New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 25 - DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULES › Subchapter 4 - ENDANGERED, NONGAME AND EXOTIC WILDLIFE › Section 7:25-4.13 - List of endangered species

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a)
									23:2A-4 provides that the Department shall conduct investigations concerning wildlife in order to develop information relating to populations, distributions, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and ecological factors. On the basis of such investigations of wildlife and other available scientific and commercial data, the Department may by regulation promulgate a list of those species and subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the State which are determined to be endangered, giving their common and scientific names by species and subspecies.
(b) In accordance therewith, the following species are determined to be endangered:
1. Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum
2. Blue-spotted Salamander, Ambystoma laterale
3. Eastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum
4. Southern Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysocelis
5. Bog Turtle, Glyptemys muhlenbergi
6. Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus
7. Corn Snake, Elaphe guttata guttata
8. Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Breeding population)
9. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus (Breeding population)
10. Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis (Breeding population)
11. Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus (Breeding population)
12. Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus (Breeding population)
13. Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus (Breeding population)
14. Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps (Breeding population)
15. Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
16. Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis
17. Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus (Non-breeding population)
18. Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii
19. Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus (Breeding population)
20. Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus
21. Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
22. Least Tern, Sternula antillarum
23. Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
24. Atlantic Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
25. Atlantic Loggerhead, Caretta caretta
26. Atlantic Ridley, Lepidochelys kempi
27. Atlantic Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea coriacea
28. Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
29. Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
30. Finback Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
31. Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
32. Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
33. Northern Right Whale, Balaena glacialis
34. Bobcat, Lynx rufus
35. Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma floridana
36. Mitchell's Satyr, Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii
37. Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle, Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis
38. American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus
39. Dwarf Wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon;
40. American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus (Breeding population)
41. Appalachian Grizzled Skipper (butterfly), Pyrgus wyandot;
42. Arogos Skipper (butterfly), Atrytone arogos arogos;
43. Bronze Copper (butterfly), Lycaena hyllus;
44. Queen Snake, Regina septemvittata
45. Brook Floater (mussel), Alasmidonta varicosa;
46. Green Floater (mussel), Lasmigona subviridis.
47. Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis (Breeding population)
48. Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera (Breeding population)
49. Red Knot, Calidris canutus (Non-breeding population)
50. Indiana Bat, Myotis sodalis
51. Gray Petaltail (dragonfly), Tachopteryx thoreyi.