The
Friends of
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Checklist |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Occurrence |
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Tiger Salamander |
Ambystoma tigrinum |
Rarely sighted, fairly common |
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Blue-spotted Salamander |
Ambystoma laterale |
Rarely sighted, only one occurrence in a building |
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American Toad |
Bufo americanus |
Common, frequently heard, occasionally seen |
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Western Chorus Frog |
Pseudoacris triseriata |
Common, frequently heard, hard to spot |
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Cope’s Gray Tree Frog |
Hyla chrysoscelis |
Common, frequently heard, hard to spot, best after hard rains knock them down to ground level |
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Bull Frog |
Rana catesbeiana |
Common, easy to sight in marshes, tadpoles in the bog and in marshes |
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Green Frog |
Rana clamitans |
Common, easy to sight in marshes |
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Northern Leopard Frog |
Rana pipiens |
Uncommon, occasionally encountered |
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Common Snapping Turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
Common, occasionally seen basking, laying eggs, or breathing with their head sticking up out of the water |
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Blanding’s Turtle |
Emydoidea blandingii |
Uncommon, occasionally seen basking in marshes |
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Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys picta |
Common basking in marshes |
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Milk Snake |
Lampropeltis triangulum |
Uncommon, rarely sighted along trails |
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Eastern Garter Snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis |
Common along trails, especially sunny days |
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Brown Snake |
Storeria dekayi |
Common, rarely encountered on trails |
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Northern Water Snake |
Nerodia sipedon |
Common along Bog boardwalk |
List
From Randy Schietzelt