571—77.2 (481B) Endangered, threatened, and special concern animals. The natural resource commission, in consultation with scientists with specialized knowledge and experience, has determined the following animal species to be endangered, threatened or of special concern in Iowa:
	 77.2(1) Endangered animal species:
Mammals

Indiana Bat	Myotis sodalis	
Plains Pocket Mouse	Perognathus flavescens	
Red-backed Vole	Clethrionomys gapperi	
Spotted Skunk	Spilogale putorius	
Birds

Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus	
Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus	
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	
Common Barn Owl	Tyto alba	
Least Tern	Sterna antillarum	
King Rail	Rallus elegans	
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	
Fish

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	
Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	
Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	
Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	
Pearl Dace	Semotilus margarita	
Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	
Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosomum	
Least Darter	Etheostoma microperca	
Reptiles

Yellow Mud Turtle	Kinosternon flavescens	
Wood Turtle	Clemmys insculpta	
Great Plains Skink	Eumeces obsoletus	
Copperbelly Water Snake	Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta	
Western Hognose Snake	Heterodon nasicus	
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix	
Prairie Rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis	
Massasauga Rattlesnake	Sistrurus catenatus	
Amphibians

Blue-spotted Salamander	Ambystoma laterale	
Crawfish Frog	Rana areolata	
Butterflies

Dakota Skipper	Hesperia dacotae	
Ringlet	Coenonympha tullia	
Land Snails

Iowa Pleistocene Snail	Discus macclintocki	
Minnesota Pleistocene Ambersnail	Novisuccinea new species A	
Iowa Pleistocene Ambersnail	Novisuccinea new species B	
Frigid Ambersnail	Catinella gelida	
Briarton Pleistocene Vertigo	Vertigo briarensis	
Bluff Vertigo	Vertigo meramecensis	
Iowa Pleistocene Vertigo	Vertigo new species	
Fresh Water Mussels

Spectacle Case	Cumberlandia monodonta	
Slippershell	Alasmidonta viridis	
Buckhorn	Tritogonia verrucosa	
Ozark Pigtoe	Fusconaia ozarkensis	
Bullhead	Plethobasus cyphyus	
Ohio River Pigtoe	Pleurobema sintoxia	
Slough Sandshell	Lampsilis teres teres	
Yellow Sandshell	Lampsilis teres anodontoides	
Higgin’s-eye Pearly Mussel	Lampsilis higginsi	
	 77.2(2) Threatened animal species:
Mammals

Least Shrew	Cryptotis parva	
Southern Bog Lemming	Synaptomys cooperi	
Birds

Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	
Henslow’s Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	
Fish

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	
American Brook Lamprey	Lampetra appendix	
Grass Pickerel	Esox americanus	
Blacknose Shiner	Notropis heterolepis	
Topeka Shiner	Notropis topeka	
Western Sand Darter	Ammocrypta clara	
Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	
Burbot	Lota lota	
Orangethroat Darter	Etheostoma spectabile	
Reptiles

Slender Glass Lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus	
Common Musk Turtle	Sternotherus odoratus	
Blanding’s Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata	
Diamondback Water Snake	Nerodia rhombifera	
Western Worm Snake	Carphophis amoenus vermis	
Speckled Kingsnake	Lampropeltis getulus	
Amphibians

Mudpuppy	Necturus maculosus	
Central Newt	Notophthalmus viridescens	
Butterflies

Powesheik Skipperling	Oarisma powesheik	
Byssus Skipper	Problema byssus	
Mulberry Wing	Poanes massasoit	
Silvery Blue	Glaucopsyche lygdamus	
Baltimore	Euphydryas phaeton	
Snails

Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo	Vertigo hubrichti	
Occult Vertigo	Vertigo occulta	
Fresh Water Mussels

Cylinder	Anodontoides ferussacianus	
Strange Floater	Strophitus undulatus	
Creek Heelsplitter	Lasmigona compressa	
Purple Pimpleback	Cyclonaias tuberculata	
Butterfly	Ellipsaria lineolata	
Ellipse	Venustaconcha ellipsiformis	
	 77.2(3)  Special concern animal species:
Mammals

Southern Flying Squirrel	Glaucomys volans	
Birds

Forster's Tern	Sterna forsteri	
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	
Fish

Pugnose Minnow	Notropis emiliae	
Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	
Reptiles

Smooth Green Snake	Opheodrys vernalis	
Bullsnake	Pituophis catenifer sayi	
Butterflies

Dreamy Duskywing	Erynnis icelus	
Sleepy Duskywing	Erynnis brizo	
Columbine Duskywing	Erynnis lucilius	
Wild Indigo Duskywing	Erynnis baptisiae	
Ottoe Skipper	Hesperia ottoe	
Leonardus Skipper	Hesperia l. leonardus	
Pawnee Skipper	Hesperia leonardus pawnee	
Beardgrass Skipper	Atrytone arogos	
Zabulon Skipper	Poanes zabulon	
Broad-winged Skipper	Poanes viator	
Sedge Skipper	Euphyes dion	
Two-spotted Skipper	Euphyes bimacula	
Dusted Skipper	Atrytonopsis hianna	
Salt-and-pepper Skipper	Amblyscirtes hegon	
Pipevine Swallowtail	Battus philenor	
Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	
Olympia White	Euchloe olympia	
Purplish Copper	Lycaena helloides	
Acadian Hairstreak	Satyrium acadicum	
Edward’s Hairstreak	Satyrium edwardsii	
Hickory Hairstreak	Satyrium caryaevorum	
Striped Hairstreak	Satyrium liparops	
Swamp Metalmark	Calephelis mutica	
Regal Fritillary	Speyeria idalia	
Baltimore	Euphydryas phaeton ozarkae	
[ARC 8105B, IAB 9/9/09, effective 10/14/09]