Special Status Animals in California's Central Coast Region

Counties	Group	Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status	Recovery Plan Name	Recovery Plan Stage
Monterey, Santa Barbara	Amphibians	Arroyo toad	Anaxyrus californicus	Endangered	Endangered	Arroyo Southwestern Toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) Recovery Plan	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Amphibians	California red-legged frog	Rana draytonii	Threatened	Threatened	Recovery Plan for the California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii)	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Amphibians	California tiger Salamander	Ambystoma californiense	Threatened	Threatened
San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Amphibians	California tiger Salamander, Sanoma	Ambystoma californiense	Endangered
Monterey, Santa Cruz	Amphibians	Santa Cruz long-toed salamander	Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander	Draft Revision 2
San Benito, Sata Clara, Santa Cruz	Birds	American peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus anatum	Delisted	Delisted
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis, Obispo, Santa Barbara	Birds	bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Endangered	Delisted
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Birds	bank swallow	Riparia riparia	Threatened	None
Santa Barbara	Birds	Belding's savannah sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi	Endangered	None
San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Birds	California black rail	Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus	Threatened	None
Monterey, Santa Barbara	Birds	California brown pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis californicus	Delisted	Delisted
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Birds	California clapper rail	Rallus longirostris obsoletus	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystems of Northern and Central California	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	Birds	California condor	Gymnogyps californianus	Endangered	Endangered	California Condor Recovery Plan, Third Revision	Final Revision 3
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara	Birds	California least tern	Sterna antillarum browni	Endangered	Endangered	Revised California Least Tern Recovery Plan	Final Revision 1
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara	Birds	Least Bell's vireo	Vireo bellii pusillus	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Recovery Plan for the Least Bell's Vireo	Draft
Santa Barbara	Birds	Light-footed clapper rail	Rallus longirostris levipes	Endangered	Endangered	Light-footed Clapper Rail Recovery Plan - Revised	Final Revision 1
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Birds	Marbled murrelet	Brachyramphus marmoratus	Threatened	Threatened	Recovery Plan for the Threatened Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Washington, Oregon, and California	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Birds	Southwestern willow flycatcher	Empidonax traillii extimus	Endangered	Endangered	Final Recovery Plan for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara	Birds	Swainson's hawk	Buteo swainsoni	Threatened	None
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Birds	Western snowy plover	Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus	Threatened	Threatened	Final Recovery Plan for the Western Snowy Plover	Final
San Benito, San Luis Obispo	Birds	western yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus occidentalis	Endangered	Proposed Threatened
Santa Barbara	Birds	Xantus's Murrelet	Synthliboramphus hypoleucus	Threatened	Candidate
Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo	Crustaceans	Conservancy fairy shrimp	Branchinecta conservatio	Endangered		Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon	Final
San Luis Obispo	Crustaceans	Longhorn fairy shrimp	Branchinecta longiantenna	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon	Final
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo	Crustaceans	Vernal pool fairy shrimp	Branchinecta lynchi	Threatened	Threatened	Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon	Final
Santa Clara	Crustaceans	Vernal pool tadpole shrimp	Lepidurus packardi	Endangered		Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon	Final
Santa Cruz	Fish	coho salmon - central California coast ESU	Oncorhynchus kisutch	Endangered	Endangered
Santa Cruz	Fish	eulachon	Thaleichthys pacificus	None	Threatened
Monterey, Santa Clara	Fish	longfin smelt	Spirinchus thaleichthys	Threatened	Candidate
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	Fish	southern steelhead - southern California DPS	Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus	None	Endangered
Santa Cruz	Fish	steelhead - central California coast DPS	Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus	None	Threatened
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Fish	steelhead - south/central California coast DPS	Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus	None	Threatened
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Fishes	Tidewater goby	Eucyclogobius newberryi	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for the Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi)	Final
Santa Barbara	Fishes	Unarmored threespine stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni	Endangered	Endangered	Unarmored Threespine Stickleback Recovery Plan, Revised	Final Revision 1
Monterey, Santa Clara	Insects	Bay checkerspot butterfly	Euphydryas editha bayensis	Threatened	Threatened	Recovery Plan for Serpentine Soil Species of the San Francisco Bay Area	Final
