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Complete Species List

Amphibians (Frogs, Toads and Salamanders)

Scientific Name Common Name
Ambystoma barbouri Streamside Salamander
Ambystoma talpoideum Mole Salamander
Amphiuma tridactylum Three-Toed Amphiuma
Aneides aeneus Green Salamander
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis Eastern Hellbender
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus welteri Black Mountain Salamander
Eurycea guttolineata Three-Lined Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum Four-Toed Salamander
Hyla avivoca Bird-Voiced Treefrog
Hyla cinerea Green Treefrog
Hyla gratiosa Barking Treefrog
Hyla versicolor Gray Treefrog
Plethodon cinereus Redback Salamander
Plethodon kentucki Cumberland Plateau Salamander
Plethodon ventralis Southern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei Wehrle'S Salamander
Rana areolata circulosa Northern Crawfish Frog
Rana pipiens Northern Leopard Frog
Rana sphenocephala Southern Leopard Frog
Rana sylvatica Wood Frog
Siren intermedia nettingi Western Lesser Siren
Birds
Scientific Name Common Name
Accipiter striatus Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
Anas acuta Northern Pintail
Anas rubripes American Black Duck
Ardea alba Great Egret
Asio flammeus Short-Eared Owl
Asio otus Long-Eared Owl
Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern
Calidris alba Sanderling
Calidris alpina Dunlin
Calidris himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper
Certhia americana Brown Creeper
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover
Chlidonias niger Black Tern
Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow
Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier
Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren
Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite
Corvus corax Common Raven
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail
Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler
Dendroica fusca Blackburnian Warbler
Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink
Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-Tailed Kite
Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher
Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird
Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
Gallinago delicata Wilson'S Snipe
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
Grus americana Whooping Crane
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle
Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-Eating Warbler
Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush
Ictinia mississippiensis Mississippi Kite
Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern
Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike
Limnodromus griseus Short-Billed Dowitcher
Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler
Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-Headed Woodpecker
Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler
Pandion haliaetus Osprey
Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican
Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Picoides borealis Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover
Podilymbus podiceps Pied-Billed Grebe
Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler
Rallus elegans King Rail
Riparia riparia Bank Swallow
Scolopax minor American Woodcock
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush
Sitta canadensis Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Spiza americana Dickcissel
Sterna antillarum athalassos Interior Least Tern
Sterna hirundo Common Tern
Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren
Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis Buff-Breasted Sandpiper
Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie-Chicken
Tyto alba Barn Owl
Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-Winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus Blue-Winged Warbler
Vireo bellii Bell's Vireo
Wilsonia canadensis Canada Warbler
Fishes
Scientific Name Common Name
Ichthyomyzon castaneus Chestnut Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon fossor Northern Brook Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon greeleyi Mountain Brook Lamprey
Lampetra appendix American Brook Lamprey
Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon
Alosa alabamae Alabama Shad
Amblyopsis spelaea Northern Cavefish
Ammocrypta clara Western Sand Darter
Atractosteus spatula Alligator Gar
Cyprinella camura Bluntface Shiner
Erimystax insignis Blotched Chub
Erimyzon sucetta Lake Chubsucker
Etheostoma baileyi Emerald Darter
Etheostoma barrenense Splendid Darter
Etheostoma chienense Relict Darter
Etheostoma cinereum Ashy Darter
Etheostoma fusiforme Swamp Darter
Etheostoma kantuckeense Highland Rim Darter
Etheostoma lynceum Brighteye Darter
Etheostoma maculatum Spotted Darter
Etheostoma microlepidum Smallscale Darter
Etheostoma parvipinne Goldstripe Darter
Etheostoma percnurum Duskytail Darter
Etheostoma proeliare Cypress Darter
Etheostoma pyrrhogaster Firebelly Darter
Etheostoma rafinesquei Kentucky Darter
Etheostoma sagitta sagitta Cumberland Arrow Darter
