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Sub-Cats.: |
Photos: |
 Bird Nests |
Bird Nests |
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 Birds |
Song birds, water fowls, harons, cranes, hummingbirds, etc.
**Sub-categories by Species |
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 Birds :Falconry |
Falconry birds.
NOTE: This may be graphic |
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1
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 Birds of Prey--Raptors |
Owls, hawks, eagles, kestrals etc. |
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30
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 Birds: At the feeders |
Just some shots of visiting birds. (not always good shots) |
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3
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 Birds:Hummingbirds |
Hummingbirds |
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26
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 Camouflage & Mimicry |
Things that look like other things. |
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 Critters YOU find 2010 |
Photos sent us for ID. These were all found in wild in PA. Normally I wouldn't do this but I think you'll find it interesting and useful. |
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 Fish |
Fish Species of PA |
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 Fishing |
Since we never bring anything home-here's some of our fishing photos. |
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7
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 Frog: Bullfrog |
(Lithobates catesbeianus) formerly(Rana catesbeiana) |
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17
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 Frog: Gray Treefrog Complex |
Eastern Gray Treefrog(Hyla versicolor) & Cope's Gray Treefrog(Hyla chrysoscelis) |
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6
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 Frog: Green Frog |
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanotus) formerly Northern Green Frog(Rana clamitans melanota |
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19
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 Frog: Midland Chorus Frog |
(Pseudacris triseriata)
Formerly Western Chorus Frog
*Protected Species |
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1
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 Frog: Mountain Chorus Frog |
(Pseudacris brachyphona)
*Protected Species |
0 |
2
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 Frog: New Jersey Chorus Frog |
(Pseudacris kalmi)Formerly
(Pseudacris ferairum kalmi)
*Endangered |
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1
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 Frog: Northern Cricket Frog |
(Acris crepitans) formerly Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
*Endangered Species-2010 |
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3
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 Frog: Northern Leopard Frog |
(Lithobates pipiens) formerly(Rana pipiens) |
0 |
3
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 Frog: Pickerel Frog |
(Lithobates palustris)formerly
(Rana palustris) |
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6
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 Frog: Southern Leopard Frog |
(Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius.)-
formerly listed by the PA Fish and Boat commission under
as Coastal Plains Leopard Frog (Rana utricularia and Rana sphenocephala) Changed 2010
*Endangered
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5
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 Frog: Spring Peeper |
(Pseudacris crucifer)
Formerly Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer) |
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17
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 Frog: Upland Chorus Frog |
(Pseudacris feriarum) formerly(Pseudacris feriarum feriarum)
*Protected Species |
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3
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 Frog: Wood Frog |
(Lithobates sylvaticus) formerly(Rana sylvatica) |
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9
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 Insects: Beetles |
Beetles |
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110
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 Insects: Butterflies |
Butterflies |
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 Insects: Caterpillar Look Alikes |
Sawfly larvae, Syrphid Fly larvae, etc. |
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11
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 Insects: Caterpillars |
Moth and Butterfly Larvae plus..
