ELLIPTICAL, PORTABLE, GRAVEL CASE SHAPED LIKE A TURTLE SHELL
FOOD PREFERENCES:
THIS FAMILY ARE OMNIVOROUS SCRAPERS, EATING ALGAE, FUNGUS,
DETRITUS AND SMALL CRUSTACEANS
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: MOST OF THIS ORDER PREFER THE SUBSTRATE OF SHALLOW WELL
OXYGENATED WATERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
• HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100209 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYDROPSYCHE PIATRIX (ROSS)
COMMON NAME(S): A NET-SPINNING CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYDROPSYCHIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER TRICHOPTERA, THE LARVA OF FAMILY HAS NO CASE OR A
LOOSELY MADE IMMOVABLE CASE OF MINERAL OR VEGETABLE MATTER, OPENING
INTO THE APICAL PORTION OF A CONICAL SILKEN NET.
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OOD PREFERENCES:
THIS FAMILY ARE NET FILTER FEEDERS, STRAINING PARTICULATE
MATTER FROM THE WATER
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: SPECIES OF THIS ORDER FOUND IN SHALLOW WELL OXYGENATED WATERS
EUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
* HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
HABITAT MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100210 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LEUCOTRICHIA PICTIPES (BANKS)
COMMON NAME(S): A MICRO-CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYDROPTILIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER TRICHOPTERA, SPECIES OF GENUS LEUCOTRICHIA HAVE
TRANSLUCENT, OVOID AND FLAT CASES PURSE, BEAN, OR FLASK SHAPED COVERED
WITH VEGETABLE OR MINERAL MATTER, AND FASTENED TO A ROCK.
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DETRITUS, AND SMALL INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS ORDER IS FOUND IN SHALLOW WELL OXYGENATED WATERS
feuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100212 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: OCHROTRICHIA CONTORTA (ROSS)
COMMON NAME(S): CONTORTED OCHROTRICHIAN CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYDROPTILIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER TRICOPTERA, THIS SPECIES A MICRO-CADDISFLY, THIS
FAMILY MAKES BEAN, PURSE, OR FLASK SHAPED SILKEN CASES COVERED WITH
DEBRIS, FINE SAND OR ALGAE
FOOD PREFERENCES:
SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE SCRAPERS, EATING ALGAE, FUNGI,
DETRITUS, AND SMALL INVERTEBRATES
WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
HABITAT: THIS ORDER IS FOUND IN SHALLOW, WELL OXYGENATED WATERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
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.REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
I MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: 100213 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NEOTRICHIA KITAE (ROSS)
COMMON NAME(S): KITE'S NEOTRICHIAN CADDISFLY
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYDROPTILIDAE (CADDISFLY FAMILY)
CLASS: INSECTA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
ORDER TRICOPTERA, THIS FAMILY MAKES BEAN, PURSE, OR FLASK
SHAPED SILKEN CASE USUALLY COVERED WITH DEBRIS, FINE SAND, OR ALGAE
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FOOD PREFERENCES:
SPECIES OF THIS FAMILY ARE SCRAPER FEEDERS, EATING ALGAE,
FUNGI, DETRITUS, AND SMALL INVERTEBRATES
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WETLAND TYPE: R3UB
PABITAT: THIS ORDER is FOUND IN SHALLOW WELL OXYGENATED WATERS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
PATER REQUIREMENTS: SHALLOW WATER AREAS
IEASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: IOO005 STATUS: EK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: POMATIOPSIS LAPIDARIA
COMMON NAME(S): AMPHIBIOUS SNAIL
ANIMAL FAMILY: HYDROLIIDAE/BITHYDAE ( FAMILY)
CLASS: GASTROPODA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
5-10 MM ELONGATED SPIRAL SHELL. FOOT DIVIDED BY VERTICAL
GROOVE.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
USUALLY VEGETARIAN, FEEDING ON ALGAE AND WATER PLANTS
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;TLAND TYPE: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
BITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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:EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: M00070 STATUS: TI,WM,EN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: LUTRA CANADENSIS
COMMON NAME(S): RIVER OTTER
ANIMAL FAMILY: MUSTELIDAE (OTTER FAMILY)
CLASS: MAMMALIA STATES: IA,MO,NE
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
63-76 CM LONG TAIL; SLEEK. TAIL ABOUT 65% OF BODY LENGTH,
THICK AT BASE, AND TAPERED. FUR SOFT, DENSE, CHOCOLATE BROWN,
UNDERPARTS PALER.
