15A NCAC 10I .0104 THREATENED SPECIES LISTED
(a) The following species of resident wildlife shall be designated as federally‑listed threatened species:
(1) Amphibians: Neuse River waterdog (Necturus lewisi).
(2) Birds:
(A) Eastern black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis);
(B) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus melodus);
(C) Red knot (Calidris canutus rufa); and
(D) Wood stork (Mycteria americana).
(3) Crustacea: None listed.
(4) Fish:
(A) Spotfin chub (Erimonax monachus); and
(B) Waccamaw silverside (Menidia extensa).
(5) Mammals: Northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis)
(6) Mollusks:
(A) Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni);
(B) Noonday globe (Patera clarki nantahala); and
(C) Yellow lance (Elliptio lanceolata).
(7) Reptiles:
(A) Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii);
(B) American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis);
(C) Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas); and
(D) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
(b) The following species of resident wildlife are designated as State-listed threatened species:
(1) Amphibians:
(A) Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum);
(B) Green salamander (Aneides aeneus);
(C) Junaluska salamander (Eurycea junaluska);
(D) Long-tailed salamander (Eurycea longicauda);
(E) Mabee's salamander (Ambystoma mabeei);
(F) Pine Barrens tree frog (Hyla andersonii); and
(G) Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei).
(2) Birds:
(A) Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus);
(B) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia);
(C) Gull‑billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea); and
(D) Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus).
(3) Crustacea:
(A) Broad River spiny crayfish (Cambarus spicatus);
(B) French Broad crayfish (Cambarus reburrus);
(C) Pamlico crayfish (Procambarus medialis);
(D) Sandhills crayfish (Procambarus pearsei); and
(E) South Mountains crayfish (Cambarus franklini).
(4) Fish:
(A) Bigeye jumprock (Moxostoma ariommum);
(B) Blotched chub (Erimystax insignis);
(C) Carolina pygmy sunfish (Elassoma boehlkei);
(D) Carolina redhorse (Moxostoma sp.);
(E) Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)
(F) Least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera);
(G) Logperch (Percina caprodes);
(H) Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus);
(I) Rosyface chub (Hybopsis rubrifrons);
(J) Sharphead darter (Etheostoma acuticeps);
(K) Santee chub (Cyprinella zanema);
(L) Sicklefin redhorse (Moxostoma sp.);
(M) Thicklip chub (Cyprinella labrosa);
(N) Turquoise darter (Etheostoma inscriptum); and
(O) Waccamaw darter (Etheostoma perlongum).
(5) Mammals:
(A) Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana floridana);
(B) Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii rafinesquii); and
(C) Red wolf (Canis rufus).
(6) Mollusks:
(A) Alewife floater (Utterbackiana implicata);
(B) Big‑tooth covert (Fumonelix jonesiana);
(C) Cape Fear threetooth (Triodopsis soelneri);
(D) Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata);
(E) Eastern pondmussel (Ligumia nasuta);
(F) Engraved covert (Fumonelix orestes);
(G) Mountain creekshell (Villosa vanuxemensis);
(H) Notched rainbow (Villosa constricta);
(I) Rainbow (Villosa iris);
(J) Roan supercoil (Paravitrea varidens);
(K) Sculpted supercoil (Paravitrea ternaria);
(L) Smoky Mountain covert (Inflectarius ferrissi);
(M) Creeper (Strophitus undulatus);
(N) Tidewater mucket (Leptodea ochracea);
(O) Triangle floater (Alasmidonta undulata); and
(P) Waccamaw ambersnail (Catinella waccamawensis).
(7) Reptiles:
(A) Northern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus); and
(B) Southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus).
History Note: Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑333;
Eff. March 17, 1978;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2008; April 1, 2001; November 1, 1991; April 1, 1991; June 1, 1990; September 1, 1989;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 27, 2015;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2017; July 1, 2016; August 1, 2016;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2021;
Amended Eff February 1, 2023.