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Habitats Directive
ANNEX IV

ANNEX IV — ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN NEED OF STRICT PROTECTION

    The species listed in this Annex are indicated:

  • by the name of species or subspecies, or
  • by the body of species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

The abbreviation spp. after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging to that family or genus.

    (a)ANIMALS

      VERTEBRATES

        MAMMALS

          INSECTIVORA

            Erinaceidae

            Erinaceus algirus

            Soricidae

            Crocidura canariensis

            Crocidura sicula

            Talpidae

            Galemys pyrenaicus

          MICROCHIROPTERA

            All species

          MEGACHIROPTERA

            Pteropodidae

            Rousettus aegyptiacus

          RODENTIA

            Gliridae

            All species except Glis glis and Eliomys quercinus

            Sciuridae

            Marmota marmota latirostris

            Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)

            Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)

            Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)

            Sciurus anomalus

            Castoridae

            Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Finnish and Swedish populations)

            Cricetidae

            Cricetus cricetus (except the Hungarian populations)

            Mesocricetus newtoni

            Microtidae

            Dinaromys bogdanovi

            Microtus cabrerae

            Microtus oeconomus arenicola

            Microtus oeconomus mehelyi

            Microtus tatricus

            Zapodidae

            Sicista betulina

            Sicista subtilis

            Hystricidae

            Hystrix cristata

          CARNIVORA

            Canidae

            Alopex lagopus

            Canis lupus (except the Greek populations north of the 39th parallel; Estonian populations, Spanish populations north of the Duero; Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak populations and Finnish populations within the reindeer management area as defined in paragraph 2 of the Finnish Act No 848/90 of 14 September 1990 on reindeer management)

            Ursidae

            Ursus arctos

            Mustelidae

            Lutra lutra

            Mustela eversmanii

            Mustela lutreola

            Vormela peregusna

            Felidae

            Felis silvestris

            Lynx lynx (except the Estonian population)

            Lynx pardinus

            Phocidae

            Monachus monachus

            Phoca hispida saimensis

          ARTIODACTYLA

            Cervidae

            Cervus elaphus corsicanus

            Bovidae

            Bison bonasus

            Capra aegagrus (natural populations)

            Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

            Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations – Corsica and Sardinia)

            Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)

            Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

            Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

            Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica

          CETACEA

            All species

        REPTILES

          TESTUDINATA

            Testudinidae

            Testudo graeca

            Testudo hermanni

            Testudo marginata

            Cheloniidae

            Caretta caretta

            Chelonia mydas

            Lepidochelys kempii

            Eretmochelys imbricata

            Dermochelyidae

            Dermochelys coriacea

            Emydidae

            Emys orbicularis

            Mauremys caspica

            Mauremys leprosa

          SAURIA

            Lacertidae

            Algyroides fitzingeri

            Algyroides marchi

            Algyroides moreoticus

            Algyroides nigropunctatus

            Dalmatolacerta oxycephala

            Dinarolacerta mosorensis

            Gallotia atlantica

            Gallotia galloti

            Gallotia galloti insulanagae

            Gallotia simonyi

            Gallotia stehlini

            Lacerta agilis

            Lacerta bedriagae

            Lacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)

            Lacerta monticola

            Lacerta danfordi

            Lacerta dugesi

            Lacerta graeca

            Lacerta horvathi

            Lacerta schreiberi

            Lacerta trilineata

            Lacerta viridis

            Lacerta vivipara pannonica

            Ophisops elegans

            Podarcis erhardii

            Podarcis filfolensis

            Podarcis hispanica atrata

            Podarcis lilfordi

            Podarcis melisellensis

            Podarcis milensis

            Podarcis muralis

            Podarcis peloponnesiaca

            Podarcis pityusensis

            Podarcis sicula

            Podarcis taurica

            Podarcis tiliguerta

            Podarcis wagleriana

            Scincidae

            Ablepharus kitaibelii

            Chalcides bedriagai

            Chalcides ocellatus

            Chalcides sexlineatus

            Chalcides simonyi (Chalcides occidentalis)

            Chalcides viridianus

            Ophiomorus punctatissimus

            Gekkonidae

            Cyrtopodion kotschyi

            Phyllodactylus europaeus

            Tarentola angustimentalis

            Tarentola boettgeri

            Tarentola delalandii

            Tarentola gomerensis

            Agamidae

            Stellio stellio

            Chamaeleontidae

            Chamaeleo chamaeleon

            Anguidae

            Ophisaurus apodus

          OPHIDIA

            Colubridae

            Coluber caspius

            Coluber cypriensis

            Coluber hippocrepis

            Coluber jugularis

            Coluber laurenti

            Coluber najadum

            Coluber nummifer

            Coluber viridiflavus

            Coronella austriaca

            Eirenis modesta

            Elaphe longissima

            Elaphe quatuorlineata

            Elaphe situla

            Natrix natrix cetti

            Natrix natrix corsa

            Natrix natrix cypriaca

            Natrix tessellata

            Telescopus falax

            Viperidae

            Vipera ammodytes

            Macrovipera schweizeri (Vipera lebetina schweizeri)

