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Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Eugene Wetlands Vanessa Post
Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Eugene Wetlands
Vanessa Post
• REPTILE
Ringneck Snake
• REPTILE
Ringneck Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Ringneck Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-usually found in moist conditions
Ringneck Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-usually found in moist conditions
-found under rocks, boards, wood, or other debris
• AMPHIBIAN
Rough-skinned Newt
• AMPHIBIAN
Rough-skinned Newt
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
Rough-skinned Newt
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-forests
Rough-skinned Newt
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-forests
-lakes, ponds, or streams
• REPTILE
Southern Alligator Lizard
• REPTILE
Southern Alligator Lizard
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Southern Alligator Lizard
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-woodlands of foothills and valleys
Southern Alligator Lizard
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-woodlands of foothills and valleys
-found in thickets, rock piles, or under wood
• AMPHIBIAN
Long-toed Salamander
• AMPHIBIAN
Long-toed Salamander
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
Long-toed Salamander
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-in spring, can be found in ponds
Long-toed Salamander
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-in spring, can be found in ponds
-juveniles can be found in mud in the late summer
Long-toed Salamander
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-in spring, can be found in ponds
-juveniles can be found in mud in the late summer
-larvae can be found in ponds and lakes
• REPTILE
Northwestern Garter Snake
• REPTILE
Northwestern Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Northwestern Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-primarily terrestrial but may be found near water
Northwestern Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-primarily terrestrial but may be found near water
-can be found in meadows, brushy thickets, slopes, and clearings in forests
• AMPHIBIAN
Pacific Treefrog
• AMPHIBIAN
Pacific Treefrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
Pacific Treefrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-can be found on the ground in low shrubs
Pacific Treefrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-can be found on the ground in low shrubs
-larvae can be found in shallow quiet waters, such as ponds or wetlands
• REPTILE
Common Garter Snake
• REPTILE
Common Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Common Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-most common in wet meadows
Common Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-most common in wet meadows
-can be found in open valleys
• REPTILE
Racer
• REPTILE
Racer
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Racer
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found in meadows, sagebrush, and forest edges
Racer
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found in meadows, sagebrush, and forest edges
-can live in moist to semi-arid areas
• AMPHIBIAN
Western Pond Turtle
• REPTILE
Western Pond Turtle
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Western Pond Turtle
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-live in marshes, sloughs, moderately deep ponds, and slow creeks and rivers
Western Pond Turtle
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-live in marshes, sloughs, moderately deep ponds, and slow creeks and rivers
-require basking sites, such as partially submerged logs
• REPTILE
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
• REPTILE
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found near water or in damp meadows
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found near water or in damp meadows
-can also be found in grasslands,shrublands, woodlands, and open forest
• REPTILE
Gopher Snake
• REPTILE
Gopher Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
Gopher Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found in drier, more open forests
Gopher Snake
• REPTILE• Habitat:
-found in drier, more open forests
-commonly seek refuge under rocks and debris and in rodent burrows
• AMPHIBIAN
Bullfrog
• AMPHIBIAN
Bullfrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
Bullfrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-need permanent water source for breeding
Bullfrog
• AMPHIBIAN• Habitat:
-need permanent water source for breeding
*Introduced species
Picture CreditsMartin Schimdt: Thamnophis elegans
John Sullivan: Hyla Regilla (both)
Tom Titus: Taricha granulosa, Elgaria multicarinata, Ambystoma macrodactylum, Thamnophis ordinoides, T. sirtalis, Coluber constrictor, Pituophis catenifer, Rana catesbeiana
Unknown: Clemmys marmorata