•FOOD PREFERENCES:
' CARNIVOROUS, FEEDING MAINLY ON AQUATIC ANIMAL LIFE, SUCH AS
FISH, AND CRAYFISH.
WETLAND TYPE: R2US,R2UB,R2AB,R3UB,L1UB
HABITAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
(SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS: SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: PERSISTENT
IwATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
1 HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
I MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
REINTRODUCED IN STREAMS, RIVERS, AND ASSOCIATED RESERVOIRS
IN NEBRASKA.
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SPECIES ID NO.: M00072 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS
COMMON NAME(S): SWAMP RABBIT
ANIMAL FAMILY: LAGOMORPHAE (RABBIT FAMILY)
CLASS: MAMMALIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
LENGTH 465-468 MM, TAIL 67-71 MM, EAR 68-72 MM FROM NOTCH,
UPPER PARTS REDDISH BROWN TO BLACKISH, UNDERPARTS WITH SOME WHITE, TAIL
UNDERSIDE WHITE.
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A WIDE VARIETY OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS, BARK AND TWIGS IN
WINTER.
WETLAND TYPE: PSS,PFO
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HABITAT: MOIST WOODLANDS, MARSHES AND SWAMPS, FLOOD PLAIN FORESTS.
IsUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS : NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: DECIDUOUS
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
' HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: M00073 STATUS: EFI,EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MYOTIS SODALIS
COMMON NAME(S): INDIANA BAT
ANIMAL FAMILY: VESPERTILIONIDAE (BAT FAMILY)
CLASS: MAMMALIA STATES: IA,MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I 3-4 INCHES, PLAIN MUZZLE, TAIL EXTENDS TO EDGE OF MEMBRANE,
I NOT BEYOND.
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INSECTS
TLAND TYPE: PFO
(HABITAT: FORESTED CORRIDERS ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS FOR FORAGING,
| ESPECIALLY RIPARIAN AREAS IN PROXIMITY TO SUMMER ROOST SITES AND
MATERNITY/BACHELOR CAVES
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, or DECIDUOUS
t/ATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
rASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: M00075 STATUS: EFK,EFM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MYOTIS GRISISCENS
COMMON NAME(S): GRAY BAT
ANIMAL FAMILY: VESPERTILIONIDAE (BAT FAMILY)
CLASS: MAMMALIA STATES: KS,MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
13-4 INCHES, PLAIN MUZZLE, GRAY COLORED, TAIL EXTENDS TO EDGE
OF MEMBRANE, NOT BEYOND.
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INSECTS
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TLAND TYPE: PFO
pABITAT: FORESTED CORRIDERS ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS, ESPECIALLY
RIPARIAN AREAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SUMMER ROOST SITES AND
MATERNITY/ BACHELOR CAVES
[SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, or DECIDUOUS
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
JREASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
I PESTICIDES
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION- AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: M00077 STATUS: UM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS
COMMON NAME(S): RICE RAT
ANIMAL FAMILY: MURIDAE (RAT AND MOUSE FAMILY)
CLASS: MAMMALIA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I NOCTURNAL, 9-12 1/2 INCH, SLENDER, GRAYISH FULVOUS BROWN,
WITH LIGHT GRY OR FULVOUS BELLY. LIGHTER BELLY THAN THE NORWAY RAT.
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TV4OOTDT V OMK T T OMATTO
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FOLIAGE OF
POSSIBLY SMALL SNAILS
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM
(HABITAT: GRASSES AND SEDGES BORDERING SWAMPS
JSUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
PATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
I HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00364 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII (TROOST)
COMMON NAME(S): ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHELYDRIDAE (MUD AND MUSK TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I THE LARGEST FRESHWATER TURTLE SPECIES.
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OOD PREFERENCES:
USUALLY FISH.
