LAC 76:I.317. Threatened and Endangered Species

A. The secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hereby determines that those species designated as endangered or threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), are designated as such by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 50 CFR 17.11. Based upon the above determination, said species, which are enumerated below, are deemed to be endangered or threatened species under the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes title 56, chapter 8, part IV. 1. Invertebrates Pink Mucket | Lampsilis abrupta | E Louisiana Pearlshell | Margaritifera hembeli | T Fat Pocketbook | Potamilus capax | E Inflated Heelsplitter | Potamilus inflatus | T Rabbitsfoot | Quadrula cylindrica | T 2. Fish Gulf Sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi | T Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | E Smalltooth Sawfish | Pristis pectinata | E 3. Amphibians Dusky Gopher Frog | Lithobates sevosus | E 4. Reptiles (including eggs) Loggerhead Sea Turtle | Caretta caretta | T Green Sea Turtle | Chelonia mydas | T Hawksbill Sea Turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | E Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle | Lepidochelys kempii | E Leatherback Sea Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | E Ringed Map Turtle | Graptemys oculifera | T Gopher Tortoise | Gopherus polyphemus | T Black Pinesnake | Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi | T Louisiana Pinesnake | Pituophis ruthveni | T 5. Birds (including eggs) Whooping Crane | Grus americana | E Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | T Red Knot | Calidris canutus rufa | T Interior Least Tern | Sternula antillarum athalassos | E Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | E 6. Mammals West Indian Manatee | Trichechus manatus | T Northern Long-eared Bat | Myotis septentrionalis | T Sperm Whale | Physeter macrocephalus | E Florida Panther | Felis concolor coryi | E 7. Plants American Chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | E Earth-fruit | Geocarpon minimum | T Louisiana Quillwort | Isoetes louisianensis | E Pondberry | Lindera melissifolia | E E = Endangered; T = Threatened