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Home Reptiles and Amphibians
of Huntley Meadows Park
(special thanks to Dr. Carl Ernst - George Mason U. for his observation records)

Amphibians

   Reptiles  

  Clicking on a species link will take you to the Virginia Herpetological Society's website.
Bull frog
Rana catesbeiana
Southern leopard frog
Rana sphenocephala
Pickerel frog
Rana palustris
Green frog
Rana clamitans melanota
Wood frog
Rana sylvatica
Upland chorus frog
Pseudoacris triseriata feriarum
Gray treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Green treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Spring peeper
Hyla crucifer
Fowler's toad
Bufo woodhousei fowleri
American toad
Bufo americanus
Spotted salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum
Eastern Newt
Notopthalmus viridescens viridescens
Red-backed salamander
Plethodon cinereus cinereus
Slimy salamander
Plethodon glutinosis glutinosis
Northern dusky salamander
Desmognathus fuscus






Painted turtle
Chrysemys picta
Red-bellied turtle
Chrysemys rubriventris
Spotted turtle
Clemmys guttata
Eastern mud turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
Eastern box turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina
Common snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Five-lined skink
Eumeces fasciatus
Ground skink
Scincella lateralis
Eastern worm snake
Carphophis amoenus amoenus
Northern black racer
Coluber constrictor constrictor
Northern ringneck snake
Daidophis punctatus edwardsi
Black rat snake
Elaphe odsoleta obsoleta
Eastern hognose snake
Heterodon platyrhinos
Eastern kingsnake
Lampropeltis getulus getulus
Mole kingsnake
Lampropeltis calligaster rhobomaculata
Northern watersnake
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Rough green snake
Opheodrys aestivus
Smooth green snake
Opheodrys vernalis
Northern brown snake
Storeria dekayi dekayi
Eastern garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern ribbon snake
Thamnophis sauritis sauritis
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Mammals
of Huntley Meadows Park

(special thanks to Dr. Charles Handley, Jack Moore and Ed Regan for their observation records)

     Confirmed Species

Unconfirmed Species

Clicking on a species link will take you to The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries website.
Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Northern short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda
Southeastern shrew
Sorex longirostris
Eastern mole
Scalopis aquaticus
Star-nosed mole
Condylura cristata
Red fox
Vulpes vulpes
Gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
Mink
Mustela vison
River Otter
Lutra canadensis
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Woodchuck
Marmota monax
Gray squirrel
Scirius carolinensis
Southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys volans
Eastern chipmunk
Tamias striatus
White-footed mouse
Peromyscus leucopus
House mouse
Mus musculus
Meadow vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Beaver
Castor canadensis
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
Red bat
Lasiuris borealis
Eastern pipistrelle
Pipistrellus subflavus




Eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
White-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus



Least shrew
Cryptotis parva






Coyote
Canis latrans












Eastern harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
Norway rat
Rattus norvegicus
Marsh rice rat
Oryzomys palustris
Woodland vole
Microtus pinetorum
Meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius








Big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Little brown myotis
Myotis lucifugus
Evening bat
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans





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Dragonflies and Damselflies
of Huntley Meadows Park

Dragonflies

Damselflies

Green darner
Anax junius
Swamp darner
Epiaeschna heros
Unicorn clubtail Arigomphus villosipes
Calico pennant Calithemis elisa
Eastern pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
Golden-winged skimmer
Libellula auripennis
Bar-winged skimmer
Libellula axilena
Yellow-sided skimmer Libellula flavida
Spangled skimmer
Libellula cyanea
Blue corporal
Libellula deplanata
Slaty skimmer
Libellula incesta
Widow skimmer
Libellula luctuosa
Common whitetail
Libellula lydia
Needham's skimmer
Libellula needhami
Twelve-spotted skimmer
Libellula pulchella
Painted skimmer
Libellula semifasciata
Great blue skimmer
Libellula vibrans
Blue dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
Wandering glider Pantela flavescens
Spot-winged glider
Pantala hymenaea
Eastern Amberwing
Perithemis tenera
Blue-faced meadowhawk
Sympetrum ambiguum
Yellow-legged meadowhawk
Sympetrum vicinum
Carolina saddlebags
Tramea carolina
Black saddlebags
Tramea lacerata
Mocha emerald
Somatochlora linearis

Ebony jewelwing
Calopteryx maculata
Variable dancer Argia fumipennis
Blue-tipped dancer
Argia tibialis
Familiar bluet
Enallagma civile
Big bluet Enallagma durum
Skimming bluet
Enallagma geminatum
Orange bluet
Enallagma signatum
Citrine forktail Ischnura hastata
Fragile forktail
Ischnura posita
Eastern forktail Ischnura verticalis
Slender spreadwing
Lestes rectangularis
Swamp spreadwing
Lestes vigilax




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