Santa Barbara	Insects	El Segundo blue butterfly	Euphilotes battoides allyni	Endangered		Recovery Plan for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni)	Final
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	Insects	Kern primrose sphinx moth	Euproserpinus euterpe	Threatened	Threatened	Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth Recovery Plan	Final
Santa Cruz	Insects	Mount Hermon June beetle	Polyphylla barbata	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Insect and Plant Taxa from the Santa Cruz Mountains in California	Final
Santa Cruz	Insects	Ohlone tiger beetle	Cicindela ohlone	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Insect and Plant Taxa from the Santa Cruz Mountains in California	Final
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz	Insects	Smith's blue butterfly	Euphilotes enoptes smithi	Endangered	Endangered	Smith's Blue Butterfly Recovery Plan	Final
San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara	Insects	Valley elderberry longhorn beetle	Desmocerus californicus dimorphus	Threatened		Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Recovery Plan	Final
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Insects	Zayante band-winged grasshopper	Trimerotropis infantilis	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Insect and Plant Taxa from the Santa Cruz Mountains in California	Final
San Luis Obispo	Mammals	Buena Vista Lake ornate Shrew	Sorex ornatus relictus	Endangered		Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California	Final
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Santa Barbara	Mammals	Giant kangaroo rat	Dipodomys ingens	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California	Final
San Luis Obispo	Mammals	Morro Bay kangaroo rat	Dipodomys heermanni morroensis	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis)	Draft Revision 1
San Benito, San Luis Obispo	Mammals	Nelson's antelope squirrel	Ammospermophilus nelsoni	Threatened	None
Santa Clara	Mammals	Salt marsh harvest mouse	Reithrodontomys raviventris	Endangered		Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystems of Northern and Central California	Final
Santa Clara	Mammals	salt-marsh harvest mouse	Reithrodontomys raviventris	Endangered	Endangered
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara	Mammals	San Joaquin kit fox	Vulpes macrotis mutica	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California	Final
Santa Barbara	Mammals	San Miguel Island Fox	Urocyon littoralis littoralis	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Recovery Plan for Four Subspecies of Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)	Draft
Santa Barbara	Mammals	Santa Cruz Island Fox	Urocyon littoralis santacruzae	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Recovery Plan for Four Subspecies of Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)	Draft
Santa Barbara	Mammals	Santa Rosa Island Fox	Urocyon littoralis santarosae	Endangered	Endangered	Draft Recovery Plan for Four Subspecies of Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)	Draft
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Mammals	Southern sea otter	Enhydra lutris nereis	Threatened		Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)	Final Revision 1
San Luis Obispo	Mammals	Tipton kangaroo rat	Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California	Final
San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Mammals	Townsend's big-eared bat	Corynorhinus townsendii	Candidate Threatened	None
Santa Barbara	Mollusks	black abalone	Haliotis cracherodii	None	Endangered
San Luis Obispo	Monocots	Camatta Canyon amole	Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum	Rare	Threatened
Monterey, San Luis Obispo	Monocots	Santa Lucia purple amole	Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum	None	Threatened
Monterey	Monocots	Yadon's rein orchid	Piperia yadonii	None	Endangered
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Reptiles	Alameda whipsnake	Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus	Threatened	Threatened	Draft Recovery Plan for Chaparral and Scrub Community Species East of San Francisco Bay, California	Draft
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	Reptiles	Blunt-nosed leopard lizard	Gambelia silus	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California	Final
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo	Reptiles	Giant garter snake	Thamnophis gigas	Threatened		Draft Recovery Plan for the Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas)	Draft
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Reptiles	Green sea turtle	Chelonia mydas	Threatened		Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Green Turtle	Final Revision 1
Santa Barbara	Reptiles	Island night lizard	Xantusia riversiana	Threatened	Threatened	Recovery Plan for the Endangered and Threatened Species of the California Channel Islands	Final
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara	Reptiles	Leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	Endangered		Recovery Plan for Leatherback Turtles in the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico	Final Revision 1
Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz	Reptiles	Olive ridley sea turtle	Lepidochelys olivacea	Threatened		Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Olive Ridley Turtle	Final Revision 1
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz	Reptiles	San Francisco garter snake	Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for the San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)	Final
San Luis Obispo	Snails	Morro shoulderband snail	Helminthoglypta walkeriana	Endangered	Endangered	Recovery Plan for the Morro Shoulderband Snail and Four Plants from San Luis Obispo County	Final

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