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