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Wetland Wildlife
Reptiles and Amphibians
24
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
03/19/2012

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Term
Definition
American Toad
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Definition
American Bullfrog
Term
Definition
Green Frog
Term
Definition
Wood Frog
Term
Definition
Pickerel Frog
Term
Definition
Gray Treefrog
Term
Definition
Spring Peeper
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Definition

Rana sylvatica

Wood Frog

Male

Only masked frog in RI

 

 

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Definition

Rana sylvatica

Wood Frog

Female

obligate to vernal pools

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Definition

Ambystoma maculatum

Spotted Salamander

most common salamander in RI

Term
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Definition

Ambystoma opacum

Marbled salamander

Sexing: Males have swollen, square cloacal glands during breeding season

Females have rounded cloaca

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Definition

Pseudacris crucifer

Spring Peeper

~1 inch long

high-pitched call

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Definition

Bufo americanus

American Toad

can vary in color, identify by warty dorsum

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Definition

Notophthamlus viridescens

Red-Spotted Newt

1. Adult 

2. Eft (additional terrestrial life stage)

3. Males spotted w/ black pads during breeding season

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Definition

Rana clamitans melanota

Green Frog

aquatic frog

1. Adult male

2. adult female

3. black and white egg masses

4. tadpole

to differentiate from bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), look for dorsolateral ridge in adults

 

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Definition

Rana catesbeiana

American Bullfrog

aquatic frog

NO dorsolateral folds

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Definition

Hyla versicolor

Gray Treefrog

Note distinctive ventral coloration

blend well with lichen covered trees

 

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Clemmys guttata

Spotted Turtle

Term
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Definition

Chrysemys picta

Painted turtle


Term

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Definition

Chelydra serptentina

Common Snapping turtle

Term
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Definition

Terrapene carolina

Box Turtle

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Thamnophis sirtalis

Garter Snake

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Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern Ribbon Snake

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Nerodia sipedon

Northern Water Snake

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