1501:31-23-02. Species designated as threatened


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  • (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other wildlife order, or Chapters 1531. and 1533. of the Revised Code, the following native species and subspecies of the wild animals shall be designated as threatened.

    (1) Birds

    Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

    Barn owl, Tyto alba

    Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis

    Rufa red knot, Calidris canutus rufa

    Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis

    Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator

    (2) Mammals

    Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis

    (3) Reptiles

    Kirtland's snake, Clonophis kirtlandii

    Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

    Blandings turtle, Emydoidea blandingii

    Lake Erie watersnake, Nerodia sipedon insularum

    (4) Amphibians

    Midland mud salamander, Pseudotriton montanus diastictus

    (5) Fish

    Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis

    Greater redhorse, Moxostoma valenciennesi

    Channel darter, Percina copelandi

    American eel, Anguilla rostrata

    Paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

    Bigmouth shiner, Notropis dorsalis

    Lake chubsucker, Erimyzon sucetta

    River darter, Percina shumardi

    Tippecanoe darter, Etheostoma Tippecanoe

    Blue sucker, Cylceptus elongatus

    Mountain madtom, Noturus eleutherus

    (6) Crustaceans

    Cavespring crayfish, Cambarus tenebrosus

    Frosted cave isopod, Caecidotea rotunda

    (7) Mollusks

    Black sandshell, Ligumia recta

    Threehorn wartyback, Obliquaria reflexa

    Fawnsfoot, Truncilla donaciformis

    Pondhorn, Uniomerus tetralasmus

    (8) Butterflies

    Silver-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene

    (9) Moths

    Wayward nymph, Catocala antinympha

    Spartiniphaga panatela

    Fagitana littera

    The pink-streak, Faronta rubripennis

    (10) Beetles

    Cicindela hirticollis

    Cobblestone tiger beetle, Cicindela marginipennis

    (11) Dragonflies and Damselflies

    Riffle snaketail, Ophiogomphus carolus

    Harlequin darner, Gomphaeschna furcillata

    Green-faced clubtail, Gomphus viridifrons

    Boreal bluet, Enallagma boreale

    Northern bluet, Enallagma cyathigerum

    Marsh bluet, Enallagma ebrium

    (12) Caddisflies

    Psilotreta indecisa

    Hydroptila albicornis

    Hydroptila artesa

    Hydroptila koryaki

    Hydroptila talledaga

    Hydroptila valhalla

    (13) Midges

    Bethbilbeckia floridensis

    Apsectrotanypus johnsoni

    Radotanypus florens


Effective: 7/1/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 3/23/2020 and 07/01/2025
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1531.10, 1531.25, 1531.06, 1531.08
Rule Amplifies: 1531.06, 1531.08 , 1531.25
Prior Effective Dates: 07/01/2008, 07/01/2010, 07/01/2011, 07/01/2012, 07/01/2014, 07/01/2015, 11/09/2015, 07/01/2017, 10/27/2019