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<br />Texas Parks & Wildlife <br />Annotated County Lists of Rare Species <br />HAYS COUNTY, cont'd <br /> <br />Last Revision: 1/12/99 <br />Page 2 of3 <br /> <br />Federal <br />Status <br /> <br />State <br />Status <br /> <br />*** FISHES *** <br /> <br />lladalupe Bass (Micropterus uecuh) - endemic; headwater, perenn.ial streams of the <br />Edwards Plateau <br />Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) - usually inhabits channels and flowing pools with a <br />moderate current; bottom type usually consists of exposed bedrock, perhaps in <br />combination with hard clay, sand, and gravel; adults winter in deep pools and move <br />upstream in spring to spawn on riffles <br />Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticoJa) - known only from the San Marcos and Comal <br />rivers; springs and spring-fed streams in dense beds of aquatic plants growing close to <br />bottom, which is normally mucky; feeding mostly diurnal; spawns year-round with <br />August and late winter to early spring peaks <br />San Marcos Gambusia (Gambusia georgei) (extirpated) - endemic; formerly known <br />from upper San Marcos River; restricted to shallow, quiet, mud-bottomed shoreline <br />areas without dense vegetation in thermally constant main channel <br /> <br />T <br /> <br />LE <br /> <br />E <br /> <br />LE <br /> <br />E <br /> <br />*** INSECTS *** <br /> <br />Flint's Net-spinning Caddisfly (Cheumatopsyche ninu) - very poorly known species <br />with habitnt description limited to "a spring" <br />Edwards Aquifer Diving Beetle (Haideoporus texanus) - habitat poorly known; known <br />from an artesian well in Hays County <br />Carnal Springs Riffle Beetle (Heterelmis comaJensis) - CorruU and San Marcos Springs LE <br />~n Marcos Saddle-case Caddis fly (Protoptila area) - known from an artesian well in <br />Hays County; locally very abundant; swift, well-oxygenated warm water about 1-2 m <br />deep; larvae and pupal cases abundant on rocks <br />Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle (Stygopamus eomaJensis) - dryopids usually cling to LE <br />objects in a stream; dryopids are sometimes found crawling on stream bottoms or <br />along shores; adults may leave the stream and fly about, especially at night; most <br />dryopid larvae are vermiform and line in soil or decaying wood <br /> <br />*** MMiMALS *** <br />f:ave Myotis Bat (Myods velifei) - colonial and cave-dwelling; also roosts in rock crevices, <br />old buildings, carports, under bridges, and even in abandoned Cliff Swallow (Hinmdo <br />pyrrhollota) nests; roosts in clusters of up to thousands of individuals; hibernates in <br />limestone caves of Edwards Plateau and gypsum cave of Panhandle during winter; <br />opportUnistic insectivore <br />r lains Spotted Skunk (SpilogaJe putorius interrupta) - catholic; open fields, prairies, <br />croplands, fence rows, farmyards, forest edges, and woodlands; prefers wooded, <br />brushy areas and tallgrass prairie <br /> <br />*** MOLLUSKS *** <br /> <br />orseshoe Liptooth (Polygyra hippocrepis) - terrestrUl snail known only from the steep, <br />wooded hillsides of Land Park in New Braunfels <br /> <br />A-21 <br />