Md. Code Regs. 08.03.08.04

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024

Section 08.03.08.04 - Endangered Species of Wildlife, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mollusks, Crustaceans, and Finfish

A. Listing Criteria. The following factors shall be considered for listing any species other than plants as endangered:

(1) Whether the species is restricted to a minimal geographic area within Maryland;

(2) Whether the species has experienced a rapid, substantial decline in Maryland, and if the decline continues, the species' extirpation from Maryland is imminent;

(3) Whether the species' essential habitat has been rapidly lost and that loss is likely to continue;

(4) Whether the species' biology makes it highly susceptible to changes in its environment; or

(5) Whether the species' essential habitat is easily altered by even relatively minor activities.

B. Permits. The permit procedures to be followed are set forth in Regulation .03. The following apply:

(1) Permits shall be issued only for:

(a) Scientific research designed to enhance the recovery of the species or population, or

(b) Appropriate educational purposes designed to further public awareness regarding the species;

(2) A person may not take, export, possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship by any means any endangered wildlife, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, or finfish species except by special permit from the Director.

C. Except for the smaller range which is indicated in §C(7)(d) and (8)(a) of this regulation, the following wildlife, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, and finfish species are considered endangered throughout Maryland:

(1) Platyhelminthes:

(a) A planarian (Procotyla typhlops); and

(b) Hoffmaster's cave planarian (Sphalloplana hoffmasteri);

(2) Mollusks:

(a) Dwarf wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon);

(b) Brook floater (Alasmidonta varicosa);

(c) Blue Ridge spring snail (Fontigens orolibas); and

(d) Green floater (Lasmigona subviridis);

(3) Crustaceans:

(a) Allegheny spring isopod (Caecidotea alleghenyensis);

(b) Franz's cave isopod (Caecidotea franzi);

(c) Holsinger's cave isopod (Caecidotea holsingeri);

(d) Maus' cave isopod (Caecidotea mausi);

(e) Vandel's cave isopod (Caecidotea vandeli);

(f) Pennsylvania cave crangonyctid (Crangonyx dearolfi);

(g) Friendly cave amphipod (Stygobromus amicus);

(h) Biggers' cave amphipod (Stygobromus biggersi);

(i) Cecil groundwater amphipod (Stygobromus cecilius);

(j) Greenbrier cave amphipod (Stygobromus emarginatus);

(k) Feller's groundwater amphipod (Stygobromus felleri);

(I) Rappahannock spring amphipod (Stygobromus foliatus);

(m) Shenandoah Valley cave amphipod (Stygobromus gracilipes);

(n) Rock Creek groundwater amphipod (Stygobromus kenki);

(o) Prettyboy groundwater amphipod (Stygobromus paxillus); and

(p) Capital Area groundwater amphipod (Stygobromus sextarius);

(4) Insects:

(a) Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis);

(b) Frosted elfin (Callophrys irus);

(c) Hoary elfin (Callophrys polios);

(d) Eastern pinebarrens tiger beetle (Cicindela abdominalis);

(e) Appalachian tiger beetle (Cicindela ancocisconensis);

(f) Northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis);

(g) Ghost tiger beetle (Cicindela lepida);

(h) Northern barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela);

(i) Puritan tiger beetle (Cicindela puritana);

(j) Six-banded longhorn beetle (Dryobius sexnotatus);

(k) Early hairstreak (Erora laeta);

(l) Mottled duskywing (Erynnis martialis);

(m) Two-spotted skipper (Euphyes bimacula);

(n) A tenebrionid beetle (Helops cisteloides);

(o) Seth Forest water scavenger beetle (Hydrochus spangleri);

(p) White corporal (Ladona exusta);

(q) Eastern sedge barrens leafhopper (Limotettix minuendus);

(r) Bog copper (Lycaena epixanthe);

(s) Elfin skimmer (Nannothemis bella);

(t) Appalachian snaketail (Ophiogomphus incurvatus incurvatus);

(u) Palamedes swallowtail (Papilio palamedes);

(v) Chermock's mulberry wing (Poanes massasoit chermocki);

(w) Southern grizzled skipper (Pyrgus wyandot);

(x) Spatterdock darner (Rhionaeschna mutata);

(y) Hickory hairstreak (Satyrium caryaevorus);

(z) Edwards' hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii);

(aa) Northern oak hairstreak (Satyrium favonius ontario);

(bb) King's hairstreak (Satyrium kingi);

(cc) A tenebrionid beetle (Schoenicus puberulus); and

(dd) Treetop emerald (Somatochlora provocans);

(5) Finfish:

(a) Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum);

(b) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus);

(c) Blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon);

(d) Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare);

(e) Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus);

(f) Stonecat (Noturus flavus); and

(g) Stripeback darter (Percina notogramma);

(6) Amphibians:

(a) Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum);

(b) Green salamander (Aneides aeneus);

(c) Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis);

(d) Eastern narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis);

(e) Barking tree frog (Hyla gratiosa); and

(f) Mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris brachyphona);

(7) Reptiles:

(a) Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea);

(b) Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata);

(c) Rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma);

(d) Northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica)-Susquehanna River watershed only;

(e) Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii);

(f) Northern coal skink (Plestiodon anthracinus); and

(g) Mountain earthsnake (Virginia valeriae pulchra);

(8) Birds:

(a) Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)-Garrett and Allegany Counties only;

(b) Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus);

(c) Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda);

(d) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus);

(e) Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia);

(f) Sedge wren (Cistothorus platensis);

(g) Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica);

(h) Mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia);

(i) Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus);

(j) Black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis);

(k) Swainson's warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii);

(l) Black skimmer (Rynchops niger);

(m) Common tern (Sterna hirundo); and

(n) Royal tern (Thalasseus maximus);

(9) Mammals:

(a) Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis);

(b) Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus);

(c) Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus);

(d) North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis);

(e) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae);

(f) Southern rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis);

(g) Eastern small-footed myotis (Myotis leibii);

(h) Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis);

(i) Allegheny wood rat (Neotoma magister);

(j) Sperm whale (Physeter catodon); and

(k) Southern water shrew (Sorex palustris punctulatus).

Md. Code Regs. 08.03.08.04

Regulations .04 adopted effective June 29, 1987 (14:13 Md. R. 1471)
Regulation .04C amended effective September 4, 2000 (27:17 Md. R. 1618); November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1578); October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1914); April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 570)
Regulations .04B and C amended effective December 24, 1990 (17:25 Md. R. 2906); amended effective 43:17 Md. R. 953, eff. 8/29/2016; amended effective 48:3 Md. R. 93, eff. 2/8/2021