Herpetology ID
5-Lined Skink
5-Lined Skink
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Eastern Fox Snake
Eastern Garter Snake
Ring-Necked Snake
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Blue Racer
Gray Rat Snake
Eastern Milk Snake
Northern Water Snake
Smooth Green Snake
American Toad
Wood Frog
Western Chorus Frog
Bull Frog
Green Frog
Pickerel Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Spring Peeper
Spotted Turtle
Wood Turtle
Blanding's Turtle
Common Snapping Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Painted Turtle
Common Map Turtle
Spiny Soft-Shell Turtle
Eastern Newt (Adult)
Eastern Newt (Juvenile)
Mud Puppy
Western Lesser Siren
Spotted Salamander
Tiger Salamander (Juvenile)
Tiger Salamander (Adult)
Red Backed Salamander
Where do I live?
Forests with moist ground
Where do I live?
humid and moist areas, burrows, water
Where do I live?
Moist forests with lost of leaf litter
Where do I live?
calm backwaters and swamps with warmer shallow water
Where do I live?
water with abundant shelter with various depths
Where do I live?
Juveniles (on land) moist forests with leaf litter. Adults (aquatic) ponds, or marshes
Where do I live?
aquatic with little vegetation and muddy bottoms
Where do I live?
water with little current, and large amounts of vegetation and logs
Where do I live?
shallow bodies of water with muddy substrate, little current, spots for basking
Where do I live?
open woodlands, grasslands, wet meadows, near water
Where do I live?
water with muddy bottoms and lots of vegetation
Where do I live?
ephemeral wetlands and ponds, and some terrestrial hab. during the summer
Where do I live?
wooded habs near water
Where do I live?
shallow aquatic areas like bogs
Where do I live?
moist woods, shrublands near water
Where do I live?
marshes, bogs, ponds/lakes
Where do I live?
marshes, bogs, lakes/ponds
Where do I live?
bodies of permanent water with lots of vegetation
Where do I live?
bodies of water with lots of vegetation
Where do I live?
marshes, meadows, open woods, specifically leaf litter
Where do I live?
wet meadows, bogs, deciduous forests
Where do I live?
anywhere with adequate cover for foraging and shelter
Where do I live?
moist grassy areas, open forests
Where do I live?
aquatic areas with basking spots
Where do I live?
generalist but common around forest edges
Where do I live?
forested areas, in trees a lot
Where do I live?
old fields, hedgerows, forest edges, some wetlands
Where do I live?
grasslands, forest edges, old fields
Where do I live?
moist ground layer with abundant cover
Where do I live?
prefer moist grassy areas
Where do I live?
marshes, sedge meadows, prairies, old fields
Where do I live?
lowland/wetland areas, that have open/upland areas for basking
Where do I live?
open woods, woodland edges, woody areas
What do I eat?
insects (spiders, crickets, etc), small frogs, salamanders, small mice
What do I eat?
small mammals (mice, voles, shrew), some snakes amphibians, and birds
What do I eat?
rodents and birds
What do I eat?
earthworms, amphibians, slugs, smaller snakes
What do I eat?
small salamanders, lizards, frogs, small snakes, earthworms
What do I eat?
lots of toads, some small mammals, birds and frogs
What do I eat?
mammals up to the size of small squirrels, birds, and snakes
What do I eat?
small mammals (mice, voles, etc), and some birds
What do I eat?
small mammals (lots of mice and voles), some birds, reps, amphs.
What do I eat?
amphs., fish, insects, snakes, ,some small mammals
What do I eat?
inverts (grasshoppers, snails, slugs, crickets, etc.) the occasional amph.
What do I eat?
snails, beetles, earthworms
What do I eat?
slugs, snails, beetles, moth larvae
What do I eat?
insects (mosquitoes)
What do I eat?
insects, snakes, worms, frogs, salamanders, fish, etc
What do I eat?
slugs, snails, worms. Maybe frogs if they are big enough
What do I eat?
insects, slugs, snails, worms
What do I eat?
insects, slugs, snails and some worms
What do I eat?
small insects (ants, beetles, flies, spiders, etc)
What do I eat?
small inverts and verts, and veg
What do I eat?
flowers and fruit (of herbacious plants), slugs, fungi, snails, worms, carrion
What do I eat?
50% plant mat, and crayfish, insects, and some fish
What do I eat?
aquatic veg, fish, inverts, small mammals, birds, carrion
What do I eat?
snails, insects, berries, fungi, slugs, worms, carrion
What do I eat?
plants, small fish, insects, carrion, crustaceans
What do I eat?
Females - crayfish, snails, clams
Males - snails, insects, small crustaceans
What do I eat?
aquatic inverts and some fish
What do I eat?
inverts
What do I eat?
crayfish, small fish, inverts, snails, fish and salamander eggs, carrion
What do I eat?
aquatic inverts, salamanders and salamander larvae
What do I eat?
arthropods (ants, mites, worms, flies, snails, beetles, etc)
What do I eat?
worms, snails, insects, slugs, smaller salamanders, small snakes
What do I eat?
non-insect arthropods (mites, spiders, insects, milipedes, beetles, snails, ants, worms)