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CHAPTER 1I: APPROACH AND METHODS 31

TIER* GROUP
NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME GLOBAL

RANK

STATE

RANK

FEDERAL

STATUS

STATE

STATUS

2 Amphibians PLETHODON VENTRALIS SOUTHERN ZIGZAG

SALAMANDER

G4 S2

2 Amphibians PLETHODON WEBSTERI WEBSTER'S SALAMANDER G3 S3

2 Amphibians PSEUDACRIS ORNATA ORNATE CHORUS FROG G5 S1S2

2 Amphibians PSEUDOTRITON MONTANUS MUD SALAMANDER G5 S2S3

2 Amphibians RANA AREOLATA CRAWFISH FROG G4 S3

3 Amphibians BUFO NEBULIFER GULF COAST TOAD G5 S3

3 Amphibians PSEUDACRIS BRACHYPHONA MOUNTAIN CHORUS FROG G5 S3

3 Amphibians PSEUDOTRITON RUBER RED SALAMANDER G5 S3

4 Amphibians AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGER SALAMANDER G5 SH (PS)

4 Amphibians PLETHODON AINSWORTHI BAYSPRINGS

SALAMANDER

GH SX

1 Birds CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS

TENUIROSTRIS

SOUTHEASTERN SNOWY

PLOVER

G4T3Q S2 LE

1 Birds CHARADRIUS WILSONIA WILSON'S PLOVER G5 S1

1 Birds COTURNICOPS

NOVEBORACENSIS

YELLOW RAIL G4 S2N

1 Birds FALCO SPARVERIUS PAULUS SOUTHEASTERN

AMERICAN KESTREL

G5T4 S3B,

SZN

1 Birds GRUS CANADENSIS PULLA MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL

CRANE

G5T1 S1 LE LE

1 Birds HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS AMERICAN

OYSTERCATCHER

G5 S1

1 Birds LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS BLACK RAIL G4 S2N

1 Birds THRYOMANES BEWICKII BEWICK'S WREN G5 S2B,

S3N

LE

2 Birds AIMOPHILA AESTIVALIS BACHMAN'S SPARROW G3 S3B,

S3S4N

2 Birds AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII HENSLOW'S SPARROW G4 S3N

2 Birds AMMODRAMUS LECONTEII LE CONTE'S SPARROW G4 S3N