(1) The following species or subspecies are listed as state wildlife in need of management.
- (a) Crayfish Common Name Scientific Name Prickly Cave Crayfish Cambarus hamulatus Spiny Scale Crayfish Cambarus jezerinaci Cocoa Crayfish Cambarus stockeri Barren River Crayfish Faxonius barrenensis
- (b) Fish Common Name Scientific Name American Eel Anguilla rostrata Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer Tennessee Dace Chrosomus tennesseensis Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Bigmouth Shiner Ericymba dorsalis Emerald Darter Etheostoma baileyi Chickasaw Darter Etheostoma cervus Tuckasegee Darter Etheostoma gutselli Redband Darter Etheostoma luteovinctum THREATENED, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES Lollypop Darter Etheostoma neopterum Egg-Mimic Darter Etheostoma pseudovulatum Firebelly Darter Etheostoma pyrrhogaster Arrow Darter Etheostoma sagitta Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus Plains Minnow Hybognathus placitus Southern Brook Lamprey Ichthyomyzon gagei Smallscale Darter Nothonotus microlepidus Wounded Darter Nothonotus vulneratus Bedrock Shiner Notropis rupestris Tennessee Logperch Percina apina Frecklebelly Darter Percina stictogaster Riffle Minnow Phenacobius catostomus Southern Cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus
- (c) Amphibians Common Name Scientific Name Cumberland Dusky Desmognathus abditus Salamander Northern Pygmy Salamander Desmognathus organi Junaluska Salamander Eurycea junaluska Tennessee Cave Salamander Gyrinophilus palleucus Gyrinophilus palleucus Big Mouth Cave Salamander necturoides Gyrinophilus palleucus Pale Salamander palleucus Four-Toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum Southern Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus Cumberland Plateau Plethodon kentucki Salamander Weller’s Salamander Plethodon welleri
- (d) Reptiles Common Name Scientific Name Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Red-Bellied Mudsnake Farancia abacura Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos
- (e) Birds THREATENED, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES Common Name Scientific Name Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Least Bittern Botaurus exilis Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Brown-Headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- (f) Mammals Common Name Scientific Name Star-Nosed Mole Condylura cristata Rafinesque’s Big-Eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii Eastern Small-Footed Bat Myotis leibii Long-Tailed Weasel Neogale frenata Neotoma floridana Southern Appalachian Woodrat haematoreia Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana illinoensis Allegheny Woodrat Neotoma magister Hairy-Tailed Mole Parascalops breweri Eastern Water Shrew Sorex albibarbis Long-Tailed Shrew Sorex dispar Eastern Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 70-1-206, 70-8-104, 70-8-105, 70-8-106, and 70-8-107. Administrative History: Original rules filed February 1, 2018; to have been effective May 2, 2018. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 45-day stay on April 19, 2018; new effective date to have been June 16, 2018. On May 23, 2018, TWRA filed a 75-day stay; new effective date August 30, 2018. Amendments filed March 24, 2021; effective June 22, 2021. Amendments filed September 26, 2024; effective December 25, 2024. Amendments filed March 23, 2026; effective June 21, 2026.