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: West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), when found in inland fishing waters as defined in G.S. 113-129(9).

(6)           Mollusks:

(A)          Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni);

(B)          Longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda);

(C)          Noonday globe (Patera nantahala); and

(D)          Yellow lance (Elliptio lanceolata).

(7)           Reptiles:

(A)          Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii);

(B)          American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis);

(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)          Eastern long-tailed salamander (Eurycea longicauda 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)          Black skimmer (Rynchops niger);

(C)          Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia);

(D)          Gull‑billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea);

(E)           Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus); and

(F)           Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus).

(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 (Alburnops chalybaeus);

(F)           Least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera);

(G)          Logperch (Percina caprodes);

(H)          Mimic shiner (Paranotropis volucellus);

(I)            Rosyface chub (Hybopsis rubrifrons);

(J)            Sharphead darter (Nothonotus 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 (Sagittunio nasutus);

(F)           Engraved covert (Fumonelix orestes);

(G)          Mountain creekshell (Leaunio vanuxemensis);

(H)          Notched rainbow (Venustaconcha constricta);

(I)            Rainbow (Cambarunio iris);

(J)            Roan supercoil (Paravitrea varidens);

(K)          Sculpted supercoil (Paravitrea ternaria);

(L)           Smoky Mountain covert (Inflectarius ferrissi);

(M)         Creeper (Strophitus undulatus);

(N)          Tidewater mucket (Atlanticoncha 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 October 1, 2024; February 1, 2023.