All 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 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.

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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, from Tertiary lakebed Creek drainage; near Bylas; Cottonwood compared to common deposits, in Creosotebush- in the ; 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 . 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 , 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.

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Bonytail chub Gila elegans Endangered Large (12-14 up to 24 La Paz, Mohave < 4,000 ft Warm, swift, turbid Endemic to 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 chips over cactus 2.4 inches tall and 2 inches Navajo desert near Marble Moenkopi shale and sandstone soil. in diameter. Spines are Gorge. 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 , 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.

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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 (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 spines. cacti, and grama grass. County, Arizona. The bell-shaped flowers are borne on the ends of tubercles (protrusions). Flowers: bell shaped, pale yellow-green. Fruits: orange- red to red.

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Colorado Ptychocheilus lucius Endangered Largest American minnow Gila, Yavapai < 4,000 ft Warm, swift, turbid Experimental non-essential population pikeminnow (up to 6 feet and 80 lbs) mainstem rivers. Prefers (treated as proposed threatened dusky-green, slender body eddies and pools. species) (52 FR 32143). Critical habitat with gold flecks on the dorsal is designated for the species (59 FR surface. Head long and 13374) but none occurs in Arizona. slender.

Desert pupfish Cyprinodon Endangered Small (2 inches) smoothly Cochise, Graham, < 4,000 ft Shallow springs, small Two subspecies are recognized: Desert macularius rounded body shape with Maricopa, Pima, streams, and marshes. Pupfish (C.m. macularis) and narrow vertical bars on the Pinal, Santa Cruz, Tolerates saline and warm Quitobaquito Pupfish (C.m. eremus). sides. Breeding males blue Yavapai water. Critical habitat includes Quitobaquito on head and sides with Springs, Pima County, portions of San yellow on tail. Females and Felipe Creek, Carrizo Wash, and Fish juveniles tan to olive colored Creek Wash, Imperial County, California. back and silvery sides.

Fickeisen plains Pediocactus Endangered Very small (3 in tall and 1.5 Coconino, 4,200-5,950 ft Well-drained, shallow, Endemic to . Small cactus peeblesianus var. in diameter), unbranched Mohave gravelly soils derived from populations found on mesas, plateaus, fickeiseniae cactus that retracts into exposed layers of Kaibab terraces, gently sloping hills, and near gravely soils after flowering limestone. canyon rims. Critical habitat is proposed and fruiting. Tubercles form for a total of 17,456 acres in Coconino a spiral pattern around plant. and Mohave counties (78 FR 40673). Central spine 3/8 in long, flowers are cream/yellow.

Gierisch mallow Sphaeralcea Endangered Perennial, orange-flowered Mohave 2,694-3,766 ft Found only on gypsum Plant dies back to the ground during the gierischii plant that grows up to 3.4 ft outcrops associated with winter and re-sprouts from the base tall. Produces few to many Harrisburg member of during late winter and spring (January- stems from a woody caudex; Kaibab Formation. March), depending on daytime stems are often dark red- temperatures and rainfall. It has limited purple in color. Has bright distribution in northern Mohave County green and glabrous (not and in adjacent Washington County, UT. hairy) foliage. Leaves are A total of 12,822 acres are designated as usually flat and egg-shaped; critical habitat (78 FR 49165). the leaf base is heart-shaped to truncate, with 3 to 5 lobes. The is compound, with more than one flower per node.

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Gila chub Gila intermedia Endangered Deep compressed body, flat Cochise, Gila, 2,000-5,500 ft Pools, springs, cienegas, Occurs on Federal, State, and private head. Dark olive-gray color Graham, and streams. lands, including the Nature Conservancy above, silver sides. Endemic Greenlee, Pima, and the Audubon Society. Also occurs in to Basin. Pinal, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico. Designated critical Yavapai habitat occurs in Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai counties, Arizona and Grant County, NM (70 FR 66664).

Gila topminnow Poeciliopsis o. Endangered Small (2 inches), guppy-like, Cochise, Gila, < 4,500 ft Small streams, springs, Species historically also occurred in occidentalis live bearing, lacks dark spots Graham, and cienegas vegetated backwaters of large rivers but is currently on its fins. Breeding males Maricopa, Pima, shallows. isolated to small streams and springs. are jet black with yellow fins. Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai

Gila trout Oncorhynchus gilae Threatened Deep bodied with fine Greenlee 5,000-10,000 ft Small high mountain Fish stocked into Dude Creek in Sept. gilae profuse spotting on the body, streams. 1999 are no longer viable. Fish stocked dorsal, and adipose fins. into Raspberry Creek in Nov. 2000. Also Dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins occurs in New Mexico. edged in white.

Headwater chub Gila nigra Proposed Streamlined, dark gray to Gila, Graham, 3,000-6,700 ft Medium-sized streams in Occurs in the East and Threatened brown fish, often with Yavapai large, deep pools often tributaries, , Wet Bottom longitudinal stripes on the associated with cover such Creek, Deadman Creek, sides. Adults reach a as undercut banks or deep and tributaries, San Carlos River, Ash maximum size of about 12 places created by trees or Creek, and the upper Gila River in New inches. rocks. Mexico. Statewide Conservation Agreement with Arizona Game and Fish was signed on December 2003.

Holmgren Astragalus Endangered Stemless herbaceous (non- Mohave 2,700-2,800 ft Just under limestone Critical habitat occurs in Mohave County, (Paradox) milk vetch holmgreniorum woody) perennial that ridges and along draws in Arizona and Washington County, Utah produces leaves and small gravelly clay hills. (71 FR 77972). Two additional purple flowers in the spring, populations known near St. George, both of which die back to its Utah. Species also known as Paradox root after the flowering Milk-Vetch. season. Compound leaves, blue-green below and yellowish-green above, arise directly from the root crown.

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Huachuca water Lilaeopsis Endangered Herbaceous, semi-aquatic Cochise, Pima, 2,805-7,120 ft Cienegas, perennial low Species also occurs in adjacent Sonora, umbel schaffneriana ssp. perennial in the parsley Santa Cruz gradient streams, wetlands. Mexico, west of the continental divide. recurva family (Umbelliferae) with Critical habitat includes Cochise and slender erect, hollow, leaves Santa Cruz counties (64 FR 37441). that grow from the nodes of creeping . Flowers: 3 to 10 flowered umbels arise from root nodes.