ETLAND TYPE: R2UB,L1AB,L2EM,PAB
HABITAT: IN LARGE RIVERS, SLOUGHS AND OXBOW LAKES. NESTS IN SANDY
I LOAM NEAR WATER.
UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:LOAM
SSOCIATED VEGETATION: UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, PERSISTENT
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00365 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CLEMMYS INSCULPTA
COMMON NAME(S): WOOD TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: TESTUDINIDAE (WATER AND BOX TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
15 1/2 TO 7 1/2 INCHES, VERY ROUGH SHELL, ORANGE ON NECK AND
LIMBS.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
ANIMAL AND PLANT MATTER.
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ETLAND TYPE: PFO,R2UB,L1UB,L2EM
IHABITAT: FREQUENTS TERRESTRIAL HABITAT, AS WELL AS AQUATIC,
I HIBERNATES IN AQUATIC HABITAT
.SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
'ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
[WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00366 STATUS: EM,EI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS FLAVESCENS (AGASSIZ)
COMMON NAME(S): YELLOW MUD TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHELYDRIDAE (MUD AND MUSK TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO,IA
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SCUTE IS HIGHER THAN THE 8TH. CARAPACE FLAT OR EVENLY DEPRESSED ON TOP,
OLIVE BROWN TO OLIVE GREEN, HEAD AND NECK OLIVE ABOVE.
I 4-5 INCHES, YELLOWISH CHIN AND THROAT, THE 9TH MARGINAL
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VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL MATTER.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,R2UB,L2UB,L2EM,R2EM
PABITAT: SEMI-AQUATIC, PREFERS MARSHES AND A MUDDY OR SANDY HABITAT
FOR BURYING IN THE HEAT AND COLD.
•SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00357 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: KINOSTERNON ODORATUM
COMMON NAME(S): STINKPOT
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHELYDRIDAE (MUD AND MUSK TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
DARK STREAKS, PLASTRON YELLOW BROWN. TWO YELLOW LINES ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE HEAD.
I SMALL, UP TO 5 INCHES, DARK OLIVE OR BROWN ABOVE, MAY HAVE
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OOD PREFERENCES:
VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL MATTER.
WETLAND TYPE: R2EM,PSS,R2UB,L1UB
PABITAT: MUDDY PONDS AND STREAMS, HIBERNATES IN THE MUD
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
PATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
I HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
EMITS A STRONG ODOR FROM GLANDS AT THE SIDE OF THE BODY.
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00368 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS SPOONERI (AGASSIZ)
COMMON NAME(S): ILLINOIS MUD TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: CHELYDRIDAE (MUD AND MUSK TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
14- 5 INCHES, YELOWISH COLOR ON BARBELS AND FRONT HALF OF
LOWER JAW, THE 9TH MARGINAL SCUTE IS HIGHER THAN THE 8TH, HEAD AND NECK
OLIVE ABOVE, CARAPACE FLAT OR EVENLY DEPRESSED ON TOP, COLORED DARK
I BROWN.
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OOD PREFERENCES:
VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL MATTER.
TLAND TYPE: PAB,R2UB,L2UB,L2EM,R2EM
HABITAT: SEMI-AQUATIC, PREFERS MARSHES WITH SANDY OR MUDDY HABITAT
FOR BURYING IN THE HEAT AND COLD.
UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
[ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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.EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00369 STATUS: EM
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: SISTRURUS CATENATUS TERGIMINUS
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN MASSASAUGA
ANIMAL FAMILY: VIPERIDAE (VIPER FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
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SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
AVERAGE LENGTH 22 INCHES, TANNISH BROWN TO BROWNISH GRAY,
WITH 35 TO 50 DARK BROWN DORSAL BLOTCHES. THE BELLY IS GRAY WITH SOME
DARK GRAY MOTTLING.
