Vertebrate Zoology Species List

Spring 2005

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Ebenezer Swamp, Montevallo, AL:

Pretty shiner (Lythrurus bellus)

Burrhead shiner (Notropis asperifrons)

Speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum)

Redfin darter female (Etheostoma whipplei)

Mosquito fish female (Gambusia affinis)

Mosquito fish male (Gambusia affinis)
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)

Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)

Redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus)

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
 

                            Little Cahaba at Iron Bridge, Birmingham, AL:

                         Tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia)

                         Largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis)

                         Banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae)

                         Alabama hogsucker (Hypentelium etowanum)

                         River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)

                         Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)

                         Alabama darter (Etheostoma ramseyi)

                         Blackbanded darter (Percina nigrofasciata)

                         Mobile logperch (Percina catheyi)

Red Lake, Ruffner Mountain, Birmingham, AL

Treefrog tadpole (Hyla sp)

True frog tadpole (Rana sp)
Red spotted newt male (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Red spotted newt nuptial glands (Notophthalmus viridsescens)
Red spotted newt female (Notophthalmus viridescens)

              Lake Guntersville State Park, Lake Guntersville, AL:

                Eastern worm snake (Carphophis amoenus) venter

                Northern (or spotted) dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)

                Southern ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus) venter

                Female Five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus)

                White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

                Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi)

                Northern red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)

                Smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae)

Homewood Nature Area, Homewood, AL:

Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)

Two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)

Spring salamander larva (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)

Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi)

Zigzag salamander (Plethodon dorsalis)

Mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis)

                   Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC:

                     Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

                     Blackbelly salamander (Desmognathus quatramaculatus)

                     Redbacked salamander (Plethodon cinereus)

                     Spring salamander larva (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)

                     Blackchin red salamander (Psuedotriton ruber schencki)

                     Norhtern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)

                     Seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola)

                     Blue-ridge two lined salamander (Eurycea wilderae)

Camp Winnataska, Pell City, AL:

Eastern fence lizard (Sceloperus undulatus)

Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Ground skink (Scincella lateralis)

                                                          Oak Mountain State Park, AL:

                                   Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

                    Barred owl (Strix varia)

                    Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

                    Black vulture (Coragyps atratus)

                    Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

                    Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

                    Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)

                    Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

                    European Starling(Sturnus vulgaris)

                    American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos)

                    Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

                    Rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

                    Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

                    Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

                    Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

                    Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

                    Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

                    Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis)

                    Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

                            Fivelined skink (Eumyces fasciatus)

                            Broadhead skink (Eumyces laticeps)

                                                                                     Fowlers toad (Bufo woodhousei fowleri)