Laserfiche WebLink
APPENDIX E. SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES <br /> Listing — <br /> Scientific Name Status Covered <br /> USFwS/ Potential for Project to by <br /> Common name CDFG/CNPS General Habitat Impact SJMSCP <br /> Pogonichthys FSC/CSC/— Prefers backwaters and Low.Only minor effects to Yes <br /> macrolepidotus sloughs of the Delta and water quality are anticipated <br /> Sacramento splittail lower San Joaquin and as a result of the Proposed <br /> Sacramento rivers. May be Project. <br /> affected by downstream <br /> impacts to water quality. <br /> Spirinchus thaleichthys FSC/CSC/-- All major bays and estuaries Low.Only minor effects to Yes <br /> longfin smelt from San Francisco Bay water quality are anticipated <br /> northward. May be affected as a result of the Proposed <br /> by downstream impacts to Project. <br /> water quality. <br /> Amphibians — <br /> Ambystoma califomiense FPT/CSC/-- Annual grassland and Unlikely.No suitable habitat yes <br /> California tiger grassy understory of valley- occurs in the project area. <br /> salamander foothill hardwood habitats in <br /> central and northern <br /> California. Needs <br /> underground refuges and <br /> vernal pools or other <br /> seasonal water sources. — <br /> Rana aurora draytonii FT/CSC/-- Breeds in slow moving Medium. The East San Yes <br /> California red-legged streams,ponds,and Francisco Bay core <br /> frog marshes with emergent population occurs in _ <br /> vegetation. southwest San Joaquin <br /> County. Hospital Creek may <br /> provide suitable habitat, <br /> depending on the duration of <br /> its intermittent flows. <br /> Rana boy/if FSC/CSC/-- Breeds in shaded perennial Unlikely.No suitable habitat Yes <br /> Foothill yellow-legged stream habitats with rocky, occurs in the project area. <br /> frog cobble substrate,usually _ <br /> below 6,000 feet in <br /> elevation. Absent or <br /> infrequent when introduced <br /> predators are present. _ <br /> Spea hammondii FSC/CSC/-- Occurs in open vegetation Low.Little potential habitat Yes <br /> western spadefoot and sandy to gravely soil in exists along Hospital Creek <br /> toad grasslands,savannas, and and other sandy drainages. <br /> open chaparral. Breeds in Uplands are intensively — <br /> temporary waters such as farmed. <br /> vernal pools. <br /> Reptiles <br /> Anniella pulchra pulchra FSC/CSC/-- Prefers undisturbed sandy Unlikely. No suitable habitat No <br /> silvery legless lizard or loose loamy soils under occurs in the project area. <br /> sparse vegetation. Requires <br /> soils with high moisture _ <br /> content. <br /> Environmental Science Associates F-4 RMC Vernalis Project <br /> Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report <br /> Preliminary-Subject to Revision <br />