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Colorado Listing of
ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND WILDLIFE SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN
November, 1999
Status Codes: FE = Federally Endangered; FT = Federally Threatened; SE =
State Endangered; ST = State Threatened;
SC = State Special Concern (not a statutory category)
Common Name Scientific Name Status
FISH
Bonytail Gila elegans FE, SE
Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus FE, SE
Humpback Chub Gila cypha FE, ST
Colorado Pikeminnow (formerly known as Colorado Squawfish) Ptychocheilus
lucius FE, ST
Greenback Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki stomias FT, ST
Rio Grande Sucker Catostomus plebeius SE
Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus SE
Plains minnow Hybognathus placitius SE
Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis SE
Northern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus eos SE
Southern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus erythrogaster SE
Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni ST
Common shiner Luxilus cornutus ST
Arkansas Darter Etheostoma cragini ST
Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus SC
Flannelmouth Sucker Catostomus latipinnis SC
Mountain Sucker Catostomus playtrhynchus SC
Plains Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectibile SC
Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile SC
Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus SC
Rio Grande Chub Gila pandora SC
Colorado Roundtail Chub Gila robusta SC
Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis tetranemus SC
River Shiner Notropis blennius SC
Stonecat Noturus flavus SC
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus SC
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis SC
Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilus SC
AMPHIBIANS
Boreal Toad Bufo boreas boreas SE
Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans SC
Great Plains narrowmouth toad Gastrophryne olivacea SC
Canyon treefrog Hyla arenicolor SC
Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens SC
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi SC
Couch's spadefoot Scaphiopus couchii SC
Great Basin spadefoot Spea intermontana SC
New Mexico spadefoot Spea multiplicata SC
REPTILES
Midget faded rattlesnake Crotalus viridis concolor SC
Longnose leopard lizard Gambelia wislizenii SC
Yellow mud turtle Kinosternon flavescens SC
Common kingsnake Lampropeltis getula SC
Texas blind snake Leptotyphlops dulcis SC
Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum SC
Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus magister SC
Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus SC
MOLLUSKS
Rocky Mountain Capshell Acroloxus coloradensis SC
BIRDS
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum SC
Whooping Crane Grus americana tabida FE, SE
Least Tern Sterna antillarum athalassos FE, SE
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus FE, SE
Plains Sharp-Tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesii SE
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus circumcinctus FT, ST
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus FT, ST
Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida FT, ST
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia ST
Greater Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis SC
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ST
Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica SC
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis SC
Gunnison’s Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus subspp. SC
Northern Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus subspp. SC
Western Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus SC
Mountain Plover Charadrius montana SC
Long-Billed Curlew Numenius americanus SC
White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos SC
MAMMALS
Gray Wolf Canis lupus FE, SE
Black-Footed Ferret Mustela nigripes FE, SE
Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos FT, SE
Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius preblei FT, ST
Lynx Lynx canadensis SE
Wolverine Gulo gulo luscus SE
River otter Lutra canadensis SE
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis SE
Swift Fox Vulpes velox SC
Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus SC
WILDLIFE IN DANGER: The Status of Some of Colorado's threatened,
endangered and Special Concern fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals.
*An educational product of Colorado Outdoors magazine*
THREATENED & ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN THE NEWS:
Read News about Threatened and Endangered Wildlife...
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Reintroductions 12/22/99 Income Tax Check Off Benefits Wildlife 12/16/99
Louisiana Man Pays Fine For Killing Lynx 11/22/99 Landmark Conservation
Legislation Approved 11/8/99 Louisiana Hunter Arrested In Lynx Shooting
9/1/99 Division Lynx Recovery Team, Lynx Advisory Group Agree
Reintroduction Should Proceed 8/27/99 Division Biologists Discover Deadly
Fungus In Boreal Toads 8/5/99 Division Of Wildlife Continues Lynx
Monitoring 8/2/99 Division Of Wildlife Continues Lynx Monitoring 8/2/99
Lynx Tracker Tells of Braving The Storms To Monitor Cats 7/12/99 Division
of Wildlife Offers Reward In Lynx Shooting 7/1/99 Boreal Toad Sightings
On The Division Most Wanted 6/25/99 Wildlife Bill In Congress May Keep
Native Species From Brink Of Endangered Status 6/18/99 Females Coming Up
Short In Already-Scarce Preble Population 6/14/99 Division Continues
Tracking of Reintroduced Lynx 5/24/98 Snowshoe Hare Survey Lays
Groundwork For Return Of Lynx 5/11/98 Public Meetings To Discuss Lynx and
Wolverine Recovery 5/10/99 Division of Wildlife Continues Lynx
Reintroduction 5/8/98 Colorado Wildlife Commission Makes Changes to T & E
List 5/7/99 State and Federal Agencies Meet To Discuss Black-Tailed
Prairie Dogs 4/29/99 Boreal Toads To Benefit From Conservation Plan
4/29/99 Three State Agreement To Assist Recovery Of Colorado River
Cutthroat Trout 04/06/1998 House Committee OKs New Species Conservation
Trust Fund End of List
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Robert Rice
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