Etheostoma sagitta spilotum Kentucky Arrow Darter
Etheostoma sanguifluum Bloodfin Darter
Etheostoma susanae Cumberland Johnny Darter
Etheostoma swaini Gulf Darter
Etheostoma tecumsehi Shawnee Darter
Etheostoma virgatum Striped Darter
Fundulus chrysotus Golden Topminnow
Fundulus dispar Starhead Topminnow
Hybognathus hayi Cypress Minnow
Hybognathus placitus Plains Minnow
Lepomis marginatus Dollar Sunfish
Lepomis miniatus Redspotted Sunfish
Menidia beryllina Inland Silverside
Moxostoma poecilurum Blacktail Redhorse
Notropis albizonatus Palezone Shiner
Notropis maculatus Taillight Shiner
Notropis sp. 4 Sawfin Shiner
Noturus exilis Slender Madtom
Noturus hildebrandi Least Madtom
Noturus phaeus Brown Madtom
Noturus stigmosus Northern Madtom
Percina macrocephala Longhead Darter
Percina squamata Olive Darter
Percina stictogaster Frecklebelly Darter
Phenacobius uranops Stargazing Minnow
Phoxinus cumberlandensis Blackside Dace
Platygobio gracilis Flathead Chub
Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace
Scaphirhynchus albus Pallid Sturgeon
Thoburnia atripinnis Blackfin Sucker
Typhlichthys subterraneus Southern Cavefish
Umbra limi Central Mudminnow
Mammals
Scientific Name Common Name
Clethrionomys gapperi maurus Kentucky Red-Backed Vole
Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus Virginia Big-Eared Bat
Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis
Myotis grisescens Gray Myotis
Myotis leibii Eastern Small-Footed Myotis
Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat
Neotoma magister Allegheny Woodrat
Nycticeius humeralis Evening Bat
Peromyscus gossypinus Cotton Mouse
Sorex cinereus Cinereus Shrew
Sorex dispar blitchi Long-Tailed Or Rock Shrew
Spilogale putorius Eastern Spotted Skunk
Sylvilagus aquaticus Swamp Rabbit
Mollusks (Mussels)
Scientific Name Common Name
Alasmidonta atropurpurea Cumberland Elktoe
Alasmidonta marginata Elktoe
Alasmidonta viridis Slippershell Mussel
Anodontoides denigratus Cumberland Papershell
Cumberlandia monodonta Spectaclecase
Cyprogenia stegaria Fanshell
Dromus dromas Dromedary Pearlymussel
Ellipsaria lineolata Butterfly
Elliptio crassidens Elephantear
Epioblasma brevidens Cumberlandian Combshell
Epioblasma capsaeformis Oyster Mussel
Epioblasma florentina walkeri Tan Riffleshell
Epioblasma obliquata obliquata Catspaw
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana Northern Riffleshell
Epioblasma triquetra Snuffbox
Fusconaia subrotunda Longsolid
Hemistena lata Cracking Pearlymussel
Lampsilis abrupta Pink Mucket
Lampsilis ovata Pocketbook
Lasmigona compressa Creek Heelsplitter
Lasmigona subviridis Green Floater
Leptodea leptodon Scaleshell
Lexingtonia dolabelloides Slabside Pearlymussel
Medionidus conradicus Cumberland Moccasinshell
Obovaria retusa Ring Pink
Obovaria subrotunda Round Hickorynut
Pegias fabula Littlewing Pearlymussel
Plethobasus cooperianus Orangefoot Pimpleback
Plethobasus cyphyus Sheepnose
Pleurobema clava Clubshell
Pleurobema oviforme Tennessee Clubshell
Pleurobema plenum Rough Pigtoe
Pleurobema rubrum Pyramid Pigtoe
Potamilus capax Fat Pocketbook
Potamilus purpuratus Bleufer
Ptychobranchus subtentum Fluted Kidneyshell
Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica Rabbitsfoot
Quadrula fragosa Winged Mapleleaf
Simpsonaias ambigua Salamander Mussel
Toxolasma lividus Purple Lilliput
Toxolasma texasiensis Texas Lilliput
Villosa fabalis Rayed Bean
Villosa lienosa Little Spectaclecase
Villosa ortmanni Kentucky Creekshell
Villosa trabalis Cumberland Bean
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensis Mountain Creekshell
Reptiles (Snakes, Lizards and Turtles)
Scientific Name Common Name
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Western Cottonmouth
Apalone mutica mutica Midland Smooth Softshell
Cemophora coccinea copei Northern Scarlet Snake
Chrysemys picta dorsalis Southern Painted Turtle
Clonophis kirtlandii Kirtland'S Snake
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Six-Lined Racerunner
Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake
Elaphe guttata guttata Corn Snake
Eumeces anthracinus Coal Skink
Eumeces inexpectatus Southeastern Five-Lined Skink
Farancia abacura reinwardtii Western Mud Snake
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Mississippi Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica False Map Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum Eastern Mud Turtle
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Scarlet Kingsnake
Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle
Masticophis flagellum flagellum Eastern Coachwhip
Nerodia cyclopion Green Water Snake
Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Copperbelly Watersnake
Nerodia fasciata confluens Broad-Banded Water Snake
Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer Diamondback Water Snake
Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus Eastern Slender Glass Lizard
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Northern Pine Snake
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Western Pygmy Rattlesnake
Tantilla coronata Southeastern Crowned Snake
Thamnophis proximus proximus Western Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Eastern Ribbon Snake