PREFACE 



The purpose of this scries of species accounts is to provide resource managers and the 

 public with information about Federally listed endangered and/or tlireatened vertebrate 

 species that occur along, or within 100 kilometers of, the seacoast of the United States. In- 

 formation about life history, distribution, requirements and conservation of the subject 

 species is included (range maps and other distributional data are not necessarily equivalent 

 to critical habitat as defined in tiie I'.ndangered Species Act of 197.S, as amended). 



This scries of accoimts is intended to complement the compuieri/ed Sensiti\e Wildlife 

 Information System (SWIS) developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordina- 

 tion with the Offices of I-^ndangercd Species and Biological Sei-viccs of the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. A 3-ring binder is used for this scries to facilitate additions and deletions as new 

 accounts are prepared or as the status of species is changed. 



Suggestions or questions regarding SWIS should he directed to: 



Office of Endangered Species 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Interior Building 

 Washington, D.C. 20240 



Suggestions or questions regarding this report should be directcil to: 



Information Transfer Specialist 

 National Coastal Ecosystems leam 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Senice . 

 .\ASA-Slidell Computer Coinplc;\ 

 1010 Cause Blvd. 

 Slidell, Louisiana 70458 