Hualapai Mexican Microtus mexicanus Endangered Small, cinnamon-brown and Mohave 3,500-7,000 ft Moist, grass/sedge habitats Species confirmed only in the Hualapai vole hualpaiensis mouse-sized; has short tail along permanent or semi- Mountain Range and possible in the and long fur that nearly permanent waters (springs Prospect Valley and Music Mountains. covers its small round ears. or seeps). Also found in Ongoing research suggests that pinyon-juniper and pine populations may occur in the Hualapai oak associations with a Nation, Aubrey Cliffs, Chino Wash, variety of shrubs and , Bradshaw grasses. Mountains, Round Mountain, and Mountains. A proposed rule to delist the vole was published on June 4, 2015 (80 FR 31875) based on a reevaluation of the subspecies’ status and updated genetic information.

Humpback chub Gila cypha Endangered Large (18 inches) minnow Coconino, < 4,000 ft Large, warm turbid rivers Species found in the Upper Colorado with flattened head, long Mohave especially canyon areas River basin in Utah and Colorado, and in fleshy snout, large fins, and with deep fast water. the Little Colorado and Colorado Rivers a very large hump between in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona. the head and the dorsal fin. Critical habitat designated in Arizona, Colorado, and Utah (59 FR 13374).

Jaguar Panthera onca Endangered Largest species of cat native Cochise, Pima, 1,600-9,000 ft Found in Sonoran A recovery team for the jaguar was to Southwest. Muscular, with Santa Cruz desertscrub up through formed in 2010, who completed a relatively short, massive subalpine conifer forest. recovery outline for the species in April, limbs, and a deep-chested 2012. The recovery team is currently body. Usually cinnamon-buff developing a full recovery plan for the in color with many black species based on the recovery outline. spots. Weights ranges from Approximately 764,207 acres of critical 90-300 lbs. habitat are designated within Cochise, Pima,and Santa Cruz counties in Arizona, and Hidalgo County in New Mexico (79 FR 12571).

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Jones cycladenia Cycladenia humilis Threatened A long lived perennial herb in Mohave 4,390-6,000 ft Mixed desert scrub, It is found on gypsiferous, saline soils of var. jonesii the dogbane family juniper, or wild buckwheat- the Cutler, Summerville, and Chinle (Apocynaceae) with pinkish- mormon tea. formations. rose flowers. Plants reach 4- 6 inches tall and have orbicular, wide-oval or elliptical leaves. Plants over winter as subterranean rhizomes (roots).

Kanab ambersnail Oxyloma haydeni Endangered Small <0.7 inch, light amber Coconino 2,900 ft Travertine seeps and Extremely geographically isolated. kanabensis color, sometimes grayish- springs in Three historical populations; two amber mottled; right handed National Park. remaining; one on private property in shell. Utah and one in Grand Canyon National Park; species affected by operations by Glen Canyon Dam. Associated with watercress, monkey flower, and other wetland vegetation.

Kearney's blue star Amsonia Endangered A herbaceous perennial Pima 3,600-6,000 ft Slopes and canyons in the Occurs in both open woodland on kearneyana about 2 feet tall in the Baboquivari Mountains. unconsolidated slopes of over 20 dogbane family degrees and canyon bottoms in full sun (Apocynaceae). Thickened to partial shade. Very restricted within woody root and many the Baboquivari Mountains. pubescent (hairy) stems that rarely branch. Flowers: white terminal inflorescence in April and May.

Lesser long-nosed Leptonycteris Endangered Elongated muzzle, small leaf Cochise, Gila, 1,600-7,500 ft Desert scrub habitat with Day roosts in caves and abandoned bat curasoae nose, and long tongue. Graham, agave and columnar cacti tunnels. Forages at night on nectar, yerbabuenae Yellowish brown or gray Greenlee, present as food plants. pollen, and fruit of paniculate agaves above and cinnamon brown Maricopa, Pima, and columnar cacti. This species is below. Tail minute and Pinal, Santa migratory and is present in Arizona appears to be lacking. Easily Cruz, Yuma usually from April to September and disturbed. south of the border the remainder of the

Little Colorado Lepidomeda vittata Threatened Small (<4 inches long) Apache, 4,000-8,000 ft Moderate to small streams; Critical habitat includes 18 miles of East spinedace silvery minnow. Coconino, Navajo found in pools and riffles Clear Creek, 8 miles of , with water flowing over fine and 5 miles of Nutrioso Creek (52 FR gravel and silt substrate. 35034).

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Loach minnow Tiaroga cobitis Endangered Small (<3 inches) slender, Apache, Cochise, < 8,000 ft Benthic species of small to Presently found in , Deer elongated fish, olive colored Gila, Graham, large perennial streams Creek, Turkey Creek, , with dirty white spots at the Greenlee, Navajo, with swift shallow water Campbell Blue Creek, Little Blue Creek, base of the dorsal and Pinal, Yavapai over cobble and gravel. San Francisco River, , North caudal fins. Breeding males Recurrent flooding and Fork of the East Fork , vivid red on mouth and base natural hydrograph Boneyard Creek, and and of fins. important. East Fork White River in Arizona, and Dry Blue Creek, Pace Creek, Frieborn Creek, the San Francisco River, Tularosa River, Negrito Creek, Whitewater Creek, the East, Middle, and West Forks of the Gila River, mainstem upper Gila River. Bear Creek and Mangas Creek in New Mexico.

Populations have been recently reintroduced in Hot Springs and Redfield canyons in Cochise and Graham counties; Fossil Creek in Gila County; and Bonita Creek in Graham County Arizona. Critical habitat has been designated in Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal, and Yavapai counties, Arizona, as well as in Catron, Grant, and Hidalgo counties in New Mexico (77 FR 10810).

Masked bobwhite Colinus virginianus Endangered Males have a brick-red Pima 1,000-4,000 ft Desert grasslands with Species is closely associated with Prairie ridgewayi breast and black head and diversity of dense native acacia (Acacia angustissima). Formerly throat. Females are grasses, forbs, and brush. occurred in Altar and Santa Cruz valleys, generally nondescript but as well as Sonora, Mexico. Presently resemble other races such only known from reintroduced as the Texas bobwhite. populations on Buenos Aires NWR.

Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis Threatened Medium sized with dark eyes Apache, Cochise, 4,100-9,000 ft Nests in canyons and Generally nest in older forests of mixed lucida and no ear tufts. Brownish Coconino, Gila, dense forests with multi- conifer or ponderosa pine/gambel oak and heavily spotted with Graham, layered foliage structure. type, in canyons, and use variety of white or beige. Greenlee, habitats for foraging. Sites with cool Maricopa, microclimates appear to be of Mohave, Navajo, importance or are preferred. Critical Pima, Pinal, habitat was finalized on August 31, 2004 Santa Cruz, (69 FR 53182) in Arizona in Apache, Yavapai Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai counties.

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Mexican wolf Canis lupus baileyi Endangered Large dog-like carnivore. Apache, Gila, 4,000-12,000 ft Chaparral, woodland, and In January 1998, Mexican wolves were Head and feet are large in Greenlee, Navajo forested areas. May cross reintroduced as an experimental, proportion to rest of body. desert areas. nonessential section 10(j) population Coat color varies with mix of under a program to re-establish the brown, rust, black, gray, and subspecies to a portion of its historical white. Distinct white lip line range (63 FR 1752). In February 2015, around mouth. Adults weigh the nonessential experimental population between 60-90 pounds. was revised to improve the effectiveness of the reintroduction project (80 FR 2512). Wolves are released within the experimental boundary into a designated area known as the “Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area” (MWEPA). Three different management zones are located within the MWEPA with Zone 1 and 2 identified as the areas where initial release and translocations will occur. Zone 3 is slated for dispersal/occupancy only (i.e., no releases or translocations). Mexican wolves found outside of the MWEPA boundary are considered endangered. Please visit our website http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexican wolf/RWL.cfm for a map of current/potential locations.

Mojave desert Gopherus agassizii Threatened Large herbivorous reptile Mohave < 4,000 ft Mojave desertscrub (north Habitat ranges from flatlands to bajadas. tortoise with domed shell and round and west of the Colorado Species still found throughout range, but stumpy hind legs. Most River) in basins and populations are fragmented and active during the spring bajadas. declining. when plants are most abundant. Some activity in late summer following monsoons. Remainder of year spent in burrows.

Mount Graham red Tamiasciurus Endangered Grayish-brown tree squirrel, Graham > 8,000 ft Montane conifer forests Distribution limited to higher elevation squirrel hudsonicus tinged rusty or yellowish from spruce-fir to mixed spruce-fir and old growth Douglas-fir grahamensis along back. Summer-dark conifer. forests in the Pinaleno Mountains. Diet lateral line separates the primarily conifer seeds. Critical habitat light-colored underparts from has been designated for this species (55 the grayer sides. Ears are FR 425). slightly tufted in the winter and the tail is bushy.

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Narrow-headed Thamnophis Threatened A small to medium-sized Apache, 2,300-8,000 ft Clear, rocky streams using Lacks striping on the dorsum and sides, Gartersnake rufipunctatus gartersnake with a maximum Coconino, Gila, predominantly pool and which distinguishes its appearance from total length of 44 in. The Graham, riffle habitat that includes other gartersnake species with which it base color is usually tan or Greenlee, Navajo, cobbles and boulders. could co-occur. Most likely surface grey-brown with conspicuous Yavapai active between March and November brown, black, or reddish when air temperatures range from 52- spots that become indistinct 89°F and water temperatures range from toward the tail. Its eyes are 54-72°F. Approximately 210,189 acres set high on elongated head, along 1,503 stream miles are being which narrows to the snout. proposed for critical habitat (78 FR Base color is usually tan or 41500). grey-brown (but may darken) with conspicuous brown, black, or reddish spots that become indistinct towards the tail. Scales are keeled.

Navajo sedge Carex specuicola Threatened Sedge family (Cyperaceae) Apache, 4,200-7,600 ft "Hanging gardens" in Designated critical habitat is on the grass-like, slender perennial Coconino, Navajo alcoves with springs, near Inscription House forb with triangular stems, associated with aeolian Ruins (50 FR 19370). Fifty-seven often growing in extensive, sandstone cliffs, with populations are currently known, with rhizomatous mats, with a limited development of soil over 40 in Arizona, and the remainder in persisten dried leaf base. (sandy to silty). Utah. Flowers inconspicuous, blooming in late June and July, with fruit set through September; but most reproduction is vegetative.

New Mexico Zapus hudsonius Endangered Small rodent with extremely Apache, Greenlee < 8,000 ft Nests in dry soils but also Since 2005, the New Mexico meadow meadow jumping luteus long tail and long hind feet. uses moist, streamside, jumping mouse is diminished to 12 mouse Pelage is coarse with a dense riparian/wetland populations in the White Mountains, broad dorsal band of brown vegetation. Arizona. Critical habitat is designated in or yellowish brown darkened Apache and Greenlee counties, Arizona with brownish black hairs; (81 FR 14263). Final critical habitat sides paler; under parts includes the riparian communities along white or sometimes suffused rivers and streams, springs and with yellowish color. Back of wetlands, canals and ditches as well as the forefeet and hind feet are the adjacent floodplain and upland areas grayish white; tail is sparsely extending approximately 100 m (300 ft) haired and distinctly bicolor outward from the water's edge (as (dark brown above and defined as bankfull stage of streams). yellowish white below). The head is small, narrow, and relatively high crowned. The nose is short and pointed. They are the only mammal with 18 teeth.

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New Mexico ridge- Crotalus willardi Threatened Small 12-24 inches, Cochise 5,000-6,600 ft Primarily canyon bottoms The subspecies has been documented nosed rattlesnake obscurus secretive grayish-brown with in pine-oak communities. in the Peloncillo Mountains in Arizona. a distinct ridge on the end of There are only three known records from the snout. The dorsal surface Arizona. Also occurs in Animas has obscure, irregularly Mountains of New Mexico and Sierra spaced white crossbars San Luis in Sonora/Chihuahua. edged with brown (not a bold pattern).

