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Revision as of 09:12, May 30, 2022

Endangered Florida scrub jay in the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary.
Florida scrub jay
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Status: Federal Threatened

With over 2,200 animal species and 2,100 plant species, the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary was once known as the most bio-diverse habitat in North America. The estuary's species inventory includes 53 endangered or threatened species, including some that can only be found in the Indian River Lagoon watershed.

Threatened and Endangered Species

Threatened and endangered plant and animal species living in the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary.

IRL Endangered Species
Name Taxonomy Status
Atlantic salt marsh snake Nerodia clarkii taeniata FT
American alligator Alligator mississippiensis FT
Eastern indigo snake Drymarchon couperi FT
Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens FT
Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ST
Johnson's Seagrass Halophila johnsonii FT
Roseate spoonbill Platalea ajaja ST
Smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata FE
Southeastern beach mouse Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris FT
West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus FT

Listed by the State of Florida as Federally-designated Endangered (FE), Federally-designated Threatened (FT), Federally-designated Threatened due to Similarity of Appearance [FT(S/A)], Federal Non-Essential Experimental Population (FXN), State-designated Threatened (ST), or State Species of Special Concern (SSC).[1]