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REPTILES
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AMPHIBIANS
Frogs
Toads
Turtles
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Eastern Box Turtle
Terapine carolina |
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Great North Mtn.,
VA/WV, North Mtn. Tr., 06/03/2006
W |
Same |
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Snakes
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Timber Rattlesnake
Crotalus Horridus |
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Great North Mtn,
VA, Tuscarora Tr., North Mtn., 07/12/2009 G
W |
Same |
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Salamanders
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Eastern Newt or Red Eft
Notophthalmus viridescens |
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Great North Mtn,
VA, ponds on the Tuscarora Tr. near the Sugar Knob Cabin,
04/24/2005 W |
Same |
Same |
Same |
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Eastern Newts live through 3 stages: aquatic
larva with gills, terrestrial red eft (subadult) without
gills (2-3 years) and finally aquatic adult. Red color
warns birds and other predators that they are inedible. |
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Same |
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Lizards
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Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus Indulatus |
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Great North Mountain,
VA, White Rock Cliff, 07/18/2009 G
W |
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