-FOOD PREFERENCES:
' MICE, OTHER RODENTS, SNAKES,FROGS
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WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB
MARSHES, WET PRAIRIES, RIVER FLOODPLAINS
-SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
'ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
•WATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
VENOMNOUS
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00370 STATUS: RM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: DEIROCHELYS RETICULARIA MIARIA (SCHWARTZ)
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN CHICKEN TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: EMYDIDAE (WATER AND BOX TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
"SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
SMALL TO MEDIUM TURTLE WITH AN OVAL SHAPED SHELL AND
EXTREMELY LONG NECK. THE UPPER SHELL IS YELLOW-BROWN WITH LINES FORMING
A NET-LIKE PATTERN, THE LOWER SHELL IS YELLOW WITH SOME BROWN COLORING.
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ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATTER.
WETLAND TYPE: PAB,PEM,PFO,R2AB,R2EM
HABITAT: SLOW MOVING WATER IN RIVERS, SLOUGHS, OXBOW LAKES AND
1 CYPRESS BORDERED PONDS.
kuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, UNKNOWN SUBMERGENT, DEAD
PATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00372 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS (RAFINESQUE)
COMMON NAME(S): EASTERN MASSASAUGA
ANIMAL FAMILY: VIPERIDAE (VIPER FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I AVERAGE LENGTH 25 INCHES, GRAY WITH 29 TO 39 DARK GRAY OR
BLACK VENTRAL BLOTCHES, BELLY IS DARK GRAY TO NEARLY BLACK. NINE LARGE
SCALES ON CROWN OF HEAD.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
I MICE, SOME OTHER SMALL RODENTS, AND FROGS
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WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB
[HABITAT: MARSHES, RIVER SLOUGHS, AND LOWLAND SITES NEAR LARGE RIVERS.
^SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
ATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
I HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
VENOMNOUS. THE 9 LARGE SCALES ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD ARE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MASSASAUGA AND PYGMY RATTLESNAKE, AS WELL AS
NON-VENEMOUS SNAKES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00374 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ELAPHE VULPINA VULPINA (BAIRD AND GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): WESTERN FOX SNAKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
UP TO 60 INCHES, YELLOWISH OR LIGHT BROWN WITH A SERIES OF
CHOCOLATE BROWN BLOTCHES ON BACK, YELLOW BELLY CHECKED WITH BLACK, HEAD
LIGHT BROWN.
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WETLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB,PFO
fABITAT: NATURAL MARSHES AND WET PRAIRIES, WOODED STREAM VALLEYS
^UBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
IJATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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I HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00378 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER TRANSVERSA
COMMON NAME(S): PLAINBELLY OR BLOTCHED WATER SNAKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
I BACK WITH A BLOTCHED PATTERN THAT USUALLY PERSISTS AS DARK
COLORED BARS. BELLY PLAIN YELLOW, MAYBE WASHED WITH ORANGE. SCALES
KEELED, ANAL SCALE DIVIDED. UNDERSIDE OF TAIL MAY BE ORANGE OR REDDISH.
.FOOD PREFERENCES:
' FROGS, TADPOLES, FISH, CRAYFISH
WETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2US,L2US,PFO
HABITAT: PERMANENT PONDS, LAKES, AND STREAMS
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
•ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR, DECIDUOUS, PERSISTENT
JtfATER REQUIREMENTS: SLOW FLOWS
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00380 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: THAMNOPIS MARCIANUS MARCIANUS (BAIRD AND GIRARD)
COMMON NAME(S): CHECKERED GARTER SNAKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: KS
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'SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
18-24 INCH, BROWNISH-YELLOW WITH A BOLD CHECKERED PATTERN OF
DARK SPOTS, NARROW YELLOWISH STRIPES DOWN EACH SIDE, WITH A PLAIN
YELLOW BELLY. IT HAS KEELED SCALES AND ONE ANAL SCALE.
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EARTHWORMS, FROGS, TOADS, FISH AND POSSIBLY SMALL MAMMALS.
WETLAND TYPE: R3US,R3EM,L2US,L2EM
BITAT: MARGINS OF STREAMS, SMALL PONDS AND LAKES, AND SPRINGS.
