AMPHIBIANS
Caudata (salamanders)
Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
Southern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus
Salientia (frogs and toads)
Ranidae (true frogs)
Bullfrog†
Rana catesbeiana
Bronze Frog
Rana clamitans clamitans
Southern Leopard Frog
Rana sphenocephala utricularia
Microhylidae (narrow-mouthed frogs)
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Frog
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Bufonidae (toads)
Southern Toad
Bufo terrestris
American Toad
Bufo americanus
Hylidae (treefrogs)
Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans crepitans
Southern Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus gryllus
Bird-voiced Treefrog †
Hyla avivoca
Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Northern Spring Peeper
Hyla crucifer crucifer
Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla squirrella
Common & Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor & Hyla chrysocelis
Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata feriarum
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REPTILES
Testudines (turtles)
Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macroclemys temmincki
Kinosternidae (musk & mud turtles)
Common Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii
Emydidae (pond, marsh, & box turtles)
Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Eastern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta picta
Yellow-bellied Turtle
Chrysemys scripta scripta
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolinacarolina
Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
GulfCoast Spiny Softshell
Apolone spinifera aspera
Squamata; Lacertilia (lizards)
Iguanidae (iguanids)
Green Anole
Anolis carolinensis
Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Teiidae (whiptails)
Six-lined Racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus
Scincidae (skinks)
Five-lined Skink
Eumeces fasciatus
Ground Skink
Scincella lateralis
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REPTILES (cont.)
Squamata; Serpentes (snakes)
Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
Eastern Worm Snake
Carphophis amoenus
Black Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta
Gray Rat Snake
Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
Brown Water Snake
Nerodia taxispilota
Eastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula getula
Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys aestivus
Viperiidae (pit vipers)
Southern Copperhead
Agkistron contortrix contortrix
MAMMALS
Marsupialia (marsupials)
Opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Edentata (edentates)
Armadillo*
Dasypus novemcinctus
Soricomorpha (shrews)
Soricidae (shrews)
Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina carolinensis
Chiroptera (bats)
Vespertillionidae (evening bats)
Evening Bat
Nycticeius humeralis
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
Cervidae (deer)
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
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MAMMALS (cont.)
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
Equidae (horses)
Horse‡
Equus caballus
Carnivora (carnivores)
Canidae (foxes, coyotes, & wolves)
Domestic Dog‡
Canis familiaris
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes fulva
Gray Fox
Urocyan cinereoargenteus
Felidae (cats)
Bobcat*
Lynx rufus
Domestic Cat‡
Felis sylvestris catu
Mustelidae (weasels, skunks, & otters)
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
River Otter
Lontra canadensis
Procyonidae (raccoons)
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Rodentia (rodents)
Sciuridae (squirrels)
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Fox Squirrel*
Sciurus niger
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
Castoridae (beavers)
American Beaver
Castor canadensis
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MAMMALS (cont.)
Rodentia (cont.)
Muridae (mouse-like rodents)
House Mouse
Mus musculus
Muskrat
Odatra zibethica
Lagomorpha (picas, hares, & rabbits)
Leporidae (hares & rabbits)
Eastern Cottontail
Silvilagus floridanus
Primates (prosimians, monkeys, & apes)
Hominidae (hominids)
Human‡
Homo sapiens sapiens
*Animals identified to date only in other areas of
Bibb County, Georgia
†Animals identified to date only by call
‡Non-feral animals
Number of Identified Native Species: 54
Amphibians: 15
Reptiles:21
Feral Mammals: 19
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CRITTERS OF THE
WESLEYAN
CAMPUS
Upland Chorus Frog
An accumulating checklist of amphibians,
reptiles, and mammals of the
WesleyanCollege Arboretum,
Macon, Georgia
Revised May 2011
Please submit additions and corrections to
Barry Rhoades of the Wesleyan
Biology Department.