APPENDIX VIII 380
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP EGCP MSRAP NGM TIER
Graptemys flavimaculata Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle Yes 2
Graptemys gibbonsi Pascagoula Map Turtle Yes Yes 2
Graptemys nigrinoda Black-Knobbed Map Turtle Yes 2
Graptemys oculifera Ringed Map Turtle Yes Yes 2
Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle Yes 2
Heterodon simus Southern Hognose Snake Yes Yes^4
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Prairie Kingsnake Yes 2
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata Mole Kingsnake Yes Yes 2
Lampropeltis getula nigra Black Kingsnake Yes 3
Lampropeltis triangulum syspila Red Milk Snake Yes Yes 2
Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's or Atlantic Ridley Yes Yes^1
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle Yes Yes Yes Yes^2
Malaclemys terrapin pileata Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin Yes Yes^2
Masticophis flagellum Eastern Coachwhip Yes Yes^3
Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake Yes 2
Nerodia clarkii clarkii Gulf Salt Marsh Snake Yes Yes^2
Ophisaurus attenuatus Slender Glass Lizard Yes Yes 2
Ophisaurus mimicus Mimic Glass Lizard Yes 1
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi Black Pine Snake Yes 1
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Northern Pine Snake Yes 3
Pseudemys alabamensis Alabama Redbelly Turtle Yes Yes^1
Regina rigida deltae Delta Crayfish Snake Yes 2
Regina rigida sinicola Gulf Crayfish Snake Yes 3
Regina septemvittata Queen Snake Yes Yes 2
Rhadinaea flavilata Pine Woods Snake Yes Yes^1
* ECOREGIONS OF MISSISSIPPI
UEGCP = Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Ecoregion NGM = Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecoregion
EGCP = East Gulf Coastal Plain Ecoregion MSRAP = Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Ecoregion
** TIER DESCRIPTIONS
Tier 1 - Species that are in need of immediate conservation action and/or research because of extreme rarity,
restricted distribution, unknown or decreasing population trends, specialized habitat needs and/or habitat
vulnerability. Some species may be considered critically imperiled and at risk of extinction/extirpation.
Tier 2 - Species that are in need of timely conservation action and/or research because of rarity, restricted
distribution, unknown or decreasing population trend, specialized habitat needs or habitat vulnerability or
significant threats.
Tier 3 - Species that are of less immediate conservation concern, but are in need of planning and effective
management due to unknown or decreasing population trends, specialized habitat needs or habitat vulnerability.
Tier 4 - Species listed as extirpated from Mississippi, of historical occurrence only, or accidental. While no
conservation action or research is recommended at this time, these species remain a SGCN in the event that taxa
may be rediscovered or reintroduced from populations existing outside the state.