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Endangered Species in Virginia

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
76
Endangered
49
Threatened
27

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.

Clams (25)

  • Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel)Theliderma sparsaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 9 counties
  • Atlantic pigtoeFusconaia masoniThreatenedListed 12/16/2021 · 46 counties
  • Birdwing pearlymusselLemiox rimosusWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 3 counties
  • Cracking pearlymusselHemistena lataWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 09/28/1989 · 7 counties
  • Cumberland monkeyface (pearlymussel)Theliderma intermediaWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 6 counties
  • Cumberlandian combshellEpioblasma brevidensWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 9 counties
  • Dromedary pearlymusselDromus dromasWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 6 counties
  • Dwarf wedgemusselAlasmidonta heterodonEndangeredListed 03/14/1990 · 22 counties
  • FanshellCyprogenia stegariaEndangeredListed 06/21/1990 · 6 counties
  • Finerayed pigtoeFusconaia cuneolusWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 12 counties
  • Fluted kidneyshellPtychobranchus subtentusEndangeredListed 10/28/2013 · 12 counties
  • James spinymusselParvaspina collinaEndangeredListed 07/22/1988 · 26 counties
  • LongsolidFusconaia subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 8 counties
  • Oyster musselEpioblasma capsaeformisWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 9 counties
  • Pink mucket (pearlymussel)Lampsilis abruptaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 4 counties
  • Purple beanVillosa perpurpureaEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 9 counties
  • Rough pigtoePleurobema plenumEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 2 counties
  • Rough rabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica strigillataEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 9 counties
  • Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 7 counties
  • Shiny pigtoeFusconaia corWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 12 counties
  • Slabside PearlymusselPleuronaia dolabelloidesEndangeredListed 10/28/2013 · 12 counties
  • Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 5 counties
  • Spectaclecase (mussel)Cumberlandia monodontaEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 7 counties
  • Tan riffleshellEpioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri)EndangeredListed 09/26/1977 · 3 counties
  • Yellow lanceElliptio lanceolataThreatenedListed 05/03/2018 · 41 counties

Flowering Plants (17)

Fishes (8)

  • Blackside dacePhoxinus cumberlandensisThreatenedListed 06/12/1987 · 3 counties
  • Candy darterEtheostoma osburniEndangeredListed 12/21/2018 · 8 counties
  • Duskytail darterEtheostoma percnurumEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 3 counties
  • Kentucky arrow darterEtheostoma spilotumThreatenedListed 11/04/2016 · 1 county
  • Sickle darterPercina williamsiThreatenedListed 12/07/2022 · 4 counties
  • Slender chubErimystax cahniThreatenedListed 10/11/1977 · 12 counties
  • Spotfin ChubErimonax monachusWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationThreatenedListed 10/11/1977 · 3 counties
  • Yellowfin madtomNoturus flavipinnisWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationThreatenedListed 10/11/1977 · 10 counties

Mammals (6)

Birds (5)

  • Bermuda petrelPterodroma cahowEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 2 counties
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 6 counties
  • Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 10 counties
  • Roseate ternSterna dougallii dougalliiU.S.A. (Atlantic Coast south to NC), Canada (Newf., N.S, Que.), BermudaEndangeredListed 11/02/1987 · 3 counties
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 3 counties

Reptiles (5)

  • 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 · 3 counties
  • Hawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 3 counties
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtleLepidochelys kempiiEndangeredListed 12/02/1970 · 3 counties
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 3 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 · 3 counties

Crustaceans (3)

Insects (3)

Amphibians (1)

Arachnids (1)

Lichens (1)

Snails (1)

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

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