Nichol Turk's head Echinocactus Endangered Blue-green to yellowish- Pima, Pinal 2,400-4,100 ft Unshaded microsites in Distribution in Arizona limited to areas in cactus horizonthalonius green, columnar, 18 inches Sonoran desertscrub on Ironwood Forest National Monument and var. nicholii tall, 8 inches in diameter. dissected alluvial fans at adjacent tribal land. Additional Spine clusters have 5 radial the foot of limestone populations believed to occur in central and 3 central spines; one mountains and on inclined Mexico. curves downward and is terraces and saddles on short; 2 spines curve upward limestone mountain sides. and are red or pale gray. Flowers: pink; fruit: woolly white.

Northern aplomado Falco femoralis Endangered Rufus underparts, gray back, Currently 3,500-9,000 ft Grassland and savannahs. Non-essential experimental population falcon septentrionalis long banded tail, and a extirpated from designated in Arizona and New Mexico distinct black and white facial AZ with in 2006 (71 FR 42298). Species formerly pattern. Smaller than unconfirmed nested in southwestern U.S., now rarely peregrine falcon but larger sightings occurs. Good habitat has low ground than a kestrel. Breeds occasionally cover and mesquite or yucca for nesting between March and June. reported in platforms. Pesticide use in Mexico had Cochise County. endangered this species but DDT use is now banned there. Reintroductions are occurring in New Mexico and Texas. One confirmed sighting in AZ occurred in recent years.

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Northern Mexican Thamnophis eques Threatened Background color ranges Apache, Cochise, 130-8,497 ft Cienegas, stock tanks, Core population areas in Arizona include Gartersnake megalops from olive, olive-brown, to Coconino, Gila, large-river riparian mid/upper Verde River drainage, olive-gray. Body has three Graham, woodlands and forests, mid/lower Tonto Creek, and the San yellow or light colored stripes Greenlee, La Paz, streamside gallery forests. Rafael Valley and surrounding area. running down the length of Mohave, Navajo, Status on tribal lands unknown. Occurs the body, darker towards tail. Pima, Pinal, in Grant and Catron Counties in New Species distinguished from Santa Cruz, Mexico. Distributed south into Mexico other native gartersnakes by Yavapai along the and the lateral stripes reaching Mexican Plateau. Strongly associated the 3rd and 4th scale rows. with the presence of a native prey base Paired black spots extend including leopard frogs and native fish. along dorsolateral fields. Approximately 421,423 acres, including 912 stream miles are being proposed as critical habitat (78 FR 41500). The proposal includes a special regulation (4d Rule) exempting operation and maintenance of livestock tanks on State, private, and tribal lands.

Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Endangered Medium-sized spotted cat Cochise,Gila, < 9,850 ft Variable, including thorn Little is known about ocelot habitat use in that is yellowish with black Graham, Pima, scrub, semi-arid woodland, Arizona; however, ocelots are typically streaks and stripes running Pinal, Santa Cruz tropical deciduous and associated with areas of dense cover. from front to back. Tail is semi-deciduous forest, Five ocelots have been documented in: spotted and about 1/2 the subtropical forest, lowland Gila (one), Cochise (three), and Pima length of head and body. rainforest, palm savanna, (one) counties since 2009. Face is less heavily streaked and seasonally flooded than the back and sides. savanna woodland. In Arizona, most recent (since 2009) detections have occurred in Madrean evergreen woodland, semi- desert grassland, and Great Plains grassland.

Peebles Navajo Pediocactus Endangered Very small globose 1 inch tall Navajo 5,400-5,600 ft Gravely soils of the Extremely limited geographic range. cactus peeblesianus var. and about 0.75 inch in Difficult to grow in cultivation. peeblesianus diameter. The 4 (3-5) radial of the Chinle Formation. spines are arranged in a twisted cross and central spines are absent. Flowers are yellow-green, 1 inch in diameter, and appear in spring.

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Pima pineapple Coryphantha Endangered Hemispherical stems 4-7 Pima, Santa Cruz 2,300-5,000 ft Sonoran desertscrub or Occurs in alluvial valleys or on hillsides cactus scheeri var. inches tall 3-4 inches semi-desert grassland in rocky to sandy or silty soils. This robustispina diameter. Central spine 1 communities. species can be confused with juvenile inch long straw colored barrel cactus (Ferocactus). However, the hooked surrounded by 6-15 spines of the later are flattened, in radial spines. Flowers: contrast with the round cross-section of yellow, salmon, or rarely the Coryphanta spines. About 80-90% of white narrow floral tube. individuals occur on state or private land.

Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus Endangered Large, up to 3 feet long and Coconino, Gila, < 6,000 ft Riverine and lacustrine Big River fish also found in Horseshoe up to 6 lbs, high sharp-edged Graham, areas, generally not in fast reservoir (Maricopa County). Critical keel-like hump behind the Greenlee, La Paz, moving water and may use habitat includes the 100-year floodplain head. Head flattened on top. Maricopa, backwaters. of the river through the Grand Canyon Olive-brown above to Mohave, Pinal, from confluence with to yellowish below. Yavapai, Yuma Hoover Dam; Hoover Dam to Davis Dam; Parker Dam to Imperial Dam. Also Gila River from Arizona/New Mexico border to Coolidge Dam; and from Hwy 60/SR77 Bridge to Roosevelt Dam; Verde River from FS boundary to Horseshoe Lake (59 FR 13374).

Roundtail chub Gila robusta Proposed Member of the minnow Apache, 1,000-7,500 ft Cool to warm waters of Historical range of roundtail chub Threatened family Cyprinidae and Coconino, Gila, rivers and streams, included both the upper and lower characterized by streamlined Graham, often occupy the deepest Colorado River basins. A 2009 status body shape. Color usually Greenlee, La Paz, pools and eddies of large review determined that the lower olive gray with silvery sides Maricopa, streams. Colorado River basin roundtail chub and a white belly. Breeding Mohave, Navajo, population segment (Arizona and New males develop red or orange Pinal, Yavapai Mexico) qualifies as a distinct vertebrate coloration on the lower half population segment (DPS). Populations of the cheeks and on the in the Little Colorado, Bill Williams, and bases of paired fins. Gila River basins are considered Individuals may reach 49.0 candidate species. cm (19.3 in) but usually average 25-30 cm (9.8 - 11.8 inches).

