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All Arizona Species All Arizona Species COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMESTATUS DESCRIPTION COUNTY ELEVATION HABITAT COMMENTS Acuna cactus Echinomastus Endangered Less than 12 inches tall; Maricopa, Pima, 1,198-3,773 ft Well drained knolls and Immature plants distinctly different from erectocentrus var. spine clusters borne on Pinal gravel ridges in Sonoran mature plants. Immatures are disc- acunensis tubercles, each with a desertscrub. shaped or spherical and have no central groove on the upper surface. spines until they are about 1.5 inches. Has 2-3 central spines and Critical habitat is being proposed for a 12 radial spines. Radial total of 18,535 ac in Maricopa, Pima, and spines are dirty white with Pinal counties (78 FR 40673). maroon tips. Flowers pink to purple. Apache (Arizona) Oncorhynchus gilae Threatened Yellowish to yellow-olive Apache, > 5,000 ft Streams and rivers Presently restricted to drainages in the trout apache cutthroat-like trout with large Coconino, Gila, generally above 6,000 ft. White Mountains. Hybridization with dark spots on body. Dorsal, Greenlee elevation with adequate introduced trout has complicated efforts anal, and caudal fins edged stream flow and shading; to maintain the genetic purity of some with white. No red lateral temperatures below 77 populations. Special regulations (4d band. degrees F; and substrate Rule) allow Arizona to manage the composed of boulders, species as a sport fish (40 FR 29863). rocks, gravel and some sand and silt. Thursday, April 28, 2016 General Information For Reference Only Page 1 of 24 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMESTATUS DESCRIPTION COUNTY ELEVATION HABITAT COMMENTS Arizona cliffrose Purshia subintegra Endangered Rose family (Roseaceae) Graham, 2,000-3,700 ft White, sometimes reddish, Occurs in four widely separated, discrete evergreen shrub of low Maricopa, limestone soils derived areas across central Arizona: Burro stature (3-7 feet tall) Mohave, Yavapai from Tertiary lakebed Creek drainage; near Bylas; Cottonwood compared to common deposits, in Creosotebush- in the Verde Valley; and Horseshoe Lake. cliffrose. Bark pale gray and Crucifixion thorn shreddy, with red-brown Association of the Arizona young twigs covered with Upland subdivision of dense hairs. Leaves usually Sonoran Desertscrub. have no lobes (occasionally 1 or 2) and edges curl downward (revolute). Flowers have 5 petals, white or pale yellow, 0.4 inches long. Arizona hedgehog Echinocereus Endangered Dark green cylindroid stems Gila, Pinal 3,300-5,700 ft Exposed and stable Species found in Schultze granite, cactus triglochidiatus var. usually in clusters of 4-20 bedrock and/or boulders on volcanic tuft, and dacite substrate. arizonicus stems, occasionally steep-walled canyons or Known range is the area between the exceeding 50. Stems slopes with fractures to towns of Superior and Globe that average 30 cm in length and allow establishment; open, extends from the Superstition Wilderness 8 cm in diameter with 7 to 11 rocky soils on flat ground, area to Pinal and Mescal Mountains. ribs. Areoles average 9 and in understory of shrubs. Recent genetic studies have determined radial spines and 3 central that the species does not occur outside spines that are gray or of this locality. Other red-claret cup pinkish in color. Flowers are varieties occur on periphery of range and brilliant red along side of closely resemble var. arizonicus. stem, stout and mostly erect, blooms mid-April. Fruits are 2 to 3 cm in length, produced in May to June. Germination occurs mid-summer. Beautiful shiner Cyprinella formosa Threatened Small (2.5 inches) shiny Cochise < 4,500 ft Small to medium sized Virtually extirpated in the United States, minnow, very similar to red streams and ponds with with the exception of a few populations shiner. Males colorful during sand, gravel, and rock on San Bernardino National Wildlife breeding (yellow-orange or bottoms. Refuge. Same critical habitat as Yaqui orange on caudal and lower Chub and Catfish (see 49 FR 34490). fins, bluish body). Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes Endangered Weasel-like animal that has Apache, < 10,500 ft Grassland plains in No wild populations are currently known yellow-buff coloration with Coconino, association with prairie to exist in Arizona. Large unsurveyed black feet, tail tip, and eye Navajo, Yavapai dogs. prairie dog towns may be occupied by mask; and a blunt light ferrets or may be appropriate for future colored nose. Body length is reintroduction efforts. Guidelines for 15-18 inches long and tail surveying prairie dog towns are available length is 5-6 inches. upon request. Reintroduced population exists in Aubrey Valley and on the Espee Ranch, Coconino County. Thursday, April 28, 2016 General Information For Reference Only Page 2 of 24 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMESTATUS DESCRIPTION COUNTY ELEVATION HABITAT COMMENTS Bonytail chub Gila elegans Endangered Large (12-14 up to 24 La Paz, Mohave < 4,000 ft Warm, swift, turbid Endemic to Colorado River Basin. inches) minnow mainstem rivers of the Rarest of Colorado River fish. characterized by small head, Colorado River basin, Population augmentation is ongoing in large fins, slightly humped reservoirs in lower basin. Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu. Critical back and long thin caudal habitat includes the Colorado River from peduncle. Hoover Dam to Davis Dam and another section of the Colorado River from the northern boundary of Havasu National Wildlife Refuge to Parker Dam including Lake Havasu in Mohave County, Arizona. Additional critical habitat is located in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California (59 FR 13374). Brady pincushion Pediocactus bradyi Endangered Small, semi-globose cactus, Coconino 3,850-4,500 ft Benches and terraces in Substrate is Kaibab limestone chips over cactus 2.4 inches tall and 2 inches Navajo desert near Marble Moenkopi shale and sandstone soil. in diameter. Spines are Gorge. Plant community dominated by white or yellowish-tan. The shadescale (Atriplex confertifolia), spine clusters 1-2 central snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), spines and 14-15 spreading mormon tea (Ephedra viridis), and desert radial spines. Flower: straw trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum). Protected yellow produced at top of the by CITES and Arizona Native Plant Law. stem. California condor Gymnogyps Endangered Very large vulture (47 in., Apache, Varies High desert canyons and Recovery program has reintroduced californianus wingspan to 9 1/2 ft, weight Coconino, plateaus. condors to Northern Arizona, with the to 22 lbs); adult plumage Mohave, Navajo, first release (6 birds) in December 1996. blackish, immature more Yavapai The release site is located at the brownish; adult wing linings Vermillion Cliffs (Coconino County), with white, immature mottled; an experimental, nonessential area head and upper parts of designated for most of Northern Arizona neck bare; yellow-orange in and Southern Utah. The area in Arizona adults, grayish in mature. is within a polygon formed by Hwy 191, Interstate 40, and Hwy 93, and extends north of the Arizona-Utah and Nevada borders. Breeding is documented in Arizona. Thursday, April 28, 2016 General Information For Reference Only Page 3 of 24 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAMESTATUS DESCRIPTION COUNTY ELEVATION HABITAT COMMENTS California Least Sterna antillarum Endangered Smallest of the North Maricopa, < 2,000 ft Open, bare or sparsely Breeding occasionally documented in Tern browni American terns. Body length Mohave, Pima vegetated sand, sandbars, Arizona; migrants may occur more is 21-24 cm (8-9 inches) with gravel pits, or exposed flats frequently. Feeds primarily on fish in a wingspan of 45-51 cm (18- along shorelines of inland shallow waters and secondarily on 20 inches). Has black crown rivers, lakes, reservoirs, or invertebrates. Nests in a simple scrape and loral stripe on head, drainage systems. on sandy or gravelly soil. snowy white forehead and underside, and gray upperparts. Outer two primaries black, yellow or orange bill with black tip, and orange legs. Males have a wider dark loral stripe but sexes mostly distinguished by behavior. Canelo Hills ladies' Spiranthes Endangered Slender, erect member of the Cochise, Santa ~ 5,000 ft Finely grained, highly Found in the San Pedro watershed. tresses delitescens orchid family (Orchidaceae). Cruz organic, saturated soils of Potential habitat occurs in Sonora, Flower stalk 20 inches tall, cienegas. Mexico, but no populations have been may contain 40 white flowers found. spirally arranged on the flowering stalk. Chiricahua leopard Lithobates Threatened Cream colored tubercles Apache, Cochise, 3,281-8,890 ft Restricted to springs, Critical habitat is designated for 10,346 frog chiricahuensis (spots) on a dark Coconino, Gila, livestock tanks, and acres in Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, background on the rear of Graham, streams in upper portion of Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz, and the thigh, dorsolateral folds Greenlee, Navajo, watersheds that are free Yavapai counties in Arizona; and Catron, that are interrupted and Pima, Santa from nonnative predators Hidalgo, Grant, Sierra, and Socorro deflected medially, and a call Cruz, Yavapai or where marginal habitat counties in New Mexico (77 FR 16324). given out of water distinguish for nonnative predators this spotted frog from other exists. leopard frogs. Cochise pincushion Coryphantha Threatened A small unbranched cactus Cochise 4,200-5,231 ft Semidesert grassland with Very local endemic, growing on cactus robbinsorum with no central spines and small shrubs, agave, other limestone hills of southeastern Cochise 11-17 white radial
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