EndangeredSpecies
in Santa Cruz County

Links updated March 19, 2008
List verified October 10, 2003

Below is a list of the species in Santa Cruz County that are on the federal list of endangered species or are listed as "of concern." This list was verifed with the regional office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department. Each plant or animal is listed by its common name, followed by its scientific name and a letter indicating its status on the federal list. (Following the list is a key to the status symbols.)

Whenever possible, there is a link to more information about the species. Some of these links point to information on our website. Others point to the sources listed at the end of the document.

Go to: Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Invertebrates | Mammals | Plants | Reptiles

AMPHIBIANS:

• California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii ) T
  • Information and Photo (AmphibiaWeb)
  • Photo and Information (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) C
  • Information and Photo (AmphibiaWeb)
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Species Information and Photo (U.of Michigan)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) E
  • Species Account (SCPL)
  • Species Information and Photo (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)

BIRDS:

• Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) T
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Species Information and Photo (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) E
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) E
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) T, CH
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
• Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) T, CH
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Species Information (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) C
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)

FISH:

• Tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) E, CH
  • Species Information (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)

INVERTEBRATES:

• Smith's blue butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi) E
  • Species Information and Photo (Essig Museum)
• Mt. Hermon June beetle (Polyphylla barbata) E
  • Species Information and Photo (Essig Museum)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
• Ohlone Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ohlone) E
  • Species Account (SCPL)
• Zayante band-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis) E, CH
  • Species Account (Essig Museum)
  • Species Account (SCPL)

MAMMALS:

• Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) T
  • Life History Notes (Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game)
  • Species Information and Photo (U. of Michigan)

PLANTS:

• Ben Lomond spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. hartwegiana) E
  • Information (CalFlora)
  • Status (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Ben Lomond wallflower also called Santa Cruz wallflower (Erysimum teretifolium) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Status (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
• Monterey spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens) T
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Species Information (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Robust spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Species Information (U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Santa Cruz cypress (Cupressus abramsiana ) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia) T
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Scotts Valley polygonum (Polygonum hickmanii) [Species of Concern]
  • Species Account (SCPL)
• Scotts Valley spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var hartwegii) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Status(U.S. Fish and Wildlife)
  • Species Account (SCPL)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• Tidestrom's lupine (Clover Lupine) (Lupinus tidestromii) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)
• White-rayed pentachaeta (Pentachaeta bellidiflora) E
  • Photo and Information (CalFlora)
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)

REPTILES:

• San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetraenia) E
  • Photo and Information (CalPhotos Berkeley Digital Library Project)

Status Key:

• E = Endangered
• T = Threatened
• CH = Critical Habitat
• PE = Taxa proposed for listing as endangered
• PT = Taxa proposed for listing as threatened
• PCH = Critical habitat which has been proposed
• C = Candidate species for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has on file sufficient information on the biological vulnerability and threats to support proposals to list as endangered or threatened

Sources of Information:

• AmphibiaWeb
• California Dept. of Fish and Game. Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch. California's Wildlife
• State of California. California's Natural Resources.
• CalFlora Database
• Essig Museum of Entomology. California's Endangered Insects.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Endangered Species Home Page and Refuges
• University of Michigan.Animal Diversity Web.

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