San Bernardino Pyrgulopsis Threatened Aquatic snail of family Cochise 3,806 ft Springs with firm substrate Distribution limited to Goat Tank Spring springsnail bernardina Hydrobiidae. Narrow-conic composed of cobble, and Horse Spring. Critical habitat is shell; height 1.3-1.7 mm; gravel, woody debris, and designated on 2.013 acres (77 FR 3.25-4.0 whorls. aquatic vegetation. 23060).

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San Francisco franciscana Threatened Member of sunflower family, Coconino > 10,900 ft Found above spruce-fir and pine forests Peaks groundsel dwarf alpine species 1.2-4 on talus slopes. Designated critical inches tall. Leaves deeply habitat is (48 FR lobed. Flowers: 0.5 inch 52743). diameter 1-6 yellow-gold flowers.

Sentry milk-vetch Astragalus Endangered Usually less than 1 inch high Coconino > 4,000 ft Grows on a white layer of Populations occur on the South Rim of cremnophylax var. and forms a mat 1-10 inches Kaibab limestone, with little Grand Canyon. Populations may occur cremnophylax in diameter. Flowers: pale or no soil, in an unshaded on the North Rim. purple April to May. opening within a pinyon- juniper-cliffrose plant community.

Siler pincushion Pediocactus sileri Threatened Small solitary or clustered Coconino,Mohave 2,800-5,400 ft Desertscrub transitional Grows on gypsiferous clay and sandy cactus cactus globose shaped areas of Navajo, sagebrush soils of Moenkopi formation. about 5 inches tall and 3-4 and Mohave Deserts. inches in diameter. Flowers: yellow with maroon veins.

Sonora chub Gila ditaenia Threatened Minnow (<5 inches long) Santa Cruz 3,900 ft Perennial and intermittent, Critical habitat includes Sycamore Creek moderately chubby, dark- small to moderate sized (Santa Cruz County) and a 15 meter colored fish with two streams with boulders and buffer from the U.S.- Mexico border to prominent black lateral cliffs. approximately 8 km upstream; Yank bands on the sides and a Spring; lowermost 2 km of Penasco dark oval spot at the base of Creek; and lowermost 0.4 km of an the tail. Breeding males have unnamed Sycamore Creek tributary (51 red lower fins and a orange FR 16042). Species extends into Mexico belly. (Altar and Magdalena rivers).

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Sonoran pronghorn Antilocapra Endangered Upperparts tan; underparts, Maricopa, Pima, < 656 ft (200 m) Broad intermountain The Sonoran pronghorn population listed americana rump, and two bands across Yuma alluvial valleys with as endangered occurs in Maricopa, sonoriensis the neck are white. Male has creosote-bursage and palo Pima, and Yuma counties. In 2013, a two black cheek pouches. verde-mixed cacti nonessential experimental (or 10(j)) Hoofed with slightly curved associations. population was established on Kofa black horns having a single National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma prong. Smallest and palest County. This population has since of the pronghorn subspecies. expanded beyond the NWR in Yuma County and also into Maricopa County. The boundaries of the 10(j) Nonessential Experimental Population area includes portions of Maricopa, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma counties. Typically, bajadas are used as fawning areas and sandy dune areas provide food seasonally. Cacti (chain-fruit cholla) appears to make up substantial part of diet. This subspecies also occurs in Mexico.

Sonoran tiger Ambystoma Endangered Large, light-colored blotches Cochise, Santa 4,000-6,300 ft Stock tanks and Populations occur within the headwaters salamander mavortium stebbinsi or reticulations on a dark Cruz impounded cienegas; of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers. background. rodent burrows, rotted logs, These include San Rafael Valley and in Metamorphosed individuals and other moist cover sites. the foothills of the east slope of the are 1.8 to 5.9 inches in snout- Patagonia and and vent length. Aquatic larvae Fort Huachuca. are uniform dark colored with plume-like gills and developed tail fins.

Southwestern Empidonax traillii Endangered Small passerine (about 6 Apache, Cochise, < 8,500 ft Cottonwood/willow and Riparian-obligate bird that migrates and willow flycatcher extimus inches) grayish-green back Coconino, Gila, tamarisk vegetation nests from late April-Sept along river and and wings, whitish throat, Graham, communities along rivers streams. A revised critical habitat light olive-gray breast and Greenlee, La Paz, and streams. designation was finalized on January 3, pale yellowish belly. Two Maricopa, 2013, for areas in Apache, Cochise, Gila, wingbars visible. Eye-ring Mohave, Navajo, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, faint or absent. Pima, Pinal, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz, Yavapai counties (78 FR 344). Training Yavapai, Yuma seminar/permits (state and federal) necessary for those conducting call playback surveys.

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Spikedace Meda fulgida Endangered Small (<3 inches) slim fish Cochise, Gila, < 6,000 ft Medium to large perennial Presently found in Aravaipa Creek, with silvery sides and "spine" Graham, streams with moderate to Eagle Creek, and the Verde River in on dorsal fin. Breeding males Greenlee, Pinal, swift velocity waters over Arizona, and the Gila River, the East, are a brassy golden color. Yavapai cobble and gravel Middle, and West Forks of the Gila River, substrate. Recurrent and Mangas Creek in New Mexico. flooding and natural hydrograph important to Populations have been recently withstand invading exotic introduced into Hot Springs and Redfield species. canyons in Cochise and Graham counties; Fossil Creek in Gila County; Bonita Creek in Graham County; the Blue River in Greenlee County, and in the San Francisco River in Catron County, New Mexico. Critical habitat (77 FR 10810) has been designated in Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal, and Yavapai counties in Arizona, and in Catron, Grant, and Hidalgo counties in New Mexico.

Three Forks Pyrgulopsis trivialis Endangered Minute hydrobiid snail; shell Apache 8,000-8,500 ft Rheocrene springs, seeps, Distribution limited to Boneyard Creek springsnail ovate to narrowly conic; marshes, spring pools, and Boneyard Bog Spring complexes in height 0.05 -0.17 inches; outflows and diverse lotic the North Fork of the East Fork Black whorls 2.5-5.0 waters. River watershed. Critical habitat is designated for 17.2 acres (77 FR 23060).