*Also includes eggs, pupa, cocoons, chrysalis, etc. |
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 Insects: Caterpillars To Adults |
Caterpillar and adult (moths and butterflies) |
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7
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 Insects: Ants |
Ants |
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11
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 Insects: Bees, Wasps, Hornets |
Bees, Wasps, Hornets |
5 |
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 Insects: Flies |
Craneflies, Dragon flies, etc. |
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114
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 Insects: Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets |
Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets |
3 |
43
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 Insects: Hoppers |
Leaf, Tree and Plant Hoppers |
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133
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 Insects: Misc. Insects |
Aphids, Cicadas, Stick Bugs, etc. |
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54
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 Insects: Preying Mantis |
Just lots of photos of Mantids |
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 Insects: Insect Eggs |
Insect Eggs, Galls, etc. |
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3
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 Insects: Insect Killing Fungii |
Such as Entomophthora fungus |
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1
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 Insects: Moths 2010 |
Moths found in 2010 |
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 Insects: Moths 2002 |
Moths 2002 |
0 |
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 Insects: Moths 2003 |
Moths 2003 |
0 |
13
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 Insects: Moths 2004 |
Moths 2004 |
0 |
8
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 Insects: Moths 2005 |
Moths 2005 |
0 |
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 Insects: Moths 2006 |
Moths 2006 |
0 |
220
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 Insects: Moths 2007 |
Moths 2007 |
0 |
144
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 Insects: Moths 2008 |
Moths 2008 |
0 |
451
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 Insects: Moths 2009 |
Moths 2009 |
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794
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 Insects: Moths :Sphinx Moths |
aka Hawk Moths |
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 Insects: Parasites |
Such as wasp larvae and cocoons on caterpillars etc. |
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4
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 Lizards: Broadhead Skink |
revised common and scientific name for the Broad-headed Skink, Eumeces laticeps, is Broadhead Skink, Plestiodon laticeps 2010
*Protected Species |
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1
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 Lizards: Eastern Fence Lizard |
(Sceloporous undulatus)formerly
Northern Fence Lizard (Sceloporous undulatus hyacinthinus)
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Lizards: Five-lined Skink |
(Plestiodon fasciatus) formerly(Eumeces fasciatus) |
0 |
9
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 Lizards: Italian Wall Lizard |
(Podorcis sicula) Introduced Species |
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1
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 Lizards: Northern Coal Skink |
(Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus) formerly(Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus)
*Protected Species |
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2
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 Looking for Wildlife |
Looking for Wildlife to take photos |
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 Mammals: Bats |
Bats |
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6
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 Mammals: Bears |
Bears |
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 Mammals: Beaver Family |
Beaver |
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1
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 Mammals: Canines |
Wolves, Coyote, Foxes |
4 |
1
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 Mammals: Deer Family |
Elk, White-Tail Deer |
0 |
6
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 Mammals: Felines |
Mt. Lion, BobCat, Lynx |
0 |
4
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 Mammals: Groundhog |
Marmota monax |
0 |
3
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 Mammals: Jumping Mice |
Jumping Mice |
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0
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 Mammals: Mole Family |
Mole Family |
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0
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 Mammals: New World Mice and Rats |
Deer Mice, Voles, Muskrats, etc. |
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10
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 Mammals: Old World Mice and Rats |
Norway and Black Rat, and House Mouse |
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0
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 Mammals: Porcupine |
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0
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 Mammals: Rabbits and Hares |
Rabbits and hares-Lagomorpha |
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10
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 Mammals: Raccoon |
Raccoons |
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4
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 Mammals: Shrew Family |
Shrew family-Soricidae |
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3
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 Mammals: Squirrel Family |
Squirrels, Chipmunks |
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 Mammals: Weasel Family |
Fishers, Weasels, Mink, Badger, Skunk, Otter |
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11
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 Marsupialia |
Pouched Animals-Opossum |
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10
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 Millipedes & Centipedes |
Millipedes & Centipedes |
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20
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 Mixed Species photos |
Photo containing more than one species in the same location such as different turtle and snake species etc. |
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3
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 Mushrooms |
Toadstools and fungii, etc.
*Note-If anyone who comes here can ID any of these-I'll be grateful for the help.
*A huge Thanks to "Coondog" already!! Awesome |
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 Not Native To Pennsylvania Species |
Animals that you should NOT be seeing in PA. |
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 Plants: Flowers, Trees, Plants |
Wild Flowers or Intro species. |
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 Plants: Plants, Trees & Leaves |
Bushes, trees and plants that might not have flowers or get flowers.Leaves. |
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 Range Maps: Frogs |
Species by species range maps.
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 Range Maps: Lizards |
Species by species range maps.
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 Range Maps: Salamanders |
Species by species range maps.
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 Range Maps: Snakes |
Species by species Range Maps..where they are supposed to be. Compiled from various sources. |
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 Range Maps: Toads |
Species by species range maps.
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 Range Maps: Turtles |
Species by species range maps.
