POTENTIAL HABITAT FOR HERPS

Common and scientific names are listed below. Species in red are in upper quartile of Regional Habitat Importance Index (RHII).

    

AMPHIBIANS

Jefferson salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum    

 

Spotted salamander

Ambystoma maculatum         

 

Marbled salamander

Ambystoma opacum            

 

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

 

Green salamander

Aneides aeneus               

 

Dusky salamander

Desmognathus fuscus         

 

Seal salamander

Desmognathus monticola      

 

Mt. dusky salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus    

 

N. 2-lined salamander

Eurycea bislineata          

 

Longtail salamander

Eurycea longicauda           

 

Spring salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus  

 

Four-toed salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum      

 

Redback salamander

Plethodon cinereus          

 

Slimy salamander

Plethodon glutinosus        

 

Valley & ridge salamander

Plethodon hoffmani       

 

Ravine salamander

Plethodon richmondi         

 

Wehrle's salamander

Plethodon wehrlei           

 

Mud salamander

Pseudotriton montanus       

 

Red salamander

Pseudotriton ruber          

 

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus          

 

E. newt

Notophthalmus viridescens   

 

American toad

Bufo americanus             

 

Woodhouse's toad

Bufo woodhousii             

 

N. cricket frog

Acris crepitans             

 

Gray treefrog

Hyla versicolor             

 

Mt. chorus frog

Pseudacris brachyphona      

 

W. chorus frog

Pseudacris triseriata       

 

Spring peeper

Pseudacris crucifer         

 

E. spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii       

 

Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana            

 

Green frog

Rana clamitans              

 

Pickerel frog

Rana palustris              

 

N. leopard frog

Rana pipiens                

 

Wood frog

Rana sylvatica              

 

S. leopard frog

Rana sphenocephala          

 

 

 

TURTLES

Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina    

 

Painted turtle

Chrysemys picta        

 

Spotted turtle

Clemmys guttata        

 

Wood turtle

Clemmys insculpta      

 

Bog turtle

Clemmys muhlenbergii   

 

Common map turtle

Graptemys geographica  

 

Redbelly turtle

Pseudemys rubriventris 

 

E. box turtle

Terrapene carolina     

 

Common musk turtle

Sternotherus odoratus  

 

Spiny softshell

Apalone spinifera      

 

 

 

SNAKES AND LIZARDS

E. fence lizard

Sceloporus undulatus     

 

Coal skink

Eumeces anthracinus      

 

Five-lined skink

Eumeces fasciatus        

 

Broadhead skink

Eumeces laticeps         

 

Worm snake

Carphophis amoenus       

 

Kirtland's snake

Clonophis kirtlandii     

 

Racer

Coluber constrictor      

 

Ringneck snake

Diadophis punctatus      

 

Rat snake

Elaphe obsoleta          

 

E. hognose snake

Heterodon platirhinos    

 

Milk snake

Lampropeltis triangulum  

 

N. water snake

Nerodia sipedon          

 

Rough green snake

Opheodrys aestivus       

 

Smooth green snake

Opheodrys vernalis       

 

Queen snake

Regina septemvittata     

 

Brown snake

Storeria dekayi          

 

Redbelly snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

 

Shorthead garter snake

Thamnophis brachystoma   

 

E. ribbon snake

Thamnophis sauritus      

 

Common garter snake

Thamnophis sirtalis      

 

Smooth earth snake

Virginia valeriae         

 

Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortix    

 

Timber rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus        

 

Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus      

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