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SNAKES

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Black Racer

Coluber constrictor

Family – Colubridae

(Non-venomous Snakes)

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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)

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Eastern Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Family – Colubridae

(Non-venomous Snakes)

MAMMALS

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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) 

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Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Family – Dasypodidae – (Armadillos)

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Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

 Family – Leporidae – (Hares and Rabbits)

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Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Family – Vespertilionidae (Vesper Bats) 

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Coyote

Canis latrans

Family – Canidae (Dogs, Foxes and Wolves)

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Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Family – Felidae (Cats)  

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White-tailed Deer 

Odocoileus virginianus

Family – Cervidae (Deer)

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White-footed Deermouse 

Peromyscus leucopus

Family – Cricetidae (New World Mice, Rats and Voles)

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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Family  - Sciuridae (Squirrels)

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Red Fox 

Vulpes vulpes

Family – Didelphidae (Opossums)

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American Mink

Vison vison

Family – Mustelidae (Weasels, Otters and Badgers)

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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
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals

BIRDS

BIRDS

View the complete list of species sighted, including numbers, dates and times as they are posted 

LINK

REPTILES

TURTLES

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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Family – Chelydridae (Snapping 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

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Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

Family – Polychridae (Anoles) 

Ground Skink

Scincella lateralis

Family – Scincidae (Skinks)

AMPHIBIANS

SALAMANDERS

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Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

Family – Ambystomatidae

(Mole Salamanders) 

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Three-lined Salamander

guttolineata

Family – Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)    

FROGS AND TOADS

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Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Family – Microhylidae (Narrowmouth Toads)   

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Cope’s Gray Treefrog

chrysoscelis

 Family – Hylidae (Treefrogs)  

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Green Treefrog

cinerea

 Family – Hylidae (Treefrogs)  

Spring Peeper

pseudacris crucifer

 Family – Hylidae (Treefrogs)  

Bullfrog

[Lithobates] catesbeiana

Family – Ranidae (True Frogs)     

Green Frog 

[Lithobates] clamitans

Family – Ranidae (True Frogs)   

Southern Leopard Frog

[Lithobates] sphenocephala

Family – Ranidae (True Frogs)   

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