INTRODUCTION 



The table beginning on page 11 collates all available lists of rare and en- 

 dangered vertebrate species occurring on the Coastal Plain of the southeastern 

 United States. The area considered consists of terrestrial and aquatic habitats 

 from the Potomac River to the Rio Grande and extends inland a distance of 100 km. 

 The cetaceans have been omitted. 



Listed species within the five vertebrate classes are grouped by order and 

 alphabetized by common name. Scientific names are provided. The status of each 

 species, as it appears on each list, is indicated in the appropriate column in the 

 table. A total of 479 species is listed under one or more of several categories 

 of endangerement on one or more of 24 rare and endangered species lists. 



We have divided the various rare and endangered species lists into two basic 

 types: PROTECTED refers to official Federal, State, or international treaty lists 

 which provide legal protection for the species they list. LISTED refers to those 

 lists which are not accompanied by protective legislation, such as those rare and 

 endangered species lists compiled by academic or conservation groups. 



The information in the table has been confirmed up-to-date as of 1 January 

 1978 and includes species added since the original publication of the various lists, 



The lists reviewed and the categories of endangerment (with their abbrevia- 

 tions) follow: 



PROTECTED 

 (Lists accompanied by protective legislation) 



CITES U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1977. 

 International trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora - 

 implementation of the convention. Federal Register 42(35) :10462-10488. 



App. I (Appendix I) - All species threatened with extinction which are 

 or may be affected by trade. 



App. II (Appendix II) - All species which, although not necessarily now 

 threatened with extinction may become so unless trade in specimens of 

 such species is subject to strict regulations in order to avoid utiliza- 

 tion incompatible with their survival; and other species which must be 

 subject to regulations in order that trade in specimens of certain 

 species referred to (above) may be brought under effective control. 



US U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1977, En- 

 dangered and threatened wildlife and plants - republication of list of 

 species. Federal Register 42(135) :36420-36431. 



E (Endangered) -i Those species in danger of extinction throughout all or 

 a significant portion of their range. 



