Common
Name

USFWS Status *

TPWD Status *

Preferred Habitat

Upshur

Wood

Smith

Van Zandt

Rains

Rusk

Panola

Gregg

Harrison

American Peregrine Falcon

T

High cliffs, near water

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Arctic Peregrine Falcon

T

Nests in Arctic, winters along coasts and in meadows

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Bald Eagle

T

Along rivers, near large water bodies with large trees

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Interior Least Tern

E

E

Along sand and gravel bars within braided streams and rivers

X

Wood Stork

T

Prairie ponds and flooded areas, nests in tall snags

X

Blackside Darter

T

Clear gravelly streams, pools and riffles

X

X

X

Bluehead Shiner

T

Swamps and backwater areas

X

Creek Chubsucker

T

Headwater streams, seldom in impoundments

X

X

X

Black Bear

T

T

Bottomland hardwood forests

X

X

X

Louisiana Black Bear

T

T

Bottomland hardwood forests

X

X

X

X

X

X

Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat

T

T

Hollow trees of forested regions

X

Alligator Snapping Turtle

T

Deep and shallow water with mud bottom and vegetation

X

X

X

X

X

X

American Alligator

T (SA)

Broad river valleys, marshes, estuaries, and sluggish creeks

X

Louisiana Pine Snake

T

Mixed deciduous-longleaf pine woodlands

X

Scarlet Snake

T

Pine, hardwood and mixed forests

X

X

X

Texas Horned Lizard

T

Open, arid and semi-arid regions

X

X

X

X

Timber/Canebrake Rattlesnake

T

Swamps, floodplains, woodlands, riparian zones

X

X

6

15

5

8

9

4

5

7

8

5

12

From: USFWS web site http://ifw2es.fws.gov/endspcs/spplists/txttexas.exe (12/17/98), and TPWD Annotated County Lists of Rare Species (2/12/99)

* T = Threatened; E = Endangered; C = Candidate; SA = Similarity of Appearance

X = Species is listed as potentially occurring in the county