South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 123 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Article 5 - NON-GAME AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
Section 123-150 - Non-Game and Endangered Species

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 123-150

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

1. The following list of species or subspecies of non-game wildlife are faced with extinction in the foreseeable future and are added to the official State List of Endangered Wildlife Species of South Carolina.

I. Birds
1. Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)

2. Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)

3. Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)

4. Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)

5. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

6. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

7. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)

8. Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

II. Fish
1. Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

2. Pinewoods Darter (Etheostoma mariae)

III. Mammals
1. Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

2. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

3. Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)

4. Eastern Cougar (Felis concolor cougar)

5. Finback Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

6. Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus)

7. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae)

8. Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)

9. Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

10. Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)

11. Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Plecotus rafinesquii)

IV. Reptiles
1. Atlantic Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys c. coriacea)

2. Atlantic Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)

3. Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

4. Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

V. Amphibians
1. Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum)

2. Webster's Salamander (Plethodon websteri)

3. Carolina Gopher Frog (Rana c. capito)

VI. Molluscs
1. Atlantic Pigtoe Mussel (Fusconaia masoni)

2. Brother Spike Mussel (Elliptio fraterna)

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell, or offer for sale or ship, and for any common carrier knowingly to transport or receive for shipment any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on the list of "Endangered Wildlife Species of South Carolina", except by permit for scientific and conservation purposes issued by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

Permits for conservation purposes shall be issued only for relocation, if warranted, and the incidental take of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers as part of the statewide Habitat Conservation Plan for Safe Harbor and for other mitigation purposes approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

3. The penalty for the violation of this Rule and Regulation shall be that prescribed by 50-15-80, 1976 S.C. Code of laws.

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