            Vipera seoanni (except Spanish populations)

            Vipera ursinii

            Vipera xanthina

            Boidae

            Eryx jaculus

        AMPHIBIANS

          CAUDATA

            Salamandridae

            Chioglossa lusitanica

            Euproctus asper

            Euproctus montanus

            Euproctus platycephalus

            Mertensiella luschani (Salamandra luschani)

            Salamandra atra

            Salamandra aurorae

            Salamandra lanzai

            Salamandrina terdigitata

            Triturus carnifex (Triturus cristatus carnifex)

            Triturus cristatus (Triturus cristatus cristatus)

            Triturus italicus

            Triturus karelinii (Triturus cristatus karelinii)

            Triturus marmoratus

            Triturus montandoni

            Triturus vulgaris ampelensis

            Proteidae

            Proteus anguinus

            Plethodontidae

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) flavus

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) genei

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) strinatii (Hydromantes (Speleomantes) italicus)

            Hydromantes (Speleomantes) supramontis

          ANURA

            Discoglossidae

            Alytes cisternasii

            Alytes muletensis

            Alytes obstetricans

            Bombina bombina

            Bombina variegata

            Discoglossus galganoi (including Discoglossus jeanneae)

            Discoglossus montalentii

            Discoglossus pictus

            Discoglossus sardus

            Ranidae

            Rana arvalis

            Rana dalmatina

            Rana graeca

            Rana iberica

            Rana italica

            Rana latastei

            Rana lessonae

            Pelobatidae

            Pelobates cultripes

            Pelobates fuscus

            Pelobates syriacus

            Bufonidae

            Bufo calamita

            Bufo viridis

            Hylidae

            Hyla arborea

            Hyla meridionalis

            Hyla sarda

        FISH

          ACIPENSERIFORMES

            Acipenseridae

            Acipenser naccarii

            Acipenser sturio

          SALMONIFORMES

            Coregonidae

            Coregonus oxyrhynchus (anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea, except the Finnish populations)

