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33 <br />Table 2: Special status species that could occur in the project vicinity. <br />ANIMALS (adapted from CDFW 2017 and USFWS 2017) <br />Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered under the State and/or Federal Endangered Species Acts <br />Common and scientific names Status General habitat description *Occurrence in the study area <br />San Joaquin kit fox <br /> (Vulpes macrotis mutica) <br />FE, CT <br /> <br />Frequents desert alkali scrub <br />and annual grasslands and <br />may forage in adjacent <br />agricultural habitats. <br />Utilizes enlarged (4 to 10 <br />inches in diameter) ground <br />squirrel burrows as denning <br />habitat. <br />Absent. No San Joaquin kit fox <br />burrows or sign have ever been <br />observed on the site. Although two <br />sightings within a 10-mile radius were <br />once recorded in the CNDDB, <br />supposedly observed in the period <br />between 1972 and 1975, these sightings <br />have now been removed from the <br />CNDDB, likely because it is believed <br />these sightings were other canid species <br />and were misidentified as SJKF, as they <br />are outside the currently accepted range <br />for the species and no additional recent <br />sightings have been reported in the <br />vicinity since that time. Due to the <br />lack of documented occurrences in the <br />project vicinity and the project site <br />being outside the currently accepted <br />range for the species, kit foxes are <br />presumed absent from the site. <br /> <br /> <br />Table 2: Special status species that could occur in the project vicinity. <br />ANIMALS (adapted from CDFW 2017 and USFWS 2017) <br />California Species of Special Concern and Protected Species <br />Common and scientific names Status General habitat description *Occurrence in the study area <br />Foothill yellow-legged frog <br /> (Rana boylii) <br />CSC Found primarily in swiftly <br />flowing creeks. <br />Absent. Suitable habitat is completely <br />lacking on the site for this species. <br />There are no documented occurrences <br />of this species within a three-mile <br />radius of the site. <br />Western spadefoot <br />(Spea hammondii) <br />CSC Primarily occurs in <br />grasslands, but also occurs in <br />valley and foothill hardwood <br />woodlands. Requires vernal <br />pools or other temporary <br />wetlands for breeding. <br />Absent. Vernal pools required for <br />breeding are absent from the study area, <br />and wetlands onsite do not hold enough <br />water for long enough to provide <br />breeding habitat for this species. The <br />nearest record is more than 3 miles <br />from the site. There are no documented <br />occurrences of this species within a <br />three-mile radius of the site. <br />Western pond turtle <br />(Actinemys marmorata) <br />CSC Intermittent and permanent <br />waterways including <br />streams, marshes, rivers, <br />ponds and lakes. Open slow- <br />moving water of rivers and <br />creeks of central California <br />with rocks and logs for <br />basking. <br />Absent. Suitable breeding habitat is <br />absent from the site, and the nearest <br />recorded observance of the WPT is <br />approximately 2 miles to the south of <br />the site. Additionally, the WPT was not <br />observed on the neighboring property <br />during special-status herp surveys in <br />2000 or 2002, or during other surveys <br />conducted since the early 1990’s.