Below is the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s list of Federally Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species in and around the Patagonia Mountains of the Coronado National Forest in southern Arizona (2013).
Federally endangered species (E) are those species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of their range. Federally threatened species (T) are those which are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout or in a significant part of their range. Sensitive species (SS) are identified with the goal of avoiding trends toward federal listing and maintaining their viability. “C” refers to candidates for status as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
AMPHIBIANS:
Sonora Tiger Salamander **(E)
Western Barking Frog **(SS)
Western Narrow-mouthed Toad **(SS)
Arizona Treefrog (Huachuca/Canelo DPS) **(C)
Chiricahua Leopard Frog **(T)
Tarahumara Frog **(SS)
Lowland Leopard Frog **(SS)
PLANTS:
Pima Indian Mallow **(SS)
Santa Cruz Striped Agave **(SS)
Saiya **(SS)
Large-flowered Blue Star **(SS)
Lemmon Milkweed **(SS)
Greene Milkweed **(SS)
Huachuca Milkvetch **(SS)
Bush-violet **(SS)
Chiltepin **(SS)
Chihuahuan Sedge **(SS)
Arizona Giant Sedge **(SS)
Santa Cruz Star Leaf **(SS)
Mexican Hemlock Parsley **(SS)
Santa Cruz Beehive Cactus **(SS)
Pima Pineapple Cactus **(E)
Smooth Baby-bonnets **(SS)
Gentry’s Indigo Bush **(SS)
Metcalfe’s Tick-trefoil **(SS)
Arid Throne Fleabane **(SS)
Bartram Stonecrop **(SS)
Huachuca Golden Aster **(SS)
Arizona Crested coral-root **(SS)
Coleman’s coral-root **(SS)
Huachuca Water-umbel **(E)
Lemmon Lily **(SS)
Alamos Deer Vetch **(SS)
Huachuca Mountain Lupine **(SS)
Supine Bean **(SS)
Arizona Manihot **(SS)
Wiggins Milkweed Vine **(SS)
Palmer’s Muhly **(SS)
Weeping Muhly **(SS)
Virlet Paspalum **(SS)
Arizona Passionflower **(SS)
Beardless Chinch Weed **(SS)
Chiricahua Rock Cress **(SS)
Catalina Beardtongue **(SS)
Pinos Altos Flame Flower **(SS)
Tepic Flame Flower **(SS)
Broad-leaf Ground-cherry **(SS)
Huachuca Cinquefoil **(SS)
Whisk Fern **(SS)
Chiricahua Mountain Brookweed **(SS)
Huachuca Groundsel **(SS)
Nodding Blue-eyed Grass **(SS)
Canelo Hills Ladies’-tresses **(SS)
Lemmon’s Stevia **(SS)
Sonoran Noseburn **(SS)
Shade Violet **(SS)
BIRDS:
Northern Goshawk **(SS)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird **(SS)
Baird’s Sparrow **(SS)
Arizona grasshopper sparrow **(SS)
Sprague’s Pipit **(C)
Buff-collared Nightjar **(SS)
Western Burrowing Owl **(SS)
Zone-tailed Hawk **(SS)
Gray Hawk **(SS)
Common Black-Hawk **(SS)
Lucifer Hummingbird **(SS)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet **(SS)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Western U.S. DPS) **(SS)(C)
Northern Buff-breasted Flycatcher **(SS)
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher **(E)
American Peregrine Falcon **(SS)
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl **(SS)
Bald Eagle – Winter Population **(SS)
Rose-throated Becard **(SS)
Mexican Spotted Owl **(T)
Thick-billed Kingbird **(SS)
FISH:
Gila Longfin Dace **(SS)
Desert Sucker **(SS)
Sonora Sucker **(SS)
Desert Pupfish **(E)
Sonora Chub **(T)
Gila Chub **(E)
Gila Topminnow **(E)
INVERTEBRATES:
Sabino Canyon Dancer **(SS)
Stephan’s Heterelmis Riffle Beetle **(SS)(C)
Huachuca Springsnail **(SS)(C)
MAMMALS:
Northern Pygmy Mouse **(SS)
Mexican Long-tongued Bat **(SS)
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat **(SS)
Western Red Bat **(SS)
Ocelot **(E)
Lesser Long-nosed Bat **(E)
California Leaf-nosed Bat **(SS)
Jaguar **(E)
Fulvous Harvest Mouse **(SS)
lains Harvest Mouse **(SS)
Arizona Gray Squirrel **(SS)
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat **(SS)
Arizona Shrew **(SS)
Southern Pocket Gopher **(SS)
REPTILES:
Giant Spotted Whiptail **(SS)
Twin-spotted Rattlesnake **(SS)
Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake **(SS)
Sonoran Desert Tortoise **(SS)(C)
Thornscrub Hook-nosed Snake **(SS)
Brown Vinesnake **(SS)
Mountain Skink **(SS)
Slevin’s Bunchgrass Lizard **(SS)
Northern Green Ratsnake **(SS)
Yaqui Black-headed Snake **(SS)
Northern Mexican Gartersnake **(SS)(C)
