Lake Sturgeon

Acipenser fulvescens

Western Sand Darter

Ammocrypta clara

Cisco

Coregonus artedi

Crystal Darter

Crystallaria asprella

Bluebreast Darter

Etheostoma camurum

Harlequin Darter

Etheostoma histrio

Cypress Minnow

Hybognathus hayi

Pallid Shiner

Hybopsis amnis

Northern Brook Lamprey

Ichthyomyzon fossor

Sturgeon Chub

Macrhybopsis gelida

Greater Redhorse

Moxostoma valenciennesi

River Chub

Nocomis micropogon

Pugnose Shiner

Notropis anogenus

Bigeye Shiner

Notropis boops

Blacknose Shiner

Notropis heterolepis

Taillight Shiner

Notropis maculatus

Weed Shiner

Notropis texanus

Northern Madtom

Noturus stigmosus

Pallid Sturgeon**

Scaphirhynchus albus

Eastern Sand Darter

Ammocrypta pellucida

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Mottled Sculpin

Cottus bairdii

Gravel Chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

Spring Cavefish

Forbesichthys agassizii

Western Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanus subsp. menona

Starhead Topminnow

Fundulus dispar

Brassy Minnow

Hybognathus hankinsoni

Bigeye Chub

Hybopsis amblops

Least Brook Lamprey

Lampetra aepyptera

Redspotted Sunfish

Lepomis miniatus

Bantam Sunfish

Lepomis symmetricus

American Brook Lamprey

Lethenteron appendix

River Redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum

Ironcolor Shiner

Notropis chalybaeus

Blackchin Shiner

Notropis heterodon

Ozark Minnow

Notropis nubilus

Salamanders

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma platineum

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Spotted Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus conanti

Turtles

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Snakes

Coachwhip

Coluber flagellum

Southern Watersnake

Nerodia fasciata

Great Plains Ratsnake

Pantherophis emoryi

Eastern Massasauga*

Sistrurus catenatus

Salamanders

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Frogs and Toads

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Bird-voiced Treefrog

Hyla avivoca

Illinois Chorus Frog

Pseudacris illinoensis

Turtles

Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Snakes

Kirtland's Snake

Clonophis kirtlandii

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

Plains Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon nasicus

Mississippi Green Watersnake

Nerodia cyclopion

Flat-headed Snake

Tantilla gracilis

Eastern Ribbonsnake

Thamnophis saurita

Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Piping Plover**

Charadrius melodus

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Swainson's Warbler

Limnothlypis swainsonii

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Least Tern**

Sternula antillarum

Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Chuck-will's-widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

Rufa Red Knot*

Calidris canutus rufa

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

Gray/Timber Wolf**

Canis lupus

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Southeastern Myotis

Myotis austroriparius

Gray Bat**

Myotis grisescens

Indiana Bat**

Myotis sodalis

Eastern Small-footed Bat

Myotis leibii

Northern Long-eared Bat*

Myotis septentrionalis

Franklin's Ground Squirrel

Poliocitellus franklinii

Snails

Iowa Pleistocene Snail**

Discus macclintocki

Hydrobiid Cave Snail

Fontigens antroecetes

Onyx Rocksnail

Leptoxis praerosa

Shawnee Rocksnail

Lithasia obovata

Mussels

Fanshell**

Cyprogenia stegaria

Elephant-ear

Elliptio crassidens

Northern Riffleshell**

Epioblasma rangiana

Snuffbox**

Epioblasma triquetra

Spike

Eurynia dilatata

Pink Mucket**

Lampsilis abrupta

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

Higgins Eye**

Lampsilis higginsii

Scaleshell**

Leptodea leptodon

Spectaclecase**

Margaritifera monodonta

Orangefoot Pimpleback**

Plethobasus cooperianus

Sheepnose**

Plethobasus cyphyus

Clubshell**

Pleurobema clava

Ohio Pigtoe

Pleurobema cordatum

Fat Pocketbook**

Potamilus capax

Kidneyshell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Ebonyshell

Reginaia ebenus

Salamander Mussel

Simpsonaias ambigua

Rabbitsfoot*

Theliderma cylindrica

Purple Lilliput

Toxolasma lividum

Rainbow

Villosa iris

Crustaceans

Isopod

Caecidotea lesliei

Anomalous Spring Amphipod

Crangonyx anomalus

Packard's Cave Amphipod

Crangonyx packardi

Indiana Crayfish

Faxonius indianensis

Kentucky Crayfish

Faxonius kentuckiensis

Shrimp Crayfish

Faxonius lancifer

Bigclaw Crayfish

Faxonius placidus

Illinois Cave Amphipod**

Gammarus acherondytes

Iowa Amphipod

Stygobromus iowae

Scorpions

Common Striped Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

Dragonflies

Elfin Skimmer

Nannothemis bella

Hine's Emerald Dragonfly**

Somatochlora hineana

Springtails

Madonna Cave Springtail

Pygmarrhopalites madonnensis

Stoneflies

Robust Springfly

Diploperla robusta

Central Forestfly

Prostoia ozarkensis

Bees

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee**

Bombus affinis

Leafhoppers

Leafhopper

Athysanella incongrua

Butterflies and Moths

Swamp Metalmark

Calephelis muticum

Cobweb Skipper

Hesperia metea

Ottoe Skipper

Hesperia ottoe

Hoary Elfin

Incisalia polios

Karner Blue Butterfly**

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Mussels

Purple Wartyback

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Butterfly

Ellipsaria lineolata

Monkeyface

Quadrula metanevra

Leafhoppers

Redveined Prairie Leafhopper

Aflexia rubranura

Butterflies and Moths

Eryngium Stem Borer

Papaipema eryngii

Regal Fritillary

Speyeria idalia