Threatened & Endangered List - Colorado Division of Wildlife

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	STATUS*
AMPHIBIANS
Boreal Toad	Bufo boreas boreas	SE
Northern Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans	SC
Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad	Gastrophryne olivacea	SC
Northern Leopard Frog	Rana pipiens	SC
Wood Frog	Rana sylvatica	SC
Plains Leopard Frog	Rana blairi	SC
Couch's Spadefoot	Scaphiopus couchii	SC
BIRDS
Whooping Crane	Grus americana	FE, SE
Least Tern	Sterna antillarum	FE, SE
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher	Empidonax traillii extimus	FE, SE
Plains Sharp-Tailed Grouse	Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesii	SE
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus circumcinctus	FT, ST
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	ST
Mexican Spotted Owl	Strix occidentalis lucida	FT, ST
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia	ST
Lesser Prairie-Chicken	Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	ST
Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	SC
Greater Sandhill Crane	Grus canadensis tabida	SC
Ferruginous Hawk	Buteo regalis	SC
Gunnison Sage-Grouse	Centrocercus minimus	SC
American Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus anatum	SC
Greater Sage Grouse	Centrocercus urophasianus	SC
Western Snowy Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	SC
Mountain Plover	Charadrius montanus	SC
Long-Billed Curlew	Numenius americanus	SC
Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse	Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus	SC
FISH
Bonytail	Gila elegans	FE, SE
Razorback Sucker	Xyrauchen texanus	FE, SE
Humpback Chub	Gila cypha	FE, ST
Colorado Pikeminnow	Ptychocheilus lucius	FE, ST
Greenback Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarki stomias	FT, ST
Rio Grande Sucker	Catostomus plebeius	SE
Lake Chub	Couesius plumbeus	SE
Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus	SE
Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	SE
Northern Redbelly Dace	Phoxinus eos	SE
Southern Redbelly Dace	Phoxinus erythrogaster	SE
Brassy Minnow	Hybognathus hankinsoni	ST
Common Shiner	Luxilus cornutus	ST
Arkansas Darter	Etheostoma cragini	ST
Mountain Sucker	Catostomus playtrhynchus	SC
Plains Orangethroat Darter	Etheostoma spectabile	SC
Iowa Darter	Etheostoma exile	SC
Rio Grande Chub	Gila pandora	SC
Colorado Roundtail Chub	Gila robusta	SC
Stonecat	Noturus flavus	SC
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus	SC
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis	SC
Flathead Chub	Platygobio gracilus	SC
MAMMALS
Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	FE, SE
Black-Footed Ferret	Mustela nigripes	FE, SE
Grizzly Bear	Ursus arctos	FT, SE
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse	Zapus hudsonius preblei	FT, ST
Lynx	Lynx canadensis	FT, SE
Wolverine	Gulo gulo	SE
River Otter	Lontra canadensis	ST
Kit Fox	Vulpes macrotis	SE
Townsend's Big-Eared Bat	Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens	SC
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	SC
Botta's Pocket Gopher	Thomomy bottae rubidus	SC
Northern Pocket Gopher	Thomomys talpoides macrotis	SC
Swift fox	Vulpes velox	SC
REPTILES
Triploid Checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus	SC
Midget Faded Rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis concolor	SC
Longnose Leopard Lizard	Gambelia wislizenii	SC
Yellow Mud Turtle	Kinosternon flavescens	SC
Common King Snake	Lampropeltis getula	SC
Texas Blind Snake	Leptotyphlops dulcis	SC
Texas Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	SC
Roundtail Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma modestum	SC
Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus	SC
Common Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis	SC
MOLLUSKS
Rocky Mountain Capshell	Acroloxus coloradensis	SC
Cylindrical Papershell	Anodontoides ferussacianus	SC

*Status Codes:

FE = Federally Endangered
FT = Federally Threatened
SE = State Endangered
ST = State Threatened
SC = State Special Concern (not a statutory category)

Last Updated: 10/15/2007