Virgin River chub Gila seminuda Endangered Slender, silvery minnow (8- Mohave < 4,500 ft Deep swift waters but not Critical habitat designated in the 100- 18 inches) with small turbulent, occurs over sand year floodplain of the (65 FR embedded scales giving a and gravel substrates in 4140). Presently found in the Moapa smooth appearance to the water less than 86 degrees River and mainstem Virgin River. body. F. Tolerant of high salinity Species also occurs in Washington and turbidity. County, UT and Clark County, NV.

Welsh's milkweed Asclepias welshii Threatened Milkweed family Apache, 4,700-6,200 ft Open, sparsely vegetated Small populations known from: Comb (Asclepiadaceae) Coconino, Navajo semi-stabilized sand dunes Ridge (south of ); herbaceous perennial, 10- and on lee slopes of northwest of Tuba City; Thousand 40 inches tall with large, actively drifting sand dunes. Pockets (west of Page); and Coyote leathery oval leaves and Buttes/Sand Cove (west of the Paria- extensive rhizomatous root Vermillion cliffs Wilderness Area on the system. Flowers: cream Utah/Arizona border). Designated critical colored, rose tinged in habitat is in Utah (52 FR 41435). center, blooming in May, fruiting in July with seed dispersal through September. Juvenile form has long, linear leaves, and is easily overlooked or misidentified.

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Woundfin Plagopterus Endangered Small (4 inches) silver Maricopa, Mohave < 4,500 ft Inhabits shallow, warm, Native population only in Virgin River. argentissimus minnow with fairly large fins turbid, fast-flowing water. Designated critical habitat includes the and a sharp dorsal fin spine. Tolerates high salinity. Virgin River and its 100-year floodplain (65 FR 4140). Experimental non- essential populations (50 FR 30188) designated in portions of the Verde, Gila, San Francisco, and Hassayampa rivers and Tonto Creek. Species also occurs in Washington County, UT and Clark County, NV.

Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei Threatened Similar to channel catfish Cochise 4,000-5,000 ft Moderate to large streams Critical habitat includes all aquatic (Ictalurus punctatus) except with slow current over sand habitats on San Bernadino National anal fin base is shorter and and rock bottoms. Wildlife Refuge (49 FR 34490). the distal margin of the anal fin is broadly rounded with 23-25 soft rays. Body usually profusely speckled.

Yaqui chub Gila purpurea Endangered Medium sized minnow (< 6 Cochise 4,000-6,000 ft Deep pools of small Introduced populations exist in Leslie inches) dark colored, lighter streams near undercut Canyon, in San Bernardino National below. Dark triangular caudal banks and debris; pools Wildlife Refuge, ponds and mainstem of spot. associated with West Turkey Creek in the springheads, and artificial Mountains, and ponds in Leslie Creek. ponds. Critical habitat includes all aquatic habitats on San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge (49 FR 34490).

Yaqui topminnow Poeciliopsis Endangered Small (2 inches) guppy-like, Cochise < 4,500 ft Small to moderate sized Natural and introduced populations occidentalis live bearing fish (lacking dark streams, springs, and occur on San Bernardino National sonoriensis spots on fins). Breeding cienegas. Generally found Wildlife Refuge and an introduced males are jet black with in shallow areas with population is found in Leslie Canyon. yellow fins. aquatic vegetations or Populations also exist in Mexico debris. Tolerates relatively throughout the Yaqui basin. high water temperature and low dissolved oxygen.

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Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus Threatened Medium-sized bird with a Apache, Cochise, < 6,500 ft Large blocks of riparian Neotropical migrant that winters in South americanus slender, long-tailed profile, Coconino, Gila, woodlands (cottonwood, America and breeds in the U.S. (also in slightly down-curved bill that Graham, willow, or tamarisk southern Canada and northern Mexico). is blue-black with yellow on Greenlee, La Paz, galleries). As a migrant it is rarely detected; can the lower half. Plumage is Maricopa, occur outside of riparian areas. Cuckoos grayish-brown above and Mohave, Navajo, are found nesting statewide, mostly white below, with rufous Pima, Pinal, below 5,000 ft in central, western, and primary flight feathers. Santa Cruz, southeastern Arizona. Concern for Yavapai, Yuma cuckoos are primarily focused upon alterations to its nesting and foraging habitat. Nesting cuckoos are associated with relatively dense, wooded, streamside riparian habitat, with varying combinations of Fremont cottonwood, willow, velvet ash, Arizona walnut, mesquite, and tamarisk. Some cuckoos have also been detected nesting in velvet mesquite, netleaf hackberry, Arizona sycamore, Arizona alder, and some exotic neighborhood shade trees. Critical habitat is proposed for 245,000 acres in Arizona (79 FR 48547).

Yuma clapper rail Rallus longirostris Endangered Water bird with long legs and Gila, La Paz, < 4,500 ft Fresh water and brackish Species is associated with dense yumanensis short tail. Long, slender Maricopa, marshes. emergent riparian vegetation. Requires decurved bill. Mottled brown Mohave, Pinal, wet substrate (mudflat, sandbar) with or gray on its rump. Flanks Yuma dense herbaceous or woody vegetation and undersides are dark for nesting and foraging. Channelization gray with narrow vertical and marsh destruction are primary stripes producing a barring sources of habitat loss. effect.

Zuni () Threatened Sunflower family Apache 7,000-8,300 ft Hillsides of fine to medium Fifteen sites on the slopes of the Chuska fleabane () herbaceous textured selenium-rich red Mountains on the Navajo Nation, mainly perennial, with creeping or gray detrital clay soils in Arizona (with few sites nearby in New rhizomes that grow in derived from the Owl Rock Mexico). In New Mexico, most other sites clusters of numerous erect and Rock Point (Church (ca. 30) are in the Sawtooth Mountains unbranched stems up to 2 Rock) members of the and northwestern part of the Datil feet tall. Flower heads Chinle Formation (Arizona) Mountains in Catron County with two solitary, ray flowers white or and Baca Formation sites on the northwest side of the Zuni pale blue; disk flowers (Catron County, New Mountains in McKinley County. yellow. Blooms late May Mexico). through June.

