Reptiles, Fish, Amphibians, and Invertebrates

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Eastern Box Turtle

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Diet: omnivorous, earthworms, snails, slugs,insects,mushrooms,numerous leafy greens, and soft mast (fruit).

Water: requires water to soak during the hot months,dry months of the active season

Cover: moist, forested ares with a diverse understory and abundant leaf litter, nesting covers found in moist or loose soil within small openings with an open structure at ground level.

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Eastern Snapping Turtle

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Diet: insects, crayfish, earthworms, fish, frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, small turtles, birds, and small mammals; also consumes various aquatic plants

Water: requires permanent bodies of water; obtains food from water

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Timber Rattlesnake

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Diet: small to moderate-sized mammals, chipmunks, mice, voles,and squirrels; occasionally small birds

Water: receives necessary water from diet, but will drink from free-standing water if available.

Cover: upland forests with deep leaf litter and large amounts of downed woody debris; winter winter cover is necessary for hibernation in the form of rock crevices, rodent burrows, and root systems.

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American Bullfrog

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Diet: insects, crayfish, other frogs, reptiles, snails, fish, and occasionally small mammals and birds.

Water: stable water levels are necessary for hibernation and egg development; water levels should be maintained at a constant level

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Tiger Salamander

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Diet: adults eat worms, snails, insects, and slugs; Larvae eat a wide variety of aquatic organisms, including invertebrates and other amphibian eggs and larvae.

Water: ephemeral or semi-permanent ponds are necessary for reproduction; ponds should be fishless if successful reproduction is to occur

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Wood Frog

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Diet: adults eat terrestrial invertebrates, such as beetles, crickets, spiders, and earthworms; tadpoles filter phytoplankton from the water

Water: breed in shallow water within a closed canopy forests; breeding ponds are usually fishless and are dry at some point in the year

Cover: optimum habitat consists of >70% canopy cover in deciduous or boreal forests; prefer areas with moist soils, abundant leaf litter, and downed woody debris

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Bluegill

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Native range

Diet: a variety of zooplankton ( microscopic animal life) during the first few months of life, progressing to insects and their larvae, eggs, earthworms, tadpoles, small minnows, and crayfish

Water: basic requirements include dissolved oxygen ( minimum of 4 parts per million); pH between 6.5 and 9.9; and water temperature should reach 70 F during summer ( one foot below surface in the shade)

Cover: aquatic environments with submerged rocks, woody debris, and aquatic vegetation where small fish (pray) hide.

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Channel Catfish

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Native range

Diet: young catfish feed mostly on aquatic insects; adults eat crawfish, aquatic insects, plant material including algae, snails, small fish, and even seeds; commercially prepared rations have been formulated and are used to feed channel catfish in agriculture (fish farming) operations as well as in farm ponds and other impoundments

Water: obtained from their aquatic environment and food; reservoirs, lakes, and ponds; moderately to swift-flowing streams and rivers with gravel, sand, or muddy bottoms; seldom inhabits water with abundant submerged aquatic vegetation

Cover: females typically lay eggs in dark holes or under logs or rocks

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Largemouth Bass

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Native range

Diet: young bass eat insects and other invertebrates (worms, crayfish, and zooplankton); adults eat small fish, such as bluegill, and a variety of minnows, as well as tadpoles, crayfish and even ducklings

Cover: aquatic environments with submerged rocks, woody debris, and aquatic vegetation where small fish (prey) hide

Water: basic requirements includes dissolved oxygen (minimum of 4 parts per million); pH should range between 6.5 and 9.0; water temp should reach at least 70 F during summer (one foot below surface in shade)

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Rainbow Trout

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Introduce Species

Diet: fish, aquatic insects, crustaceans, and mollusks; also eat terrestrial organisms that fall into the water

Water: streams, lakes, and ponds where the water does not get above 70 F in summer; ideally, stream should have 50% riffles and 50% pools; basic requirements include dissolved oxygen (minimum 6 parts per million); pH should range between 6.5 and 9.0

Cover: rocks, as well as debris on the bottom of the river or lake, provide cover for hiding from prey or fisherman