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 Salamander: Allegheny Dusky Salamander |
(Desmognathus ochrophaeus)
Formerly
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander |
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6
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 Salamander: Common Mudpuppy |
(Necturus maculosus maculosus) |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Eastern Hellbender |
(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)
*Protected Species |
0 |
2
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 Salamander: Eastern Mud Salamander |
(Pseudotriton montanus montanus)
*Endangered |
0 |
2
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 Salamander: Eastern Tiger Salamander |
(Ambystoma tigrinum) |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Four-toed Salamander |
(Hemidactylium scutatum)
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Green Salamander |
(Aneides aeneus)
*Threatened Species |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Jefferson Salamander |
(Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Longtail Salamander |
(Eurycea longicauda longicauda) |
0 |
9
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 Salamander: Marbled Salamander |
(Ambystoma opacum)
*Protected Species |
0 |
2
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 Salamander: Mud Puppy |
(Necturus maculosus)
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Northern Dusky Salamander |
(Desmognathus fuscus) |
0 |
16
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 Salamander: Northern Ravine Salamander |
(Plethodon electromorphus)
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Northern Red Salamander |
(Pseudotriton ruber ruber) |
0 |
15
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 Salamander: Northern Red-backed Salamander |
(Plethodon cinereus) |
0 |
22
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 Salamander: Northern Slimy Salamander |
(Plethodon glutinosus) |
0 |
12
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 Salamander: Northern Spring Salamander |
(Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus) |
0 |
13
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 Salamander: Northern Two-lined Salamander |
(Eurycea bislineata) |
0 |
6
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 Salamander: Red-Spotted Newt/Red Eft |
(Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) |
0 |
15
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 Salamander: Seal Salamander |
(Desmognathus monticola) |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Spotted Salamander |
(Ambystoma maculatum) |
0 |
12
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 Salamander: Valley and Ridge Salamander |
(Plethodon hoffmani) |
0 |
1
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 Salamander: Wehrle's Salamander |
(Plethodon wehrlei) |
0 |
1
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 Snails and Slugs |
Snails and Slugs |
0 |
8
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 Snake: Copperhead |
(Agkistrodon contortix mokasen)
(formerly Northern Copperhead)
CNAH still lists Northern Copperhead/PA does not want to
VENOMOUS! |
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 Snake: Easily Confused Snakes |
Others often confused |
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3
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 Snake: Easily Confused Snakes-Venomous VS Non-Veno |
Easily Confused Snakes Camparisons
Venomous VS Non-Venomous |
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10
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 Snake: Eastern Earthsnake (aka Smooth) |
Virginia valeriae)
formerly Eastern Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae valariae)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
2
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 Snake: Eastern Gartersnake |
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
HARMLESS |
10 |
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 Snake: Eastern Hognose Snake |
(Heterodon platirhinos) formerly(Heterodon platyrhinos)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
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20
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 Snake: Eastern King Snake |
(Lampropeltis getula getula)
No longer listed as PA Species
My listing here is based on Historic data. I'm leaving it here because one was found in Lehigh County several years ago.
HARMLESS |
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6
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 Snake: Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake |
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
VENOMOUS!
*Endangered |
0 |
4
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 Snake: Eastern Milksnake |
(Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
HARMLESS |
0 |
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 Snake: Eastern Ratsnake (formerly Black Ratsnake) |
Elaphe alleghaniensis (name used by the PA Fish Commission as of 2007) or
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
or Scotophis alleghaniensis (CNAH)(formerly Elaphe obsolete obsolete)
HARMLESS |
2 |
18
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 Snake: Eastern Ribbon Snake |
(Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
12
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 Snake: Eastern Worm Snake |
(Carphophis amoenus) formerly(Carphophis amoenus amoenus)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
7
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 Snake: Kirtland's Water Snake |
(Clonophis kirtlandii)
HARMLESS
*Endangered |
0 |
2
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 Snake: Midland Ratsnake |
(Scotophis spiloides)
Newly listed species
HARMLESS |
0 |
7
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 Snake: Mountain Earthsnake |