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Zuni bluehead Catostomus Endangered Fusiform, slender, with a Apache > 6,000 ft Small streams in low- Found in Kinlichee Creek on the Navajo sucker discorbolus yarrowi terminal mouth. Bluish head, velocity, moderate deep Nation in Arizona and in the in silvery tan to dark green pools, and pool-runs with New Mexico on lands of the Zuni Pueblo, above, silvery to yellowish or seasonal dense algae. Forest Service, State of New Mexico, dirty-white below. Sexually Young prefer quieter and private lands. Critical habitat is mature bluehead suckers shallow areas near proposed for 228.4 km (141.9 mi) of range between 3.5 to 8 shoreline. streams in Apache County, Arizona and inches in length. Cibola, McKinley, and San Juan counties, New Mexico (80 FR 19941). Conservation actions for the subspecies are included in the Zuni Bluehead Sucker Recovery Plan (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish) and the Arizona Statewide Conservation Program for Six Native Fish (Arizona Game and Fish Department).

Arizona treefrog Hyla wrightorum Candidate Small (1.8 inches in length) Cochise, Santa 5,000-8,500 ft Madrean oak woodlands, Known from less than 20 localities in the (Huachuca/Canelo green frog; dark eye stripe Cruz savannah, pine-oak Huachuca Mountains and adjacent DPS) extends past shoulder onto woodlands, and mixed . Believed this population is the sides of the body, may conifer forests. geographically disjunct from the other break into spots or dashes known locality in the wetlands at Rancho past shoulder, throat on Los Fresnos, Sonora, Mexico. males dusky green or tan; larger tadpoles golden brown above and below with mottled black tails.

Huachuca Pyrgulopsis Candidate Very small (.06-.12 inches) Cochise, Santa 4,500-7,200 ft Aquatic areas, small Individuals found on firm substances springsnail thompsoni conical shell. Identification Cruz springs with vegetation and (roots, wood, and rocks). Other must be verified by slow to moderate flow. populations found on Fort Huachuca. characteristics of reproductive organs.

Relict leopard frog Lithobates (Rana) Candidate Medium-sized brownish grey Mohave < 1,968 ft Permanent streams, Considered extinct in the wild in 1950 but onca frog in the family Ranidae. springs, and spring-fed rediscovered in 1991. A few scattered wetlands with open individuals observed at Willow Beach shorelines and available fish hatchery in Arizona. Small, isolated pools. populations may also occur in NRA and in springs below Hoover Dam in Nevada.

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Sonoyta mud turtle Kinosternon Candidate Aquatic; dark, medium-sized; Pima 1,100 ft Ponds and streams. Found only in Quitobaquito Springs in sonoriense shell up to 7 inches long; Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, longifemorale head, neck, and limbs Arizona. Species also occurs in Rio mottled; carapace is olive Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico. brown to dark brown; plastron hinged; long barbels on chin, webbed feet.

Stephan's riffle Heterelmis stephani Candidate Small aquatic beetle, Santa Cruz 5,100-6,600 ft Free-flowing springs and Current distribution is limited to Sylvester beetle typically less than 0.11 seeps, commonly referred Spring. Historically known from Bog inches in total length. to as rheocrenes. Springs, the type locality. Both springs located in Madera Canyon on the .

Arizona bugbane Cimicifuga arizonica Conservation Herbaceous perennial plant Coconino, Gila 5,300-8,300 ft Areas of deep shade and Occurs within mixed conifer and high Agreement in the buttercup family, grows moist, loamy soils with high elevation riparian deciduous forests near 6-7 feet tall. Small, white humus content, and high perennial or intermittent streams or petal-less flowers appear humidity; typically along the seeps. All known populations are found between July-August. Fruit is bottoms and lower slopes in the Coconino, Kaibab, and Tonto a follicle that splits open on of steep narrow canyons. National Forests. A Conservation one side as it dries. Agreement was signed in June 1999.

Arizona willow Salix arizonica Conservation Woody, perennial shrub Apache > 8,000 ft Unshaded or partially Known in the vicinity of , on Agreement reaching up to 8.5 feet tall; shaded wet meadows, the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, grows as a prostrate mat to streamsides and cienegas; and private land. Conservation large hedge or thicket plant; typically found in or agreement between the Service, Forest has small, egg-shaped adjacent to perennial water. Service, and National Park Service leaves; new branches are finalized in April 1995. yellow-green, previous years branches are bright red.

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Flat-tailed horned Phrynosoma mcallii Conservation Round flattened body shape Yuma Commonly < Primarily found in creosote- Sympatric with desert horned lizard lizard Agreement distinguished from other 750 ft white bursage series of (Phrynosonoma platyrhinos) in species in its genus by dark Scrub in Arizona.More than 95% of its diet is vertebral strip; lack of association with sandy flats composed of ants, with species of external ear openings; long, and valleys. harvester ants (genera Messor and broad and flattened tail; and Pogonomyrmex) predominating. compariatively long spines Proposed for listing as a threatened on the head. Adult body species under the Endangered Species length 2.4 - 3.1 inches Act on November 23, 1993 (58 FR excluding the tail. Cryptic in 62624). We withdrew our proposed rule color, ranging from pale gray for the fourth time on March 15, 2011 (76 to light rust brown dorsally, FR 14210). Protected under a and white or cream Conservation Agreement since 1997 that (unspotted) ventrally with a is implemented by state and federal prominent umbilical scar. agencies through the "Flat-tailed horned lizard Rangewide Management Strategy".

Gooddings onion Conservation Herbaceous perennial plant; Apache, 7,500-11,250 ft Shaded sites on north- Known from the White, Santa Catalina, Agreement broad, flat, rather blunt Greenlee, Pima trending drainages, on and . Also found in leaves; flowering stalk 14-18 slopes, or in narrow New Mexico on the Lincoln and Gila inches tall, flattened, and canyons, within mixed National Forests. A Conservation narrowly winged toward conifer and spruce fir Agreement between the Service and the apex; fruit is broader than forests. Forest Service signed in February 1998. long; seeds are short and thick.

