Featured Species
The Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office monitors the status of more than 100 listed species, including furry mammals like the southern Sierra Nevada fisher, water-loving amphibians like the California red-legged frog, slithering reptiles like the giant garter snake, graceful insects like the Mission blue butterfly and colorful plants like Bakersfield cactus. Our office works with landowners, leading scientists and Tribes to gather the best available science on each species and their habitat. This information helps us better understand how each species is doing and the actions we need to take to best support their recovery.
Mammals
- Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew (Endangered)
- Fisher – Southern Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment (Endangered)
- Fresno kangaroo rat (Endangered)
- Giant kangaroo rat (Endangered)
- Riparian brush rabbit (Endangered)
- Riparian woodrat (Endangered)
- San Joaquin kit fox (Endangered)
- Sierra Nevada red fox Southern Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment (Endangered)
- Tipton kangaroo rat (Endangered)
Reptiles
- Alameda whipsnake (Threatened)
- Blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Endangered)
- Giant garter snake (Threatened)
- San Francisco garter snake (Endangered)
- Temblor legless lizard (Under Review)
Amphibians
- California red-legged frog (Threatened)
- California tiger salamander – Sonoma Distinct Population Segment (Endangered)
- California tiger salamander – Central California Distinct Population Segment (Threatened)
- Foothill yellow-legged frog - South Sierra Distinct Population Segment (Endangered)
- Foothill yellow-legged frog - North Feather Distinct Population Segment (Threatened)
- Kern Canyon slender salamander (Proposed Threatened)
- Mountain yellow-legged frog – Northern California Distinct Population Segment (Endangered)
- Relictual slender salamander (Proposed Endangered)
- Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frog (Endangered)
- Yosemite toad (Threatened)
BIRDS
- California spotted owl - Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment (Proposed Threatened)
Fish
- Little Kern golden trout (Threatened)
Insects
- Bay checkerspot butterfly (Threatened)
- Callippe silverspot butterfly (Endangered)
- San Bruno elfin butterfly (Endangered)
- Delta green ground beetle (Threatened)
- Kern primrose sphinx moth (Threatened)
- Mission blue butterfly (Endangered)
- Myrtle's silverspot butterfly (Endangered)
- Valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Threatened)
Crustaceans
- California freshwater shrimp (Endangered)
- Conservancy fairy shrimp (Endangered)
- Longhorn fairy shrimp (Endangered)
- Shasta crayfish (Endangered)
- Vernal pool fairy shrimp (Threatened)
- Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Endangered)
Flowering Plants
- Baker's larkspur (Endangered)
- Bakersfield cactus (Endangered)
- Burke's goldfields (Endangered)
- Butte County meadowfoam (Endangered)
- California jewelflower (Endangered)
- Calistoga allocarya (Endangered)
- Chinese Camp brodiaea (Threatened)
- Clara Hunt's milkvetch (Endangered)
- Clover lupine (Endangered)
- Colusa grass (Threatened)
- Contra Costa goldfields (Endangered)
- Coyote ceanothus (Endangered)
- El Dorado bedstraw (Endangered)
- Few-flowered navarretia (Endangered)
- Fleshy Owl's clover (Threatened)
- Fountain thistle (Endangered)
- Franciscan manzanita (Endangered)
- Greene's tuctoria (Endangered)
- Hairy Orcutt grass (Endangered)
- Hartweg's golden sunburst (Endangered)
- Hoover's spurge (Threatened)
- Ione buckwheat (incl. Irish Hill) (Endangered)
- Ione manzanita (Threatened)
- Keck's checkermallow (Endangered)
- Kenwood Marsh checkermallow (Endangered)
- Kern mallow (Endangered)
- Lake County stonecrop (Endangered)
- Layne's butterweed (Threatened)
- Large-flowered fiddleneck (Endangered)
- Loch Lomond coyote thistle (Endangered)
- Many-flowered navarretia (Endangered)
- Marin dwarf flax (Threatened)
- Mariposa pussypaws (Threatened)
- Metcalf Canyon jewelflower(Endangered)
- Napa bluegrass (Endangered)
- Pallid manzanita (Threatened)
- Palmate-bracted bird's beak (Endangered)
- Pennell's bird's beak (Endangered)
- Pine Hill ceanothus (Endangered)
- Pine Hill flannelbush (Endangered)
- Pitkin marsh lily (Endangered)
- Presidio clarkia (Endangered)
- Presidio manzanita (Endangered)
- Red Hills vervain (Threatened)
- Sacramento Orcutt grass (Endangered)
- Santa Clara Valley dudleya (Endangered)
- San Francisco lessingia (Endangered)
- San Joaquin adobe sunburst (Threatened)
- San Joaquin Orcutt grass (Threatened)
- San Joaquin woolly-threads (Endangered)
- San Mateo thornmint (Endangered)
- San Mateo woolly sunflower (Endangered)
- Sebastopol meadowfoam (Endangered)
- Showy Indian clover (Endangered)
- Slender Orcutt grass (Threatened)
- Solano grass (Endangered)
- Sonoma alopecurus (Endangered)
- Sonoma spineflower (Endangered)
- Sonoma sunshine (Endangered)
- Springville clarkia (Threatened)
- Stebbins' morning glory (Endangered)
- Tiburon jewelflower (Endangered)
- Tiburon Mariposa lily (Threatened)
- Tiburon paintbrush (Endangered)
- Vine Hill clarkia (Endangered)
- White-rayed pentachaeta (Endangered)
- White sedge (Endangered)
- Yellow larkspur (Endangered)