(Virginia pulchra)formerly Mountain Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae pulchra)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Snake: Northern Black Racer |
(Coluber constrictor constrictor)
HARMLESS |
2 |
10
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 Snake: Northern Brown Snake |
(Storeria dekayi dekayi)
HARMLESS |
0 |
8
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 Snake: Northern Red-bellied Snake |
(Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
HARMLESS |
0 |
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 Snake: Northern Ringneck Snake |
(Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
HARMLESS |
0 |
29
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 Snake: Northern Water Snake |
(Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
HARMLESS |
0 |
20
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 Snake: Queen Snake |
(Regina septemvittata)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
3
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 Snake: Rough Green Snake |
(Opheodrys aestivus)formerly(Opheodrys aestivus aestivus)
HARMLESS
*Threatened Species |
0 |
7
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 Snake: Shorthead Garter Snake |
(Thamnophis brachystoma)
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
1
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 Snake: Smooth Greensnake |
(Opheodrys vernalis)
Formerly Eastern Smooth Greensnake
HARMLESS
*Protected Species |
0 |
12
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 Snake: Timber Rattlesnake |
(Crotalus horridus)
VENOMOUS! |
5 |
20
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 Sometimes I get bitten |
The dangers for the perfect photograph-oops! |
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9
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 Spiders and their kin |
Spiders and their kin |
7 |
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 Spiders: Dangerous Spiders of the United States |
The ones you really have to worry about being bitten by. |
0 |
3
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 Toad: AmericanToad |
(Anaxyrus americanus) Formerly(Bufo americanus) |
6 |
38
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 Toad: Eastern Spadefoot Toad |
(Scaphiopus holbrooki)
*Protected Species* |
0 |
3
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 Toad: Fowler's Toad |
(Anaxyrus fowleri) formerly
(Bufo fowleri) |
0 |
10
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 Turtle: Northern Painted Turtle 2 |
(Chrysemys picta) formerly Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) |
0 |
6
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 Turtle: Blanding's Turtle |
(Emys blandingii) formerly (Emydoidea blandingii)
*Protected Species |
0 |
3
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 Turtle: Bog Turtle |
(Clyptemys muhlenbergerii) formerly (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
*Endangered |
0 |
4
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 Turtle: Common Map Turtle |
(Graptemys geographica) formerly Northern Map Turtle |
0 |
4
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 Turtle: Common Musk Turtle |
(Sternotherus odoratus)
aka Stinkpot |
0 |
13
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 Turtle: Eastern (Common) Snapping Turtle |
(Chelydra serpentina serpentina) |
0 |
14
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 Turtle: Eastern Box Turtle |
(Terrapene carolina) formerly (Terrapene carolina carolina)
*Protected Species |
0 |
15
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 Turtle: Eastern Mud Turtle |
(Kinosternon subrubrum) formerly (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) |
0 |
10
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 Turtle: Eastern Red-Bellied Turtle |
(Pseudemys rubriventris)
Formerly Northern Red-Bellied Turtle or just Red-Bellied Turtle
*Threatened Species |
0 |
6
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 Turtle: Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle |
(Apalone spinifera spinifera) |
0 |
2
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 Turtle: Midland Spiny Softshell Turtle |
(Apalone mutrica mutrica) |
0 |
1
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 Turtle: Musk VS Mud Turtle |
Comparison shots |
0 |
4
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 Turtle: Northern Painted Turtle 1 |
(Chrysemys picta) formerly Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) |
0 |
11
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 Turtle: Red-eared Slider Turtle |
(Trachemys scripta elegans) Introduced Species |
0 |
15
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 Turtle: Spotted Turtle |
(Clemmys guttata)
*Protected Species |
0 |
16
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 Turtle: Wood Turtle |
(Glytemys insculpta) formerly (Clemmys insculpta)
*Protected Species |
0 |
13
|
 Turtles: Just Looking 2010 |
Turtles |
0 |
6
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 Turtles: Just looking! April 19 2009 |
Some photos I took while walking. |
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20
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 Undetermined Sub-species |
Includes: Painted Turtles (Eastern & Midland), Toads (American & Fowlers), Dusky Salamanders, crossbreeds (yes it happens), etc. |
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3
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 Wild Places and Scenery |
Photos of scenery I'd like to share. |
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 Worms |
Worms |
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2
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 Y Photo Usage: DCNR Photos |
Photo Usage |
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1
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 Z Photo usage: PA Game Commission Photos |
Photo Usage |
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1
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