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INS020-00002
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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INS020-00003
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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INS020-00004
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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INS020-00005
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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INS020-00007
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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INS020-00010
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
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PLA031-00044
Harper’s beauty (Harperocallis flava), a critically imperiled plant from Florida, at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC.
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PLA025-00022
The federally endangered koki’o ke’ oke’o (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae) at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC.
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PLA025-00017
A Hawaiian orange hibiscus (Hibiscus kokio subsp. saintjohnianus), at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility, Washington, DC. Though restricted in range, this plant is not yet listed and there is uncertainty about whether it should or shouldn’t be listed.
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ESA001-00593
A federally endangered Karner blue butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in larva form , at the Toledo Zoological Gardens.
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ESA001-00582
Federally endangered Mitchell’s satyr butterflies (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) at the Toledo Zoological Gardens.
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ESA001-00584
Federally endangered Mitchell’s satyr butterflies (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) at the Toledo Zoological Gardens.
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ESA001-00590
A federally endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at the Toledo Zoological Gardens.
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ANI027-00493
An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Virgin Islands boa (Chilabothrus granti) at Toledo Zoo.
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ANI027-00495
An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Virgin Islands boa (Chilabothrus granti) at Toledo Zoo.
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FIS011-00226
Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia) at Conservation Fisheries, a native stream fish breeding center. This species is endangered (IUCN). It is only found in the Barrens Plateau in middle Tennessee, making it one of the rarest fish in eastern North America.
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FIS014-00003
Critically endangered (IUCN) Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus), one of only 14 specimens ever to be collected, at Conservation Fisheries, a native stream fish breeding center. This fish has not been listed due to lack of funding even though it is one of the rarest fish in North America.
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ESA001-00566
Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) an endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered species at Conservation Fisheries, a native stream fish breeding center.
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ESA001-00572
Relict darter (Etheostoma chienense) a federally threatened species at Conservation Fisheries, a native stream fish breeding center.
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ESA001-00471
A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened Atlantic loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) at Riverbanks Zoo.
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ESA001-00377
Fringed campion flowers (Silene polypetala), a federally endangered plant that’s native to rich hardwood forests of Georgia and Florida.
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ESA001-00229
Federally threatened Decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens), at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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ESA001-00203
Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis), a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened species, at the Phoenix Zoo.