Nevada Wildlife Federation

Candidate Species in Nevada

 

The following tables list the species in Nevada that candidates for listing.
Source, P. Coffin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Candidate Species in Nevada
Name Habitat by County
Birds
Mountain Plover
     (Charadrius montanus)
Nye, Lyon
(note, rare in Nv)
Amphibian
Spotted Frog
     (Rana pretiosa)
Nye
Fishes  
Bull Trout
     (Salvelinus confluentus)
 
Plants
Clokey's Eggvetch
     (Astragalus lentiginosus
      var. sesquimetralis)
Clark
Sulpher Springs Buckwheat
     (Eriognum argophyllum)
 
Blue Diamond Cholla
     (Opuntia whipplei
      var. multigeniculata)
Clark