Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 670.5 : Natural Resources — Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game — General Regulations — Miscellaneous — Animals of California Declared To Be Endangered or Threatened

The following species and subspecies are hereby declared to be endangered or threatened, as indicated:

(a) Endangered:
(1) Crustaceans:
(A) California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica)
(B) Shasta crayfish (Pacifastacus fortis)
(2) Fishes:
(A) Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
(B) Mohave tui chub (Gila bicolor mohavensis)
(C) Owens tui chub (Gila bicolor snyderi)
(D) Bonytail (Gila elegans)
(E) Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
(F) Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus)
(G) Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps)
(H) Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris)
(I) Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
(J) Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
(K) Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosus)
(L) Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus william soni)
(M) Winter run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
(N) Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch) south of Punta Gorda (Humboldt County), California.
(O) Delta smelt ( Hypomesus transpacificus)
(P) Northern California summer steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(3) Amphibians:
(A) Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylumcroceum)
(B) Desert slender salamander (Batrachoseps aridus)
(C) Southern mountain yellow-legged frog ( Rana muscosa)
(D) Foothill yellow-legged frog ( Rana boylii) Southwest/South Coast clade
(E) Foothill yellow-legged frog ( Rana boylii) West/Central Coast clade
(F) Foothill yellow-legged frog ( Rana boylii) East/Southern Sierra clade
(4) Reptiles:
(A) Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata)
(B) Blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia silus)
(C) San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
(D) Pacific leatherback sea turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea)
(5) Birds:
(A) California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
(B) Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
(C) California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus)
(D) Light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes)
(E) California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni)
(F) Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis)
(G) Elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
(H) Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa)
(I) Least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus)
(J) Inyo California towhee (Pipilo crissalis eremophilus)
(K) Willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
(L) Arizona Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii arizonae)
(M) Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
(N) Gilded northern flicker (Colaptes auratus chrysoides)
(O) Belding's savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingii)
(P) Marbled murrelet ( Brachyramphus marmoratus)
(6) Mammals:
(A) Riparian brush rabbit ( Sylvilagus bachmani riparius)
(B) Morro Bay kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis)
(C) Giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens)
(D) Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitritoides nitratoides)
(E) Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitritoides exilis)
(F) Salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)
(G) Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis)
(H) California bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis californiana)
(I) Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
(J) Humboldt marten ( Martes caurina humboldtensis)
(b) Threatened:
(1) Gastropods:
(A) Trinity bristle snail (Monadenia setosa)
(2) Fishes:
(A) Cottonball Marsh pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus milleri)
(B) Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus)
(C) Spring-run Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of the Sacramento River drainage.
(D) Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch) from Punta Gorda (Humboldt County), California to the northern border of California.
(E) Longfin smelt ( Spirinchus thaleichthys)
(F) Clear Lake hitch ( Lavinia exilicauda chi)
(G) Upper Klamath-Trinity river spring Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
(3) Amphibians:
(A) Siskiyou mountain salamander (Plethodon stormi)
(B) Kern Canyon slender salamander (Batrachoseps simatus)
(C) Tehachapi slender salamander (Batrachoseps stebbinsi)
(D) Limestone salamander (Hydromantes brunus)
(E) Shasta salamander (Hydromantes shastae)
(F) Black toad (Bufo exsul)
(G) California tiger salamander ( Ambystoma californiense)
(H) Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog ( Rana sierrae)
(I) Foothill yellow-legged frog ( Rana boylii) Northeast/Northern Sierra clade
(J) Foothill yellow-legged frog ( Rana boylii) Feather River clade
(4) Reptiles:
(A) Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizzii)
(B) Barefoot banded gecko (Coleonyx switaki)
(C) Southern rubber boa (Charina bottae umbratica)
(D) Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus)
(E) Giant garter snake (Thamnophis couchi gigas)
(5) Birds:
(A) Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
(B) California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus)
(C) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
(D) Greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida)
(E) Bank swallow (Riparia riparia)
(F) Xantus's murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
(G) Northern spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis caurina)
(H) Tricolored blackbird ( Agelaius tricolor)
(6) Mammals:
(A) Mohave ground squirrel ( Spermohilus mohavensis)
(B) San Joaquin antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)
(C) Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi)
(D) Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator)
(E) San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica)
(F) Island fox (Urocyon littoralis)
(G) Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
(H) Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)
(I) Peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis cremnobates)
(J) Fisher ( Pekania pennanti) Southern Sierra Nevada Evolutionarily Significant Unit

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 670.5

Note: Authority cited: Sections 2070 and 2075.5, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 1755, 2055, 2062, 2067, 2070, 2072.7, 2074.6, 2075.5, 2077, 2080, 2081 and 2835, Fish and Game Code.

