N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-4.13 - List of endangered species

(a) Pursuant to the statutory definition of endangered species at N.J.S.A. 23:2A-3, the Department has established and assigned two levels of conservation status for species listed within this section: "endangered" and "threatened."

(b) Each species listed below has been assigned its appropriate conservation status of "E" for "endangered" or "T" for "threatened":

Common Name	Scientific Name	Conservation Status
BIVALVES
Brook Floater	Alasmidonta varicosa	E
Dwarf Wedgemussel	Alasmidonta heterodon	E
Eastern Lampmussel	Lampsilis radiata	T
Eastern Pondmussel	Ligumia nasuta	T
Green Floater	Lasmigona subviridis	E
Tidewater Mucket	Leptodea ochracea	T
Triangle Floater	Alasmidonta undulata	T
Yellow Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa	T
INSECTS
Acadian Hairstreak	Satyrium acadica	E
American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	E
Appalachian Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus centaureae wyandot	E
Banner Clubtail	Hylogomphus apomyius	T
Bronze Copper	Tharsalea hyllus	E
Brook Snaketail	Ophiogomphus aspersus	T
Checkered White	Pontia protodice	T
Common Roadside-Skipper	Amblyscirtes vialis	T
Dotted Skipper	Hesperia a. attalus	T
Eastern Arogos Skipper	Atrytone a. arogos	E
Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle	Habroscelimorpha d. dorsalis	E
Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus	T
Georgia Satyr	Neonympha areolatus	T
Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	T
Gray Petaltail	Tachopteryx thoreyi	E
Harpoon Clubtail	Phanogomphus descriptus	T
Hoary Elfin	Callophrys polios	T
Kennedy's Emerald	Somatochlora kennedyi	T
Leonard's Skipper	Hesperia leonardus	T
Mitchell's Satyr	Neonympha m. mitchellii	E
Myrina Fritillary	Boloria m. myrina	E
Northern Metalmark	Calephelis borealis	E
Pepper and Salt Skipper	Amblyscirtes hegon	T
Robust Baskettail	Epitheca spinosa	T
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee	Bombus affinis	E
Superb Jewelwing	Calopteryx amata	T
Two-spotted Skipper	Euphyes bimacula	T
FISH
Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	E
Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	E
Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	E
Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	E
Slimy Sculpin	Cottus cognatus	T
AMPHIBIANS
Blue-spotted Salamander	Ambystoma laterale	E
Cope's Gray Treefrog	Dryophytes chrysoscelis	T
Eastern Long-tailed Salamander	Eurycea l. longicauda	T
Eastern Mud Salamander	Pseudotriton m. montanus	T
Eastern Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	E
Pine Barrens Treefrog	Dryophytes andersonii	T
REPTILES
Bog Turtle	Glyptemys muhlenbergii	E
Eastern Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix	T
Green Sea Turtle	Chelonia mydas	E
Hawksbill Sea Turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	E
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle	Lepidochelys kempii	E
Leatherback Sea Turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	E
Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Caretta caretta	E
Northern Pinesnake	Pituophis m. melanoleucus	T
Northern Scarletsnake	Cemophora coccinea copei	T
Queensnake	Regina septemvittata	E
Red Cornsnake	Pantherophis guttatus	E
Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	E
Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	T

		Conservation Status-
BIRDS		Breeding	Non-breeding
American Bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus	E	(SC)
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	T	T
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	T	(SC)
Barred Owl	Strix varia	T	T
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	T	(SC)
Black Rail	Laterallus jamaicensis	E	E
Black Skimmer	Rynchops niger	E	E
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	T	(SC)
Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna	T	(SC)
Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera	E	E
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	T	(SC)
Henslow's Sparrow	Centronyx henslowii	E	E
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris	T	(SC)
Kentucky Warbler	Geothlypis formosa	T	(SC)
King Rail	Rallus elegans	E	(U)
Least Tern	Sternula antillarum	E	E
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	-	E
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	T	T
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	E	(S)
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius	E	(SC)
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	T	(S)
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps	E	(SC)
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	E	E
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	-	E
Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	T	(SC)
Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus	E	(SC)
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	E	E
Saltmarsh Sparrow	Ammospiza caudacuta	T	(SC)
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis	T	(S)
Sedge Wren	Cistothorus stellaris	E	E
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	E	(SC)
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	E	E
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus	E	(SC)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Nyctanassa violacea		(SC)