WINTERS IN DEEP CREVICES OR ANIMAL BORROWS ON ROCKY HILLSIDES.
feuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
(fATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00382 STATUS: TK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: HETERODON PLATIRHINOS LATREILLE
COMMON NAME(S): EASTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: KS
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
18-30 INCH, OF VARIABLE COLOR, MAY BE YELLOW, BROWN,
REDDISH, OLIVE, OR GRAY WITH 20-30 DARK BLOTCHES ON THE BACK AND BANDS
ON THE TAIL. HAS KEELED SCALES, A DIVIDED ANAL SCALE AND AN UPTURNED
SNOUT.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
FEEDS EXCLUSIVELY ON TOADS OF THE GENUS BUFO.
WETLAND TYPE: PSS,PEM
HABITAT: LIGHT LOAMY TO SANDY SOILS NEAR RIVERS, STREAMS, AND
WETLANDS, AVOIDING HEAVILY WOODED AREAS.
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:SAND
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WATER REQUIREMENTS: SPECIES SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00383 STATUS: El
SCIENTIFIC NAME: SISTRURUS CATENATUS
COMMON NAME(S): MASSASAUGA
ANIMAL FAMILY: VIPERIDAE (VIPER FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
20-30 INCHES, A SPOTTED RATTLER, HAS A ROW OF LARGE BLACK OR
BROWN BLOTCHES ON BACK AND 3 ROWS OF SMALLER DARK SPOTS ON THE SIDES
GROUND COLOR IS GRAY OR BROWNISH, BELLY BLACK, MARKED WITH WHITE OR
YELLOWISH TO LIGHTER. 9 LARGE SCALES ON HEAD CROWN.
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'OOD PREFERENCES:
MICE, SMALL BIRDS, FROGS, SNAKES
CTLAND TYPE: PEM,PAB,R2EM,R2AB
BITAT: BOGS, SWAMPS, WET PRAIRIES, DRY WOODS
fcuBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
|?ATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
VENOMNOUS. THE 9 LARGE SCALES ON TOP OF THE HEAD ARE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MASSASAUGA AND PYGMY RATTLENAKES, AS WELL AS
NON-VENEMOUS SNAKES.
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00384 STATUS: EM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII (HOLBROOK)
COMMON NAME(S): BLANDING'S TURTLE
ANIMAL FAMILY: TESTUDINIDAE (WATER AND BOX TURTLE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: MO
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PECIES DESCRIPTION:
A SEMI-BOX TURTLE, UP TO 10 INCHES, BLACK OR DARK BROWN WITH
SMALL NUMEROUS YELLOW SPOTS RUNNING TOGETHER. PLASTRON YELLOW WITH DARK
BLOTCHES. HEAD BROWN WITH YELLOW SPOTS, CHIN AND THROAT BRIGHT YELLOW.
FOOD PREFERENCES:
CRUSTACEANS, INSECTS, VEGETABLE DEBRIS.
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WETLAND TYPE: PAB,L2UB,L2EM,L1AB
BITAT: LARGE, NATURAL MARSHES
SUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:MUD
ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
IfATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
REASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:
HIBERNATES IN MUD, VERY COLD TOLERANT.
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SPECIES ID NO.: R00388 STATUS: TI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: NEROIDA RHOMBIFERA
COMMON NAME(S): DIAMONDBACK WATER SNAKE
ANIMAL FAMILY: COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY)
CLASS: REPTILIA STATES: IA
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
30-48 INCHES, PATTERN OF DARK BROWN CHAIN LIKE MARKINGS ON
BACK, MAKING VAGUELY DIAMOND SHAPED LIGHT AREAS, GROUN COLOR LIGHT
BROWN OR DIRTY YELLOW. BELLY YELLOW WITH DARK SPOTS OR HALF MOONS,
SCALES KEELED, ANAL SCALE DIVIDED.
'OOD PREFERENCES:
FROGS, SALAMANDERS, FISH, CRAYFISH
•ETLAND TYPE: R2UB,R2us,L2EM,LiAB
HABITAT: LAKES, RIVERS, DITCHES, CATTLE TANKS
IUBSTRATE REQUIREMENTS:NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
tSSOCIATED VEGETATION: ROOTED VASCULAR
ATER REQUIREMENTS: STANDING WATER
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EASON FOR SPECIES DECLINE:
HABITAT DESTRUCTION (including alteration in water flow)
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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