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51432 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 190 / Monday, October 2, 1995 / Proposed Rules PART 17Ð[AMENDED] Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361±1407; 16 U.S.C. the List of Endangered and Threatened 1531±1544; 16 U.S.C. 4201±4245; Pub. L. 99± Plants to read as follows: 1. The authority citation for part 17 625, 100 Stat. 3500; unless otherwise noted. § 17.12 Endangered and threatened plants. continues to read as follows: 2. Section 17.12(h) is amended by adding the following, in alphabetical * * * * * order under FLOWERING PLANTS, to (h) * * * Species Criti- Spe- Historic Family name Status When cal cial Scientific name Common name range listed habitat rules FLOWERING PLANTS Achyranthes mutica ............... None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Amaranthaceae ..................... E NA NA ******* Cenchrus agrimonioides ....... Kamanomano ........................ U.S.A. (HI) .. Poaceae ................................ E NA NA ******* Cyanea grimesiana ssp. Haha ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Campanulaceae .................... E NA NA grimesiana. ******* Cyperus trachysanthos ......... Pu'uka'a ................................. U.S.A. (HI) .. Cyperaceae ........................... E NA NA ******* Euphorbia haeleeleana ......... 'Akoko .................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Euphorbiaceae ...................... E NA NA ******* Isodendrion laurifolium .......... Aupaka .................................. U.S.A. (HI) .. Violaceae ............................... E NA NA ******* Isodendrion longifolium ......... Aupaka .................................. U.S.A. (HI) .. Violaceae ............................... T NA NA ******* Panicum niihauense .............. Lau 'ehu ................................ U.S.A. (HI) .. Poaceae ................................ E NA NA ******* Phyllostegia parviflora ........... None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Lamiaceae ............................. E NA NA ******* Platanthera holochila ............. None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Orchidaceae .......................... E NA NA ******* Sanicula purpurea ................. None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Apiaceae ............................... E NA NA ******* Schiedea hookeri .................. None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Caryophyllaceae .................... E NA NA ******* Schiedea kauaiensis ............. None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Caryophyllaceae .................... E NA NA ******* Schiedea nuttallii ................... None ...................................... U.S.A. (HI) .. Caryophyllaceae .................... E NA NA ******* Dated: September 20, 1995. 50 CFR Part 17 as amended. The guajoÂn is endemic to John G. Rogers, Puerto Rico and is restricted to the RIN 1018±AD52 Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. Pandura mountain range in the [FR Doc. 95±24337 Filed 9±29±95; 8:45 am] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife southeastern part of the island. It is threatened in this area by agricultural, BILLING CODE 4310±55±P and Plants; Proposed Threatened Status for the Guajo n rural, and industrial development and the associated infrastructure. This AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, proposal, if made final, will implement Interior. the Federal protection and recovery ACTION: Proposed rule. provisions afforded by the Act for E. SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service cooki. (Service) proposes to determine the DATES: Comments from all interested guajoÂn (Eleutherodactylus cooki) to be a parties must be received by December 1, threatened species pursuant to the 1995. Public hearing requests must be Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, received by November 16, 1995. Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 190 / Monday, October 2, 1995 / Proposed Rules 51433 ADDRESSES: Comments and materials boulders. Such grottoes are commonly Summary of Factors Affecting the concerning this proposal should be sent referred to as guajonales. It is from the Species to the Field Supervisor, Caribbean Field grottoes or guajonales that the frog Section 4(a)(1) of the Endangered Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, derives its name, the guajoÂn. The Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and P.O. Box 491, BoqueroÂn, Puerto Rico species is apparently limited in regulations (50 CFR part 424) 00622. Comments and materials distribution by the rock formation promulgated to implement the listing received will be available for public where it occurs (Rivero 1978, Joglar provisions of the Act set forth the inspection, by appointment, during 1992). Joglar (1992) documented procedures for adding species to the normal business hours at this office, and population fluctuations, apparently Federal lists. A species may be at the Service's Southeast Regional related to precipitation and temperature. determined to be endangered or Office, 1875 Century Boulevard, Numbers are lowest during the winter threatened due to one or more of the Atlanta, Georgia 30345. months, during the period of least five factors described in section 4(a)(1). