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Endangered Species in Florida

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
135
Endangered
92
Threatened
43

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Flowering Plants (64)

Mammals (16)

Clams (15)

Reptiles (14)

  • American crocodileCrocodylus acutusU.S.A. (FL)ThreatenedListed 10/28/1975 · 16 counties
  • Atlantic salt marsh snakeNerodia clarkii taeniataThreatenedListed 12/29/1977 · 2 counties
  • Eastern indigo snakeDrymarchon couperiThreatenedListed 03/03/1978 · 67 counties
  • Florida Keys mole skinkPlestiodon egregius egregiusEndangeredListed 08/20/2026 · 2 counties
  • Green sea turtleChelonia mydasGreen sea turtles originating from the North Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the following lines and coordinates: 48 degrees N. Lat. in the north, along the western coasts of Europe and Africa (west of 5.5 degrees W. Long.); north of 19 degrees N. Lat. in the east; bounded by 19 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. to 14 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. then 14 degrees N., 77 degrees W. in the south and west; and along the eastern coasts of the Americas (north of 7.5 degrees N., 77 degrees W.)ThreatenedListed 05/06/2016 · 33 counties
  • Hawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 29 counties
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtleLepidochelys kempiiEndangeredListed 12/02/1970 · 28 counties
  • Key ring-necked snakeDiadophis punctatus acricusEndangeredListed 08/20/2026 · 1 county
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 28 counties
  • Loggerhead sea turtleCaretta carettaNorthwest Atlantic Ocean DPS - Loggerhead sea turtles originating from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean west of 40 degrees W. LongThreatenedListed 07/23/1978 · 28 counties
  • Sand skinkNeoseps reynoldsiThreatenedListed 11/06/1987 · 13 counties
  • Suwannee alligator snapping turtleMacrochelys suwanniensisThreatenedListed 07/29/2024 · 15 counties
  • blue-tailed mole skinkEumeces egregius lividusThreatenedListed 11/06/1987 · 8 counties
  • rim rock crowned snakeTantilla ooliticaEndangeredListed 08/20/2026 · 2 counties

Birds (12)

  • Bermuda petrelPterodroma cahowEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 1 county
  • Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataEndangeredListed 01/29/2024 · 4 counties
  • Cape Sable seaside sparrowAmmospiza maritima mirabilisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 3 counties
  • Crested caracara (Audubon's) [FL DPS]Caracara plancus auduboniiU.S.A. (FL)ThreatenedListed 07/06/1987 · 28 counties
  • Eastern Black railLaterallus jamaicensis jamaicensisThreatenedListed 11/09/2020 · 65 counties
  • Everglade snail kiteRostrhamus sociabilis plumbeusEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 41 counties
  • Florida grasshopper sparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanusEndangeredListed 07/31/1986 · 7 counties
  • Florida scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescensThreatenedListed 06/03/1987 · 36 counties
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 33 counties
  • Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 55 counties
  • Roseate ternSterna dougallii dougalliiWestern Hemisphere and adjacent oceans, incl. U.S.A. (FL, PR, VI), where not listed as endangeredThreatenedListed 11/02/1987 · 1 county
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 39 counties

Insects (5)

Amphibians (2)

Crustaceans (2)

Conifers and Cycads (1)

Ferns and Allies (1)

Fishes (1)

  • Gulf sturgeonAcipenser oxyrinchus (=oxyrhynchus) desotoiThreatenedListed 09/30/1991 · 38 counties

Lichens (1)

Snails (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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