APPENDIX PA-1 The species that scored above a threshold established by each Taxa Team for the Conservation Concern evaluation category have been designated as Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). All SGCN are considered a priority for use of State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program funds. Any changes to the SGCN list to add or remove species will be reviewed and approved by the USFWS as a major revision to the North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan (NCWAP). In subsequent revisions, species that are newly listed for protection under the ESA, or that are petitioned for listing and for which the USFWS issues a positive 90-day finding, and newly described species will be prioritized for SGCN designation without need for evaluation by a Taxa Team. (red text indicates an update)
Federal/ State Status*
SEAFWA Regional SGCN
SGCN Status (2020 update)
Scientific Name
Common Name
X
- / SC - / SC E / E
X
Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis
Southern Rock Vole Southern Water Shrew
X (add*)
Sorex palustris punctulatus
Physeter catodon [= P. microcephalus]
Sperm Whale
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
-- -- X X X -- X X X -- X X -- X X X X X -- X X -- -- X -- -- -- X -- X X X X -- -- X X -- -- X -- -- --
-- --
Corynorhinus townsendii
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Perimyotis subflavus
Tri-colored Bat
E / E T / E
Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus
Virginia Big-eared Bat West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus
REPTILES
T(S/A)/ T
Alligator mississippiensis
American Alligator
E / E
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
T(S/A) / T
Glyptemys muhlenbergii Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
Bog Turtle
- / SC - / SC - / SC
Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake Carolina Swamp Snake
Seminatrix [= Liodytes] pygaea paludis Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi Eumeces [= Plestiodon] anthracinus Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma
Carolina Water Snake
-- -- --
Coal Skink
Coastal Plain Milk Snake Common Rainbow Snake
- / SC - / SC
Trachemys scripta troostii
Cumberland Slider
Malaclemys terrapin
Diamondback Terrapin
--
Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Box Turtle
- / SC
Deirochelys reticularia reticularia Masticophis [= Coluber] flagellum
Eastern Chicken Turtle Eastern Coachwhip Eastern Coral Snake
--
- / E - / E
Micrurus fulvius
Crotalus adamanteus
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
-- -- -- --
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum
Eastern Milk Snake Eastern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sauritus sauritus
Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus
Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Eastern Smooth Earth Snake
Virginia valeriae valeriae Apalone spinifera spinifera
- / SC
Eastern Spiny Softshell Glossy Crayfish Snake
--
Regina rigida Chelonia mydas
T / T
Green Sea Turtle
--
Apalone spinifera aspera Lepidochelys kempii Dermochelys coriacea
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Sea Turtle
E / E E / E T / T
Caretta caretta
- / SC
Ophisaurus mimicus
Mimic Glass Lizard Mole Kingsnake Northern Map Turtle Northern Pine Snake
-- --
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata
Graptemys geographica
- / T - / -
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Pseudemys rubriventris Cemophora coccinea copei Lampropeltis getula sticticeps
Northern Red-bellied Cooter Northern Scarlet Snake Outer Banks Kingsnake Pine Woods Litter Snake
--
- / SC
-- -- --
Rhadinaea flavilata Regina septemvittata
Queen Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Opheodrys vernalis (incl O.v. vernalis)
Scarlet Kingsnake
- / SC
Smooth Green Snake
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