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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Texas may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the North America endangered species list or see the complete United States List.

Endangered species found in Texas:

	Species Name	Scientific Name	Group	Range
1.	Alligator Snapping Turtle	Macrochelys temminckii	Reptiles	United States
2.	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	Insects	Eastern Canada, USA Eastern States south to Florida, west to South Dakota and Texas
3.	Ashy Dogweed	Thymophylla tephroleuca	Plants	Texas
4.	Attwater's Greater Prairie-chicken	Tympanuchus cupido attwateri	Birds	Texas
5.	Bachman's Sparrow	Aimophila aestivalis	Birds	United States
6.	Balcones Cave Shrimp	Palaemonetes antrorum	Crustaceans	Texas
7.	Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat	Dipodomys spectabilis	Mammals	Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
8.	Barton Springs Salamander	Eurycea sosorum	Amphibians	Texas
9.	Bastrop Crayfish	Procambarus texanus	Crustaceans	Texas
10.	Bee Creek Cave Harvestman	Texella reddelli	Arachnids	Texas
11.	Big Bend Gambusia	Gambusia gaigei	Fishes	Texas
12.	Black Grouper	Epinephelus nigritus	Fishes	Central and South America, Mexico, United States
13.	Black Lace Cactus	Echinocereus reichenbachii var. alvertii	Plants	Texas
14.	Black-capped Vireo	Vireo atricapilla	Birds	Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
15.	Black-spotted Newt	Notophthalmus meridionalis	Amphibians	Mexico, Texas
16.	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	Mammals	Argentina, India, United States
17.	Bone Cave Harvestman	Texella reyesi	Arachnids	Texas
18.	Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver	Cicurina venii	Arachnids	Texas
19.	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	Birds	Coastal Central and South America, USA (Carolinas to Texas, California, Oregon, Washington), West Indies
20.	Cassin's Finch	Carpodacus cassinii	Birds	Canada, Mexico, United States
21.	Chestnut-collared Longspur	Calcarius ornatus	Birds	North America (including United States)
22.	Clear Creek Gambusia	Gambusia heterochir	Fishes	Texas
23.	Coahuila Isopod	Mexistenasellus coahuila	Crustaceans	Mexico, Texas
24.	Coffin Cave Mold Beetle	Batrisodes texanus	Insects	Texas
25.	Cokendolpher Cave Harvestman	Texella cokendolpheri	Arachnids	Texas
26.	Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle	Stygoparnus comalensis	Insects	Texas
27.	Comal Springs Riffle Beetle	Heterelmis comalensis	Insects	Texas
28.	Comanche Springs Pupfish	Cyprinodon elegans	Fishes	Texas
29.	Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii	Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii	Plants	New Mexico, Texas
30.	Coryphantha minima	Coryphantha minima	Plants	Texas
31.	Cougar	Puma concolor	Mammals	North and Central America
32.	Crawfish Frog	Lithobates areolatus	Amphibians	United States
33.	Davis' Green Pitaya	Echinocereus viridiflorus var. davisii	Plants	Texas
34.	Desert Pocket Gopher	Geomys arenarius	Mammals	Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
35.	Donkey Fish	Dermatolepis inermis	Fishes	Central and South America, North America (including United States), Oceanic
36.	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	Birds	Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina
37.	False Spike	Quincuncina mitchelli	Clams	Texas
38.	Fountain Darter	Etheostoma fonticola	Fishes	Texas
39.	Golden-cheeked Wood Warbler	Dendroica chrysoparia	Birds	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Texas
40.	Government Canyon Bat Cave Meshweaver	Cicurina vespera	Arachnids	Texas
41.	Government Canyon Bat Cave Spider	Neoleptoneta microps	Arachnids	Texas
42.	Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	Mammals	Mexico, United States
43.	Gray-checkered Whiptail	Aspidoscelis dixoni	Reptiles	New Mexico, Texas
44.	Ground Beetle	Rhadine infernalis	Insects	Texas
45.	Ground Beetle	Rhadine exilis	Insects	Texas
46.	Hammerhead Shark	Sphyrna mokarran	Fishes	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Middle East, Oceanic, United States
47.	Helotes Mold Beetle	Batrisodes venyivi	Insects	Texas
48.	Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	Birds	Canada, United States
49.	Houston Toad	Bufo houstonensis	Amphibians	Texas
50.	Jaguar	Panthera onca	Mammals	Arizona, California, Central and South America, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
51.	Jaguarundi	Herpailurus yagouaroundi	Mammals	Arizona, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Texas
52.	Johnston's Frankenia	Frankenia johnstonii	Plants	Mexico (Nuevo Leon), Texas
53.	Jollyville Plateau Salamander	Eurycea tonkawae	Amphibians	Texas
54.	Kretschmarr Cave Mold Beetle	Texamaurops reddelli	Insects	Texas
55.	Large-fruited Sand-verbena	Abronia macrocarpa	Plants	Texas
