15A NCAC 10I .0103        ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTED

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

(1)           Amphibians: None listed.

(2)           Birds:

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

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

(C)          Piping plover (Charadrius melodus circumcinctus);

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

(E)           Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii).

(3)           Crustacea: None listed.

(4)           Fish:

(A)          Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas);

(B)          Carolina madtom (Noturus furiosus);

(C)          Roanoke logperch (Percina rex);

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

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

(5)           Mammals:

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

(B)          Eastern cougar (Puma concolor);

(C)          Gray bat (Myotis grisescens);

(D)          Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis);

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

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

(6)           Mollusks:

(A)          Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana);

(B)          Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata);

(C)          Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon);

(D)          James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina);

(E)           Littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula);

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

(G)          Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana).

(7)           Reptiles:

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

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

(C)          Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

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

(1)           Amphibians:

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

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

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

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

(2)           Birds:

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

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

(C)          Common tern (Sterna hirundo);

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

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

(3)           Crustacea:

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

(B)          Waccamaw crayfish (Procambarus braswelli).

(4)           Fish:

(A)          Blotchside logperch (Percina burtoni);

(B)          Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus);

(C)          Orangefin madtom (Noturus gilberti);

(D)          Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula);

(E)           Robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum);

(F)           Rustyside sucker (Thoburnia hamiltoni);

(G)          Sharpnose darter (Percina oxyrhyncus); and

(H)          Stonecat (Noturus flavus).

(5)           Mammals:

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

(B)          Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).

(6)           Mollusks:

(A)          Barrel floater (Utterbackiana couperiana);

(B)          Brook floater (Alasmidonta varicosa);

(C)          Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaughaniana);

(D)          Fragile glyph (Glyphyalinia clingmani);

(E)           Green floater (Lasmigona subviridis);

(F)           Greenfield rams-horn (Helisoma eucosmium)

(G)          Knotty elimia (Elimia christyi);

(H)          Longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda);

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

(J)            Purple wartyback (Cyclonaias tuberculata);

(K)          Savannah lilliput (Toxolasma pullus);

(L)           Slippershell mussel (Alasmidonta viridis);

(M)         Tennessee clubshell (Pleurobema oviforme);

(N)          Tennessee heelsplitter (Lasmigona holstonia);

(O)          Tennessee pigtoe (Pleuronaia barnesiana); and

(P)           Yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa).

(7)           Reptiles:

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

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

(C)          Mimic glass lizard (Ophisaurus mimicus).

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑333;

Eff. June 11, 1977;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2017; August 1, 2016; May 1, 2008; April 1, 2001; February 1, 1994; November 1, 1991; April 1, 1991; June 1, 1990;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2021;

Amended Eff. February 1, 2023.