SNAKES
Black Racer
Coluber constrictor
Family – Colubridae
(Non-venomous Snakes)
Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys aestivus
Family – Colubridae
(Non-venomous Snakes)
Eastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula
Family – Colubridae
(Non-venomous Snakes)
Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi
Family – Colubridae
(Non-venomous Snakes)
Eastern Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Family – Colubridae
(Non-venomous Snakes)
MAMMALS
Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Family – Didelphidae (Opossums)
Swamp Rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Family – Leporidae – (Hares and Rabbits)
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda
Family – Soricidae (Shrews)
Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Family – Dasypodidae – (Armadillos)
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
Family – Leporidae – (Hares and Rabbits)
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Family – Vespertilionidae (Vesper Bats)
Coyote
Canis latrans
Family – Canidae (Dogs, Foxes and Wolves)
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Family – Felidae (Cats)
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Family – Cervidae (Deer)
White-footed Deermouse
Peromyscus leucopus
Family – Cricetidae (New World Mice, Rats and Voles)
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Family - Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Family – Didelphidae (Opossums)
American Mink
Vison vison
Family – Mustelidae (Weasels, Otters and Badgers)
American Beaver
Castor canadensis
Family Castoridae (Beavers)
Norway or Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Family – Muridae (Old World Mice and Rats)
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
Family - Sciuridae (Squirrels)
animals Identified at
the Rocky River Nature Park
BIRDS
BIRDS
View the complete list of species sighted, including numbers, dates and times as they are posted
REPTILES
TURTLES
Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Family – Emydidae (Basking Turtles)
Common Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Family – Kinosternidae (Mud and Musk Turtles)
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Family – Emydidae (Basking Turtles)
Slider Turtle
Trachemys scripta
Family – Emydidae (Basking Turtles)
Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera
Family – Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
LIZARDS
Anolis carolinensis
Family – Polychridae (Anoles)
Ground Skink
Scincella lateralis
Family – Scincidae (Skinks)
AMPHIBIANS
SALAMANDERS
Three-lined Salamander
guttolineata
Family – Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)
FROGS AND TOADS
