Summary information for HELLBENDER, EASTERN
Common Name
HELLBENDER, EASTERN
Scientific Name
CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS
Status
FEDERAL ENDANGERED, NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G3G4T3T4
Primary Habitat
"Aquatic - river/stream"
Preferred Habitat
"Inhabit riffles in streams with gravel or rubble bottoms. Usually in water less than 1.3 m deep. Lay eggs under large flat rocks."
Distribution
"Occurs in the Ozark plateau in rivers draining into the Missouri and Mississippi rivers *01*."
County List
CAMDEN, CRAWFORD, DALLAS, DENT, FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, LACLEDE, OSAGE, PHELPS, PULASKI, ST. LOUIS, TEXAS