PREFACi: 



The purpose of this scries of species accounts is to provide resr>urcc managers and the 

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

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

 formation about life histt)ry, distribution, requirements and conservation of the subject 

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

 to critical habitat as defined in the Fndangered Spci ies Act of ]97'>, as amended). 



This series of accoinits is intended to complement the compuieri/.cd Senbiti\c Wildlife 

 Information System (SWIS) developed by the U.S. Army C:orps of Kngineers in coordina- 

 tion with the Offices of f.ndangered Species and Biological Sei-vices 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 direc ted to: 



Office of F.ndangered Species 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Seivice 

 Interior Building 

 Washington, D.C. 202 10 



Suggestions or questions regarding this report should be dirt 



Information Transfer Specialist 

 National Coastal P^cosystems I cam 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 NASA-Slidell ConipLitcr Complex 

 1010 Cause Blvd. 

 Slidell, Louisiana 70458 



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