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The VHS would like to thank the management and staff at Breaks Interstate Park for their hospitality. Thanks to all VHS members that participated in the survey.

The landscape and scenery of Breaks Interstate Park is spectacular!

 

Breaks Interstate Park Species List

 Anurans
Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad)
Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope’s Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacrris brachyphona (Mountain Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris crucifer (Northern Spring Peeper) * County Record
Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)
Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Lithobates palustris (Pickerel Frog)

 Salamanders
Aneides aeneus (Green Salamander)
Desmognathus fuscus (Northern Dusky Salamander)
Desmognathus monticola (Seal Salamander)
Eurycea cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander) * County Record
Eurycea longicauda (Long-Tailed Salamander)
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt)
Plethodon glutinosus (Northern Slimy Salamander)
Plethodon kentucki (Cumberland Plateau Salamander)

 Turtles
Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Eastern Snapping Turtle)
Terrapene carolina carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)

 Lizards
Plestidon sp.  (Five-lined skink)
Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Northern Fence Lizard) 

 Snakes
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen (Northern Copperhead) * County Record
Diadophis punctatus (Ring-necked Snake)
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Watersnake)
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (Northern Red-bellied Snake) * County Record & Significant Range Extension

 Total Number of Animals Captured = 160

The Animals

American Toad
Northern Copperhead
Long-tailed Salamander
Northern Fence Lizard
Long-tailed Salamander
Northern red-bellied Snake
Northern red-bellied Snake
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
 
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Green Salamander
Ring-necked Snake
Slimy Salamander
Slimy Salamander
 

 

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