Paradine (Kaibab) Pediocactus Conservation Small, globose cactus Coconino 4,500-7,000 ft May be restricted to Kaibab Occurs exclusively on eastern slopes of plains cactus paradinei Agreement (usually < 1.5 inches tall limestone soils in Kaibab Plateau and on small portions of above ground and half of transitional areas between House Rock and Coyote valleys. A stem underground); can woodland and sagebrush Candidate Conservation Agreement reach 2.5-3.0 inches in communities. between the Service, Kaibab National diameter; long, flexible, and Forest, and the Bureau of Land hair like spines, 4-6 per Management was amended and revised aereole; flowers are cream to in September 2015. pale yellow with pink midrib.

San Xavier Sonorella eremita Conservation Land snail, less than one Pima 3,850-3,920 ft Inhabits a deep, northwest- Restricted to 50 by 100 foot area of land talussnail Agreement inch in diameter (about .75 facing limestone rockslide. privately owned in southeastern Arizona. inches); round shell with 4.5 A Conservation Agreement was finalized whorls; white to pinkish tint in 1995 and renewed in May 2008. and chestnut-brown shoulder band.

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Virgin spinedace Lepidomeda Conservation Small fish (2 to 5 inches in Mohave < 4,500 ft Found in small streams, Found in several tributaries of the Virgin mollispinis Agreement length), broad and flattened prefer cool, clear tributaries River. Species also occurs in mollispinis silvery body with brassy and inflow areas at large Washington County, UT and Clark sheen; rounded head and streams. County, NV. A Conservation Agreement belly; large terminal mouth between the Service, Utah Division of with two large spines at front Wildlife Resources, Washington County of dorsal fin; sooty speckles Water Conservancy District, and others on dorsal half and dark finalized in 1995. blotches on sides.

Wet Canyon Sonorella Conservation Very small (<1 inch in Graham 6,050-6,900 ft Talus slopes in heavily Talus must be deep and largely free of talussnail macrophallus Agreement diameter) land snail; globose vegetated area of Wet excess sedimentation with stable shell light with 4.5 whorls. Canyon (Pinaleno moisture conditions. This species cannot Brown stripe encircles Mountains). be distinguished from other Sonorella outside perimeter of shell. species without dissection.

American peregrine Falco pereginus Delisted A crow-sized falcon with Apache, Cochise, 3,500-9,000 ft Areas with rocky, steep Species recovered with over 1,650 falcon anatum slate blue-gray on the back Coconino, Gila, cliffs, primarily near water, breeding birds in the US and Canada. and wings, and white on the Graham, where prey (primarily underside; a black head with Greenlee, La Paz, shorebirds, songbirds, and vertical “bandit’s mask” Maricopa, waterfowl) concentrations pattern over the eyes; long Mohave, Navajo, are high. Nests are found pointed wings; and a long Pima, Pinal, on ledges of cliffs, and wailing call made during Santa Cruz, sometimes on man-made breeding. Very adept flyers Yavapai, Yuma structures such as office and hunters, reaching diving towers and bridge speeds of 200 mph. abutments.

Arizona agave Agave arizonica Delisted Member of the agave family. Gila, Maricopa, 3,600-5,800 ft Occurs on open slopes in Arizona agave is a hybrid produced by a Has rosettes of bright green Yavapai chaparral or juniper crossing of two other common agave leaves, 17-24cm long and 2- grasslands. Prefers species (A. chrysantha x A. toumeyana 4cm wide, broadest in the shallow, cobbled, and ssp. toumeyana). middle. Flowers are small, gravelly soils on steep pale yellow, and jar shaped. slopes.

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Bald eagle Haliaeetus Delisted Large, adults have white Apache, Varies Large trees or cliffs near Nationwide and throughout the State of leucocephalus head and tail. Height 28 to Coconino, Gila, water (reservoirs, rivers, Arizona, the bald eagle is currently not 38 inches; wingspan 66 to 96 Graham, La Paz, and streams) with listed under the Endangered Species inches. Juveniles and Maricopa, abundant prey. Act. On September 30, 2010, the U.S. subadults are dark brown Mohave, Pinal, District Court dissolved an injunction that with varying degrees of white and Yavapai led to the bald eagle in the Sonoran mottling on chest, wings, and Desert Area of central Arizona being head. placed on the Endangered Species list in 2008. This determination is presently (January 2011) under judicial consideration. Bald eagles are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act) and other Federal and state statutes. The word “disturb” under the Eagle Act was recently clarified, as well as the implementation of new regulations requiring permits to incidentally “take” eagles. Retrieve more information on management and life history at http://SWBEMC.org.

Cactus ferruginous Glaucidium Delisted; Small reddish-brown owl with Pima, Pinal < 4,000 ft Areas of desert woodlands Not recognized as a protected taxonomic pygmy-owl brasilianum petitioned for a cream-colored belly with tall canopy cover. entity under the Act, but protected from cactorum relisting streaked with reddish- Primarily found in Sonoran direct take of individuals and nests/eggs brown. Males average 2.2 desert scrub and under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A oz and females average 2.6 occasionally in riparian 2006 petition for relisting under the Act is oz. Length is approximately drainages and woodlands currently being evaluated. Due to low 6.5 in., including a relatively within semi-desert population numbers, captive breeding long tail. Lacks ear tufts, and grassland communities. research was initiated in 2006 with some has paired black spots on Prefers to nest in cavities in success. the back of the head. saguaro cacti but has been found in low-density suburban developments that include natural open spaces.

California brown Pelecanus Delisted Large, dark gray-brown Gila, La Paz, Varies Coastal land and islands; Considered an uncommon transient in pelican occidentalis water bird with webbed feet, Maricopa, species found occasionally Arizona. Most observations recorded californicus pouch underneath its long Mohave, Pinal, around Arizona's lakes and along the Colorado River and in the Gila bill, and wingspan of 7 ft. Yuma rivers. Valley. Individuals known to wander up Adults have a white head from Mexico in summer and fall. No and neck, brownish black breeding has been documented in breast, and silver gray upper Arizona. Delisted on November 17, 2009 parts. (74 FR 59444).

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