MAMMALS		Conservation Status*
Allegheny Woodrat	Neotoma magister	E
Blue Whale	Balaenoptera musculus	E
Bobcat	Lynx rufus	T
Eastern Small-footed Myotis	Myotis leibii	E
Fin Whale	Balaenoptera physalus	E
Humpback Whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	E
Indiana Myotis	Myotis sodalis	E
Little Brown Myotis	Myotis lucifugus	E
North Atlantic Right Whale	Eubalaena glacialis	E
Northern Myotis	Myotis septentrionalis	E
Sei Whale	Balaenoptera borealis	E
Sperm Whale	Physeter macrocephalus	E
Tricolored Bat	Perimyotis subflavus	E

*E means "Endangered," S means "Secure-stable," SC means "Special concern," T means "Threatened," and U means "Undetermined-unknown."

These terms are defined at N.J.A.C. 7:25-4.1.

(c) Any species indigenous to the State that is Federally listed as Endangered or Threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq. (ESA), and that is not also listed at (b) above shall be added by the Department to the list at (b) above by notice of administrative change, published in the New Jersey Register, and shall be assigned a State conservation status equivalent to the Federal status assigned pursuant to the ESA. For species added to the list at (b) above in accordance with the foregoing with a conservation status of T, the Department may, through a rulemaking in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., assign a status of E as determined by its investigations of the status of the species in the State.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-4.13

R.1974 d.348, effective 12/19/1974.
See: 7 N.J.R. 6(c).
Amended by R.1975 d.164, effective 6/13/1975.
See: 7 N.J.R. 146(b), 7 N.J.R. 311(a).
Amended by R.1979 d.128, effective 3/29/1979.
See: 11 N.J.R. 10(a), 11 N.J.R. 229(a).
Amended by R.1983 d.638, effective 1/17/1984.
See: 15 N.J.R. 1623(a), 16 N.J.R. 131(b).
(b): Indiana bat delisted; (b)9 and 14 through 23 added.
Amended by R.1984 d.132, effective 4/16/1984.
See: 16 N.J.R. 97(b), 16 N.J.R. 889(a).
Section recodified from N.J.A.C. 7:25-11-1.
Amended by R.1985 d.215, effective 5/6/1985.
See: 17 N.J.R. 350(a), 17 N.J.R. 1091(a).
Deleted (b)12; renumbered 13.-35. as 12.-34.
Amended by R.1987 d.308, effective 7/20/1987.
See: 19 N.J.R. 491(a), 19 N.J.R. 1293(a).
New (b)19; old 19.-34. renumbered 20.-35.
Amended by R.1991 d.277, effective 6/3/1991.
See: 22 N.J.R. 1308(a), 23 N.J.R. 1788(a).
Added new 14 in (b); redesignated existing 14 through 16 as 15 through 17. Deleted existing 17--"Cliff Swallow." Added 36 through 41.
Amended by R.1999 d.235, effective 7/19/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 580(a), 31 N.J.R. 1923(b).
In (b), rewrote 12 and added 42.
Amended by R.2002 d.92, effective 3/18/2002.
See: 33 N.J.R. 2380(a), 34 N.J.R. 1265(b).
In (b), rewrote "Wedgemussel" in 41, and added 43 through 47.
Amended by R.2003 d.156, effective 4/21/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2405(a), 35 N.J.R. 1669(a).
In (b), deleted former 2 and recodified former 3 and 4 as 2 and 3, deleted former 5 and recodified former 6 through 45 as 4 through 43, added a new 44, and recodified former 46 and 47 as 45 and 46.
Amended by R.2012 d.037, effective 2/21/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 87(a), 44 N.J.R. 451(a).
In (a), substituted "N.J.S.A. 23:2A-4" for "Section N.J.S.A. 23:2A-4 of the revised statutes"; rewrote (b)5, (b)8, (b)17, (b)18, (b)22, (b)28, (b)33 and (b)44; in (b)9, (b)10, (b)11, (b)13, (b)14 and (b)19, inserted "(Breeding population)"; and added (b)47 through (b)51. Amended by 57 N.J.R. 19(b), effective 1/6/2025