1. New section filed 5-28-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 22).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (b)(3) filed 12-11-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 50).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) filed 1-23-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 9-2-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 36).
5. Editorial correction of subsection (b) (Register 80, No. 41).
6. Editorial correction of NOTE and HISTORY 4. (Register 80, No. 51).
7. Repealer and new section filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
8. Amendment of subsection (b)(6) filed 3-18-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 12).
9. Amendment filed 5-30-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 22).
10. New subsections (a)(5)(M)-(O) filed 2-16-88; operative 3-17-88 (Register 88, No. 9).
11. Amendment filed 2-26-88; operative 3-27-88 (Register 88, No. 13).
12. Relettering of former subsections (a)(6)(C)-(a)(6)(E) to subsections (a)(6)(D)-(a)(6)(F) and new subsections (a)(6)(C) and (b)(5)(E) filed 5-12-89; operative 6-11-89 (Register 89, No. 20).
13. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) filed 8-3-89; operative 8-3-89 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 89, No. 32).
14. New subsection (a)(2)(M) filed 9-22-89; operative 9-22-89 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 89, No. 39).
15. Reordering of subsections (a)(5)(K)-(P) and new subsection (a)(5)(Q) filed 12-3-90; operative 1-2-91 (Register 91, No. 3).
16. Editorial correction of printing error in subsections (a)(2)(E) and (a)(5)(O) and (P) (Register 91, No. 31).
17. New subsection (a)(5)(R) filed 3-12-92 as an emergency; operative 4-13-92 (Register 92, No. 12).
18. Adoption of subsection (b)(2)(A) and subsection relettering filed 11-9-93; operative 12-9-93 (Register 93, No. 46).
19. Repealer of subsection (b)(6)(A) and subsection redesignation filed 4-20-94; operative 5-20-94 (Register 94, No. 16).
20. New subsection (a)(6)(A), subsection redesignation and amendment of Note filed 4-29-94; operative 5-30-94 (Register 94, No. 17).
21. New subsection (a)(2)(N) filed 12-1-95; operative 12-31-95 (Register 95, No. 48).
22. New subsection (b)(2)(D) filed 1-6-99; operative 2-5-99 (Register 99, No. 2).
23. New subsection (a)(6)(H), repealer of subsection (b)(6)(H) and subsection relettering filed 3-23-99 as an emergency; operative 3-23-99 (Register 99, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-21-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
24. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-23-99 order, including amendment of subsection (a)(6)(H), transmitted to OAL 7-16-99 and filed 8-27-99 (Register 99, No. 35).
25. Change without regulatory effect adding subsection (b)(6)(A) and relettering subsections filed 12-13-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 50).
26. New subsection (b)(5)(F) filed 11-22-2004; operative 12-22-2004 (Register 2004, No. 48).
27. Amendment of subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) filed 2-28-2005; operative 3-30-2005 (Register 2005, No. 9).
28. Amendment of subsection (a)(2)(E) filed 12-27-2007; operative 1-26-2008 (Register 2007, No. 52).
29. Repealer of subsection (a)(5)(A), subsection relettering and amendment of Note filed 5-4-2009; operative 6-3-2009 (Register 2009, No. 19).
30. Repealer of subsection (a)(5)(C) and subsection relettering filed 10-6-2009; operative 11-5-2009 (Register 2009, No. 41).
31. New subsection (a)(2)(O), repealer of subsection (b)(2)(A), subsection relettering and amendment of Note filed 12-21-2009; operative 1-20-2010 (Register 2009, No. 52).
32. New subsection (b)(2)(E) filed 3-10-2010; operative 4-9-2010 (Register 2010, No. 11).
33. New subsection (b)(3)(G) and amendment of subsection (b)(4)(A) filed 7-20-2010; operative 8-19-2010 (Register 2010, No. 30).
34. New subsections (a)(3)(C) and (b)(3)(H) filed 2-25-2013; operative 4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 9).
35. New subsection (a)(5)(Q) and amendment of Note filed 12-29-2014 as an emergency; operative 12-29-2014 (Register 2015, No. 1). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-29-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
36. Reinstatement of section and Note as they existed prior to 12-29-2014 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2016, No. 23).
37. New subsection (a)(6)(I) and amendment of Note filed 11-17-2016; operative 1/1/2017 (Register 2016, No. 47).
38. New subsection (b)(2)(F) and amendment of Note filed 11-29-2016; operative 1/1/2017 (Register 2016, No. 49).
39. New subsections (a)(6)(J), (b)(5)(G)-(H) and (b)(6)(J) filed 3-18-2019; operative 3/18/2019. This action is exempt from APA and OAL review, but required to be filed with the Secretary of State and published in the CCR pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2705.5(e) (Register 2019, No. 12).
40. New subsections (a)(3)(D)-(F) and (b)(3)(I)-(J) filed 3-19-2020; operative 3/19/2020. This action is exempt from the APA and OAL review but required to be filed with the Secretary of State and published in the CCR pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2705.5(e) (Register 2020, No. 12).
41. New subsection (b)(2)(G) filed 1-24-2022; operative 1/24/2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2075.5(e) (Register 2022, No. 4).
42. New subsection (a)(2)(P) filed 5-3-2022; operative 5/3/2022. This action is exempt from APA and OAL review but required to be filed with the Secretary of State and published in the CCR pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2705.5(e) (Register 2022, No. 18).
43. New subsection (a)(4)(D) filed 12-20-2022; operative 12/20/2022. This action is exempt from APA and OAL review but required to be filed with the Secretary of State and published in the CCR pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2705.5(e) (Register 2022, No. 51).