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<br /> 34 <br />TABLE 2B: SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES THAT COULD OCCUR IN THE PROJECT VICINITY. <br />ANIMALS (adapted from CDFW 2023) <br />Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered under the State and/or Federal Endangered Species Acts <br />Common and scientific names Status <br />General habitat <br />description *Occurrence in the study area <br />Northwestern pond turtle <br />Actinemys marmorata <br />Federal <br />proposed <br />for <br />threatened <br />status <br />An aquatic turtle of <br />ponds, marshes, slow- <br />moving rivers, streams, <br />and irrigation ditches <br />with aquatic vegetation. <br />Needs basking sites and <br />sandy banks or grassy <br />open fields for egg <br />laying. <br />Unlikely. While potential suitable <br />habitat is present on the site for <br />pond turtles in Devaney Canyon <br />when water is present, the closest <br />pond turtle records in the region is <br />more than 3 miles to the northeast <br />in San Ramon and Dublin areas <br /> <br />San Joaquin kit fox <br />Vulpes macrotis mutica <br />FE, CT Frequents annual <br />grasslands or grassy <br />open stages with <br />scattered shrubby <br />vegetation. Needs <br />loose-textured sandy <br />soils for burrowing and <br />suitable prey base. <br />Utilizes enlarged (4 to <br />10 inches in diameter) <br />ground squirrel burrows <br />as denning habitat. May <br />forage in adjacent <br />agricultural habitats. <br />Absent. Denning and foraging <br />habitat for the San Joaquin kit fox is <br />limited on the site, as ground <br />squirrels have been poisoned <br />onsite through many years by the <br />cattle rancher. There have been <br />three documented occurrences of <br />this species within ten miles of the <br />site since 1975. The nearest <br />observation of this species was <br />documented approximately 4.5 <br />miles to the northeast of the <br />project site in 1975. No <br />occurrences have been <br />documented west of Highway 680. <br />Therefore, kit foxes are presumed <br />absent from the project site, as the <br />project is a few miles southwest of <br />the nearest sighting and is <br />considered outside its historic and <br />existing range. <br />Foothill yellow-legged frog <br />Rana boylii <br />FE Frequents partly <br />shaded, shallow, swiftly <br />flowing streams and <br />riffles with rocky <br />substrate in a variety of <br />habitats. <br />Unlikely. The drainages on the site <br />provide marginal to poor habitat <br />for this species. The nearest <br />documented occurrences of this <br />species are more than 16 miles to <br />the northwest of the site. <br />Burrowing owl <br />Athene cunicularia <br />State <br />Candidate <br />Species for <br />threatened <br />status <br />Open, dry grasslands, <br />deserts, and ruderal <br />areas. Requires suitable <br />burrows. Often <br />associated with <br />California ground <br />squirrels. <br />Absent. No burrowing owls have <br />ever been documented on site <br />during numerous surveys since <br />2014. The closest sightings are <br />about 2.7 miles east of the site in <br />the Dublin region east of <br />Doughtery Road and about 2.5 <br />mles south of the site along <br />Pleasanton Ridge.