          CYPRINIFORMES

            Cyprinidae

            Anaecypris hispanica

            Phoxinus percnurus

          ATHERINIFORMES

            Cyprinodontidae

            Valencia hispanica

          PERCIFORMES

            Percidae

            Gymnocephalus baloni

            Romanichthys valsanicola

            Zingel asper

      INVERTEBRATES

        ARTHROPODS

          CRUSTACEA

            Isopoda

            Armadillidium ghardalamensis

          INSECTA

            Coleoptera

            Bolbelasmus unicornis

            Buprestis splendens

            Carabus hampei

            Carabus hungaricus

            Carabus olympiae

            Carabus variolosus

            Carabus zawadszkii

            Cerambyx cerdo

            Cucujus cinnaberinus

            Dorcadion fulvum cervae

            Duvalius gebhardti

            Duvalius hungaricus

            Dytiscus latissimus

            Graphoderus bilineatus

            Leptodirus hochenwarti

            Pilemia tigrina

            Osmoderma eremita

            Phryganophilus ruficollis

            Probaticus subrugosus

            Propomacrus cypriacus

            Pseudogaurotina excellens

            Pseudoseriscius cameroni

            Pytho kolwensis

            Rosalia alpina

            Lepidoptera

            Apatura metis

            Arytrura musculus

            Catopta thrips

            Chondrosoma fiduciarium

            Coenonympha hero

            Coenonympha oedippus

            Colias myrmidone

            Cucullia mixta

            Dioszeghyana schmidtii

            Erannis ankeraria

            Erebia calcaria

            Erebia christi

            Erebia sudetica

            Eriogaster catax

            Fabriciana elisa

            Glyphipterix loricatella

            Gortyna borelii lunata

            Hypodryas maturna

            Hyles hippophaes

            Leptidea morsei

            Lignyoptera fumidaria

            Lopinga achine

            Lycaena dispar

            Lycaena helle

            Maculinea arion

            Maculinea nausithous

            Maculinea teleius

            Melanargia arge

            Nymphalis vaualbum

            Papilio alexanor

            Papilio hospiton

            Parnassius apollo

            Parnassius mnemosyne

            Phyllometra culminaria

            Plebicula golgus

            Polymixis rufocincta isolata

            Polyommatus eroides

            Proserpinus proserpina

            Proterebia afra dalmata

            Pseudophilotes bavius

            Xylomoia strix

            Zerynthia polyxena

            Mantodea

            Apteromantis aptera

            Odonata

            Aeshna viridis

            Cordulegaster heros

            Cordulegaster trinacriae

            Gomphus graslinii

            Leucorrhinia albifrons

            Leucorrhinia caudalis

            Leucorrhinia pectoralis

            Lindenia tetraphylla

            Macromia splendens

            Ophiogomphus cecilia

            Oxygastra curtisii

            Stylurus flavipes

            Sympecma braueri

            Orthoptera

            Baetica ustulata

            Brachytrupes megacephalus

            Isophya costata

            Isophya harzi

            Isophya stysi

            Myrmecophilus baronii

            Odontopodisma rubripes

            Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

            Pholidoptera transsylvanica

            Saga pedo

            Stenobothrus (Stenobothrodes) eurasius

          ARACHNIDA

            Araneae

            Macrothele calpeiana

        MOLLUSCS

          GASTROPODA

          Anisus vorticulus

          Caseolus calculus

          Caseolus commixta

          Caseolus sphaerula

          Chilostoma banaticum

          Discula leacockiana

          Discula tabellata

          Discula testudinalis

          Discula turricula

          Discus defloratus

          Discus guerinianus

          Elona quimperiana

          Geomalacus maculosus

          Geomitra moniziana

          Gibbula nivosa

          Hygromia kovacsi

          Idiomela (Helix) subplicata

          Lampedusa imitatrix

          Lampedusa melitensis

          Leiostyla abbreviata

          Leiostyla cassida

          Leiostyla corneocostata

          Leiostyla gibba

          Leiostyla lamellosa

          Paladilhia hungarica

          Patella ferruginea

          Sadleriana pannonica

          Theodoxus prevostianus

          Theodoxus transversalis

          BIVALVIA

            Anisomyaria

            Lithophaga lithophaga

            Pinna nobilis

            Unionoida

            Margaritifera auricularia

            Unio crassus

            Dreissenidae

            Congeria kusceri

          ECHINODERMATA

            Echinoidea

            Centrostephanus longispinus

    (b)PLANTS

    Annex IV (b) contains all the plant species listed in Annex II (b)(1) plus those mentioned below:

      PTERIDOPHYTA

        ASPLENIACEAE

        Asplenium hemionitis L.

      ANGIOSPERMAE

        AGAVACEAE

        Dracaena draco (L.) L.

        AMARYLLIDACEAE

        Narcissus longispathus Pugsley

        Narcissus triandrus L.

        BERBERIDACEAE

        Berberis maderensis Lowe

        CAMPANULACEAE

        Campanula morettiana Reichenb.

        Physoplexis comosa (L.) Schur.

        CARYOPHYLLACEAE

        Moehringia fontqueri Pau

        COMPOSITAE

        Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Lowe subsp. succulentum (Lowe) C. J. Humphries

        Helichrysum sibthorpii Rouy

        Picris willkommii (Schultz Bip.) Nyman

        Santolina elegans Boiss. ex DC.

        Senecio caespitosus Brot.

        Senecio lagascanus DC. subsp. lusitanicus (P. Cout.) Pinto da Silva

        Wagenitzia lancifolia (Sieber ex Sprengel) Dostal

        CRUCIFERAE

        Murbeckiella sousae Rothm.

        EUPHORBIACEAE

        Euphorbia nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

        GESNERIACEAE

        Jankaea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss.

        Ramonda serbica Pancic

        IRIDACEAE

        Crocus etruscus Parl.

        Iris boissieri Henriq.

        Iris marisca Ricci & Colasante

        LABIATAE

        Rosmarinus tomentosus Huber-Morath & Maire

        Teucrium charidemi Sandwith

        Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link

        Thymus villosus L. subsp. villosus L.

        LILIACEAE

        Androcymbium europaeum (Lange) K. Richter

        Bellevalia hackelli Freyn

        Colchicum corsicum Baker

        Colchicum cousturieri Greuter

        Fritillaria conica Rix

        Fritillaria drenovskii Degen & Stoy.

        Fritillaria gussichiae (Degen & Doerfler) Rix

        Fritillaria obliqua Ker-Gawl.

        Fritillaria rhodocanakis Orph. ex Baker

        Ornithogalum reverchonii Degen & Herv.-Bass.

        Scilla beirana Samp.

        Scilla odorata Link

        ORCHIDACEAE

        Ophrys argolica Fleischm.

        Orchis scopulorum Simsmerh.

        Spiranthes aestivalis (Poiret) L.C.M. Richard

        PRIMULACEAE

        Androsace cylindrica DC.

        Primula glaucescens Moretti

        Primula spectabilis Tratt.

        RANUNCULACEAE

        Aquilegia alpina L.

        SAPOTACEAE

        Sideroxylon marmulano Banks ex Lowe

        SAXIFRAGACEAE

        Saxifraga cintrana Kuzinsky ex Willk.

        Saxifraga portosanctana Boiss.

        Saxifraga presolanensis Engl.

        Saxifraga valdensis DC.

        Saxifraga vayredana Luizet

        SCROPHULARIACEAE

        Antirrhinum lopesianum Rothm.

        Lindernia procumbens (Krocker) Philcox

        SOLANACEAE

        Mandragora officinarum L.

        THYMELAEACEAE

        Thymelaea broterana P. Cout.

        UMBELLIFERAE

        Bunium brevifolium Lowe

        VIOLACEAE

        Viola athois W. Becker

        Viola cazorlensis Gandoger