Northern Brook Lamprey

Ichthyomyzon fossor

Lake Sturgeon

Acipenser fulvescens

Pallid Sturgeon**

Scaphirhynchus albus

River Chub

Nocomis micropogon

Sturgeon Chub

Macrhybopsis gelida

Bigeye Chub

Hybopsis amblops

Pallid Shiner

Hybopsis amnis

Pugnose Shiner

Notropis anogenus

Bigeye Shiner

Notropis boops

Blacknose Shiner

Notropis heterolepis

Taillight shiner

Notropis maculatus

Weed Shiner

Notropis texanus

Cypress Minnow

Hybognathus hayi

Greater Redhorse

Moxostoma valenciennesi

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

Bluebreast Darter

Etheostoma camurum

Western Sand Darter

Ammocrypta clarum

Harlequin Darter

Etheostoma histrio

Least Brook Lamprey

Lampetra aepyptera

Cisco

Coregonus artedi

Gravel Chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

Ironcolor Shiner

Notropis chalybaeus

Blackchin Shiner

Notropis heterodon

River Redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucidum

Longnosed Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanus

Starhead Topminnow

Fundulus dispar

Redspotted Sunfish

Lepomis miniatus

Bantam Sunfish

Lepomis symmetricus

Iowa Darter

Etheostoma exile

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma platineum

Spotted Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus conanti

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Illinois Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum

Broad-banded Watersnake

Nerodia fasciata

Great Plains Ratsnake

Elaphe emoryi

Eastern Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Bird-voiced Treefrog

Hyla avivoca

Illinois Chorus Frog

Pseudacris streckeri

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Hognose Snake

Heterodon nasicus

Mississippi Green Watersnake

Nerodia cyclopion

Flathead Snake

Tantilla gracilis

Kirtland's Snake

Clonophis kirtlandi

Eastern Ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sauritus

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Snow Egret

Egretta thula

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Greater Prairie Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Piping Plover**

Charadrius melodus

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Least Tern**

Sterna antillarium

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Short-earned Owl

Asio flammeus

Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

Swainson's Warbler

Limnothlypis swainsonii

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Sandhill Crane

Grus canadensis

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica carulea

Henslow's Sparrow

Ammodramus henslowii

Southeastern Myotis

Myotis austroriparius

Gray Bat**

Myotis grisescens

Indiana Bat**

Myotis sodalis

Rafinesque's Big-earned Bat

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Eastern Wood Rat

Neotoma floridana

Gray/Timber Wolf

Canis lupus

Franklin's Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus franklinii

Golden Mouse

Ochrotomys nuttalli

Rice Rat

Oryzomys palustris

Snails

Iowa Pleistocene Snail**

Discuss macclintocki

Hydrobiid Cave Snail

Fontigens antroecetes

Mussels

Spectaclecase

Cumberlandia monodonta

Salamander Mussel

Simpsonaias ambigua

Rabbitsfoot

*Quadrula cylindrica

Orange-foot Pimpleback**

Plethobasus cooperianus

Sheepnose

Plethobasus cyphyus

Clubshell**

Pleurobema clava

Ohio Pigtoe

Pleurobema cordatum

Kidneyshell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Fanshell**

Cyprogenia stegria

Fat Pocketbook**

Potamilus capax

Purple Lilliput

Toxolasma lividus

Rainbow

Villosa iris

Pink Mucket

Lampsilis abrupta

Wavy-rayed Lampmussle

Lampsilis fasciola

Higgins Eye**

Lampsilis higginsii

Snuffbox

Epioblasma triquetra

Crustaceans

Anomalous Spring Amphipod

Crangonyx anomalus

Pacard's Cave Amphipod

Crangonyx packardi

Illinois Cave Amphipod

Gammarus acherondytes

Iowa Amphipod

Stygobromus iowae

Indiana Crayfish

Orconectes indianensis

Kentucky Crayfish

Orconectes kentuckiensis

Oxbow Crayfish

Orconectes lancifer

Crayfish

Orconectes placidus

Isopod

Caecidotea lesliei

Isopod

Caecidotea spatulata

Dragonflies

Hine's Emerald's Dragonfly**

Somatochlora hineana

Leafhoppers

Leafhopper

Paraphlepsius lupalus

Butterflies and Moths

Eryngium Stem Borer

Papaipema eryngii

Arogos Skipper

Atrytone arogos

Hoary Elfin

Incisalia polios

Karner Blue Butterfly**

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Swamp Metalmark

Calephelis muticum

Mussels

Ebonyshell

Fusconaia ebena

Purple Wartyback

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Elephant-ear

Elliptio crassidens

Spike

Elliptio dilatata

Slippershell

Alasmidonta viridis

Butterfly

Ellipsaria lineolata

Black Sandshell

Ligumia recta

Little Spectaclecase

Villosa lienosa

Dragonflies

Elfin Skimmer

Nannothemis bella

Leafhoppers

Redveined Prairie Leafhopper

Aflexia rubranura

Butterflies

Cobweb Skipper

Hesperia metea

Ottoe Skipper

Hesperia ottoe

Regal Fritillary

Speyeria idalia