Dominant or Distinctive Vertebrates of the Pine Barrens
FISHES
American Eel - Anguilla rostrata
Redfin (Grass) Pickerel - Esox americanus
Chain Pickerel - Esox niger
Eastern Mudminnow - Umbra pygmaea
Golden Shiner - Notemigonus crysoleuces
Creek Chubsucker - Erimyzon oblongus
Yellow Bullhead - Ictalurus natalis
Brown Bullhead - Ictalurus nebulosus
Tadpole Madtom - Noturus gyrinus
Pirate Perch - Aphredoderus sayanus
Mud Sunfish - Acantharchus pomotis
Blackbanded Sunfish - Enneacanthus chaetodon
Banded Sunfish - Enneacanthus obesus
Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus
Swamp Darter - Etheostoma fusiforme
Tessellated Darter - Etheostoma olmstedi
Yellow Perch - Perca flavescens
AMPHIBIANS
Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum
Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum
Newt - Notophihalmus viridescens
Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea bislineata
Four-toed Salamander - Hemidactylium scutatum
Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon cinereus
Red Salamander - Pseudotrilon ruber
Eastern Spadefoot - Scaphiopus holbrooki
Carpenter Frog - Rana virgatipes
Green Frog - Rana clamitans
Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica
Southern Leopard Frog - Rana sphenocephala
Fowler's Toad - Bufo woodhousei
Pine Barrens Treefrog - Hyla andersoni
Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor
Spring Peeper - Hyla crucifer
Chorus Frog - Pseudacris triseriata
REPTILES
Common Snapping Turtle - helydra serpentine
Common Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum
Stinkpot - Sternotherus odoratus
Spotted Turtle - lemmys gutiata
Wood Turtle - lemmys insculpta
Bog Turtle - lemmys muhlenbergi
Box Turtle- Terrapene carolina
Painted Turtle - chrysemys picia
Red-bellied Turtle - Chrysemys rubriventris
Eastern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus
Five-lined Skink - Eitmeces fasciatus
Ground Skink - Leiolopisma laterale
Common Water Snake - Nairix sipedon
Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi
Red-Bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata
Eastern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus
Common Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis
Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platyrhinos
Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus
Worm Snak - arphophis amoenus
Black Racer - Coluber constrictor
Rough Green Snake - Opheodrys aestivus
Corn Snake - Elaphe guttata
Black Rat Snake - Elaphe obsolete
Pine Snake - Pituophis melanoleucas
Milk Snake - Lampropellis triangulum
Common King Snake - Lampropeltis getulus
Scarlet Snake - Cemophora coccinea
Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus
BIRDS
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Great Egret - Egretta alba
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
Green Heron - Butorides virescens
Mallard - A nas platyrhynchos
Black Duck - Anas rubripes
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus
Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
Mourning Dove - Zenaidura macroura
Screech Owl - Olus asio
Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
Common Flicker - Colaptes auratus
Hairy Woodpecke - Dendrocopos villosus
Downy Woodpecker - Dendrocopus pubescens
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
Great-crested Flycatcher- Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood - Pewe ontopus virens
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Purple Martin - Progne subis
Blue Jay - Cyanocitia cristata
Common Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow - Corvus ossilragus
Carolina Chickadee - Parus ca'rolinensis
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitia carolinensis
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
Robin - Turdus migratorius
White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo otivaceus
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
Prothonatary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler - Dendroica discolor
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapillus
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart - Selophaga ruticilla
Redwing Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Cardinal - Pyrrhuloxia cardinalis
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis
Rufous-sided Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
MAMMALS
Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana
Masked Shrew - Sorex cinereus
Short-tailed Shrew - Blarina brevicauda
Eastern Mole - Scalopus aquaticus
Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Chipmunk - Tamias strialus
Gray Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel - Glaucomys volans
Beaver - Castor canadensis
White-footed Mouse - Peromyscus leucopus
Gapper's Red - backed Mous lethrionomys gapperi
Meadow Vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland Vole - Microlus pinetorum
Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
Meadow Jumping Mouse - Zapus hudsonius
Gray Fox- Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Raccoon - Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata
Mink - Mustela vison
River Otter - Lontra canadensis
White-tailed Deer - docoileus virginianus
Permission to reprint this article which appeared in
the Winter 1978 edition of Frontiers magazine was granted by the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. |
