Sensitive Species of Pinnacles National Park

Gabilan Slender Salamander

Photo by Gavin Emmons

While all native wildlife species at Pinnacles National Park are protected, some warrant special attention. In many cases they have been listed by other agencies as Endangered, Threatened, or Species of Special Concern. Species endemic to the Pinnacles area are also listed here because even though they may not currently be in trouble, much of their known range falls within our boundaries.

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Status
Insects	Pinnacles shield-back katydid	Idiostatus kathleenae	3*
	Pinnacles riffle beetle	Optioservus canus	3*
Fish	Sacramento Perch	Archoplites interruptus	CSC*2
Amphibians	Gabilan slender salamander	Batrachoseps gavilanensis	3
	California tiger salamander	Ambystoma californiense	FT
	Western spadefoot	Spea hammondii	CSC
	California red-legged frog	Rana aurora draytonii	FT
	Foothill yellow-legged frog	Rana boylii	CSC*2
Reptiles	Southwestern pond turtle	Clemmys marmorata pallida	CSC*
	California horned lizard	Phrynosoma coronatum frontale	CSC
	Silvery legless lizard	Anniella pulchra pulchra	CSC
	San Joaquin coachwhip	Masticophis flagellum ruddocki	CSC
	Two-striped garter snake	Thamnophis hammondii	CSC 1
Birds	California condor	Gymnogyps californianus	FE/SE
	Cooper's hawk	Accipiter cooperi	CSC
	Sharp-shinned hawk	Accipiter straitus	CSC
	Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	FT
	Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	CSC
	White-tailed kite	Elanus leucurus	CSC
	Prairie falcon	Falco mexicanus	CSC
	Long-eared owl	Asio otus	CSC
	Loggerhead shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	CSC
	Yellow-breasted chat	Icteria virens	CSC
	Grasshopper sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	CSC
Mammals	Pallid bat	Antrozous pallidus	CSC
	Townsend's big-eared bat	Corynorhinus t. townsendii	CSC*
	Western mastiff bat	Eumops perotis californicus	CSC*
	Big-eared kangaroo rat	Dipodomys elephantinus	CSC*
	American badger	Taxidea taxus	CSC

Key:

CSC =California Species of Special Concern
F = Federal
S = State
E =Endangered
T = Threatened
P = Fully Protected
* = Federal Category 1 and 2 species before revoked in 1996
1 = occurs around PINN and has habitat within PINN, but has not been confirmed
2 = historically occurred in PINN, but is believed to be locally extirpated
3 = endemic to Pinnacles and surrounding areas