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APPENDIX VIII:


MISSISSIPPI’S SPECIES OF GREATEST


CONSERVATION NEED BY ECOREGION


GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP EGCP MSRAP NGM TIER**


Amphibians Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger Salamander Yes 4
Amphiuma pholeter One-Toed Amphiuma Yes 1
Aneides aeneus Green Salamander Yes 2
Bufo nebulifer Gulf Coast Toad Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender Yes 1
Eurycea lucifuga Cave Salamander Yes 2
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Spring Salamander Yes 2
Hemidactylium scutatum Four-Toed Salamander Yes Yes 2
Plethodon ainsworthi Baysprings Salamander Yes 4
Plethodon ventralis Southern Zigzag Salamander Yes 2
Plethodon websteri Webster's Salamander Yes 2
Pseudacris brachyphona Mountain Chorus Frog Yes 3
Pseudacris ornata Ornate Chorus Frog Yes 2
Pseudotriton montanus Mud Salamander Yes 2
Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamander Yes Yes 3
Rana areolata Crawfish Frog Yes 2
Rana heckscheri River Frog Yes 1
Rana sevosa Mississippi Gopher Frog Yes 1
Birds Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow Yes Yes 2
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow Yes 2
Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte's Sparrow Yes Yes Yes 2
Ammodramus maritimus Seaside Sparrow Yes Yes^2
Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow Yes Yes^2
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow Yes Yes Yes 2
Anas acuta Northern Pintail Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Anas fulvigula Mottled Duck Yes Yes^2
Anas rubripes American Black Duck Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Anhinga anhinga Anhinga Yes Yes Yes 3
Asio flammeus Short-Eared Owl Yes Yes Yes Yes^2
Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Calidris alpina Dunlin Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Calidris canutus Red Knot Yes Yes^2
Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Campephilus principalis Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Yes Yes Yes 4
Caprimulgus carolinensis Chuck-Will's-Widow Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris Southeastern Snowy Plover Yes Yes^1
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Yes Yes Yes Yes^2
Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Plover Yes Yes^1
Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite Yes Yes Yes 3
Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove Yes Yes Yes 2
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail Yes Yes Yes^1
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler Yes Yes Yes^2
Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes^3
Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron Yes Yes Yes Yes^2
Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret Yes Yes^2

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