56.	Largetooth Sawfish	Pristis perotteti	Fishes	Africa, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States
57.	Least Tern	Sterna antillarum	Birds	Bahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Northern South America, USA (California, including the Miss. R. Basin), Atlantic Gulf Coasts
58.	Leon Springs Pupfish	Cyprinodon bovinus	Fishes	Texas
59.	Little Aguja Creek Pondweed	Potamogeton clystocarpus	Plants	Texas
60.	Louisiana Pine Snake	Pituophis ruthveni	Reptiles	Louisiana, Texas
61.	Madla's Cave Meshweaver	Cicurina madla	Arachnids	Texas
62.	Mexican Long-nosed Bat	Leptonycteris nivalis	Mammals	Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
63.	Mexican Long-tongued Bat	Choeronycteris mexicana	Mammals	Arizona, California, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas
64.	Navasota Ladies'-tresses	Spiranthes parksii	Plants	Texas
65.	Northern Aplomado Falcon	Falco femoralis septentrionalis	Birds	Arizona, Guatemala, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
66.	Nueces Crayfish	Procambarus nueces	Crustaceans	Texas
67.	Ocelot	Leopardus pardalis	Mammals	USA (Arizona, Texas) to Central and South America
68.	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	Birds	Central and South America, North America (including United States)
69.	One-finned Shark	Heptranchias perlo	Fishes	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
70.	Parkhill Prairie Crayfish	Procambarus steigmani	Crustaceans	Texas
71.	Peck's Cave Amphipod	Stygobromus pecki	Crustaceans	Texas
72.	Pecos Assiminea Snail	Assiminea pecos	Snails	Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
73.	Pecos Gambusia	Gambusia nobilis	Fishes	New Mexico, Texas
74.	Pecos River Pupfish	Cyprinodon pecosensis	Fishes	New Mexico, Texas
75.	Phantom Cave Snail	Cochliopa texana	Snails	Texas
76.	Prairie Sphinx Moth	Euproserpinus wiesti	Insects	United States
77.	Quercus tardifolia	Quercus tardifolia	Plants	Texas
78.	Quercus hinckleyi	Quercus hinckleyi	Plants	Texas
79.	Quercus graciliformis	Quercus graciliformis	Plants	Texas
80.	Quercus boyntonii	Quercus boyntonii	Plants	Alabama, Texas
81.	Red Wolf	Canis rufus	Mammals	USA (SE US, west to central Texas)
82.	Red-cockaded Woodpecker	Picoides borealis	Birds	USA (southcentral and southeastern)
83.	Red-crowned Parrot	Amazona viridigenalis	Birds	Mexico, Puerto Rico, US (TX, FL, CA)
84.	Rio Grande Monkeyface	Quadrula couchiana	Clams	New Mexico, Texas
85.	Rio Grande Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus amarus	Fishes	Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
86.	Robber Baron Cave Meshweaver	Cicurina baronia	Arachnids	Texas
87.	Robust Cottontail	Sylvilagus robustus	Mammals	New Mexico, Texas
88.	Salina Mucket	Potamilus metnecktayi	Clams	Texas
89.	San Gabriel Springs Salamander	Eurycea naufragia	Amphibians	Texas
90.	San Marcos Gambusia	Gambusia georgei	Fishes	Texas
91.	Slender Rush-pea	Hoffmannseggia tenella	Plants	Texas
92.	Smalltooth Sawfish	Pristis pectinata	Fishes	Gulf of Mexico, Texas through Florida (USA), USA - Atlantic: North Carolina through Florida
93.	South Texas Ambrosia	Ambrosia cheiranthifolia	Plants	Texas
94.	Southwestern Willow Flycatcher	Empidonax traillii extimus	Birds	Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
95.	Spot-tailed Earless Lizard	Holbrookia lacerata	Reptiles	Mexico, Texas
96.	Spotted Eagle Ray	Aetobatus narinari	Fishes	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (including United States and US Island Territory and Hawaii), Oceans, South America
97.	Sprague's Pipit	Anthus spragueii	Birds	Canada, Mexico, United States
98.	Star Cactus	Astrophytum asterias	Plants	Mexico, Texas
99.	Terlingua Creek Cat's-eye	Cryptantha crassipes	Plants	Texas
100.	Texas Ayenia	Ayenia limitaris	Plants	Mexico, Texas
101.	Texas Blind Salamander	Typhlomolge rathbuni	Amphibians	Texas
102.	Texas Heelsplitter	Potamilus amphichaenus	Clams	Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
103.	Texas Hornshell	Popenaias popeii	Clams	Mexico (Coahuila), Texas
104.	Texas Poppy-mallow	Callirhoe scabriuscula	Plants	Texas
105.	Texas Prairie Dawn-flower	Hymenoxys texana	Plants	Texas
106.	Texas Snowbells	Styrax texanus	Plants	Texas
107.	Texas Trailing Phlox	Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis	Plants	Texas
108.	Texas Wild-rice	Zizania texana	Plants	Texas
109.	Tobusch Fishhook Cactus	Ancistrocactus tobuschii	Plants	Texas
110.	Tooth Cave Ground Beetle	Rhadine persephone	Insects	Texas
111.	Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion	Tartarocreagris texana	Arachnids	Texas
112.	Tooth Cave Spider	Neoleptoneta myopica	Arachnids	Texas
113.	Walker's Manioc	Manihot walkerae	Plants	Mexico, Texas
114.	White Bladderpod	Lesquerella pallida	Plants	Texas
115.	Whooping Crane	Grus americana	Birds	Canada, Mexico, USA (Rocky Mountains east to Carolinas)
116.	Zapata Bladderpod	Lesquerella thamnophila	Plants	Texas