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. rainfall and lowest temperatures. The These factors and their application to Susan Silander at the Caribbean Field number of egg clutches and juveniles the guajoÂn (Eleutherodactylus cooki) are Office address (809/851±7297) or Mr. was greatest during the months of as follows: William C. Hunter at the Atlanta, October and September. Eggs are laid on A. The Present or Threatened Georgia, Regional Office address (404/ the humid faces of boulders within the Destruction, Modification, or 331±3580). grottoes and the clutches of up to 59 Curtailment of Its Habitat or Range eggs are apparently guarded by the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: males (Rivero 1978). The guajoÂn is only known from the Background municipalities of Yabucoa and San During surveys conducted by Drewry Lorenzo in the Pandura mountain range With over 400 described species, (1986) and Joglar (1992), the guajoÂn was Eleutherodactylus is the largest in the extreme southeastern corner of found at its historical localities, all of Puerto Rico. Deforestation and earth vertebrate genus. Two major centers of which occur within the municipalities species diversity occur: northwestern movement for agricultural and rural of Yabucoa and San Lorenzo. Little development have encroached upon South America and the West Indies. historical data are available on Almost all species possess ``t-shaped'' known habitat of the species. Road abundance, therefore, reductions in construction and the associated cut and terminal phalanges, probably an populations are difficult to document. fill has eliminated habitat (Drewry adaptation for climbing and Nevertheless, E. cooki is endemic to 1986). A major four lane highway is reproductively, these frogs have direct Puerto Rico, extremely restricted in currently proposed through the area, as development, allowing for reproduction geographical distribution and occurs is the construction of a major reservoir. away from water. In the West Indies, only on privately-owned lands. Threats Eleutherodactylus species are a include fire, deforestation and earth B. Overutilization for Commercial, dominant amphibian group. No single movement for agricultural activities and Recreational, Scientific, or Educational species is naturally found on more than rural development, road construction, Purposes one of the four Greater Antilles, and including the construction of a major Although not previously identified as most are restricted to small areas within four lane highway, and the construction a determinant factor in the decline of an island (Hedges 1989). Seventeen of a reservoir. the guajoÂn specifically, scientific species of this genus are known from collecting of related species of coqui in Puerto Rico and collectively, they are Previous Federal Action Puerto Rico has contributed to declines. commonly known as ``coquis'' (Rivero In the Service's notices of review for In a survey of only seven museums in 1978, Moreno 1991). vertebrate candidates published in the both Puerto Rico and the United States, The guajoÂn (Eleutherodactylus cooki), numerous specimens of the web-footed also known commonly as ``demon of Federal Register of December 30, 1982 (47 FR 58454), September 18, 1985 (50 coqui (E. karlschmidti) and the mottled Puerto Rico'' or ``demonio de Puerto coqui (E. eneidae) were located, with a Rico,'' is a relatively large frog, FR 37958), January 6, 1989 (55 FR 17475) and November 21, 1991 (56 FR total of 473 preserved individuals of the approximately 8.5 centimeters (3.3 former and 325 of the latter species inches) in length. It is solid brown in 58804), Eleutherodactylus cooki was included as a category 2 species. (Joglar 1992). Both of these related color, although males and some females species' status are under evaluation by may have a yellow throat. In both sexes, Category 2 species (now recognized as species of concern to the Service) are the Service because of their extreme the frogs have large, white-rimmed eyes, rarity. Collection of Eleutherodactylus giving the species a specter or phantom- taxa for which there is information to indicate that listing may be appropriate, sp. for use in local art has also been like appearance. It is characterized by documented, and such activities are having large truncate discs and by a but for which there is insufficient data to support a listing proposal. currently being evaluated by the peculiar, melodious and low voice Commonwealth
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