Wildlife Biology Species List

A comprehensive list of species including their common names, classes, orders, families, and scientific names relevant to Wildlife Biology.

Eastern hellbender

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Cryptobranchidae, Genus/Species: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Common mudpuppy

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Proteidae, Genus/Species: Necturus maculosus

Red-spotted newt

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Salamandridae, Genus/Species: Notophthalmus viridescens

Streamside salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma barbouri

Jefferson salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Blue-spotted salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma laterale

Spotted salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma opacum

Small-mouthed salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma texanum

Eastern tiger salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Ambystomatidae, Genus/Species: Ambystoma tigrinum

Green salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Aneides aeneus

Northern two-lined salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Eurycea bislineata

Long-tailed salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Eurycea longicauda

Cave salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Eurycea lucifuga

Northern dusky salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Desmognathus fuscus

Allegheny mountain dusky salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Eastern red-backed salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Plethodon cinereus

Northern ravine salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Plethodon electromorphus

Northern slimy salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Plethodon glutinosus

Spring salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

Four-toed salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Hemidactylium scutatum

Northern red salamander

Class: Amphibia, Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus/Species: Pseudotriton ruber ruber

American toad

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Bufonidae, Genus/Species: Anaxyrus americanus

Fowler's toad

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Bufonidae, Genus/Species: Anaxyrus fowleri

Eastern spadefoot toad

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Scaphiopodidae, Genus/Species: Scaphiopus holbrooki

Eastern cricket frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Acris crepitans

Mountain chorus frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Pseudacris brachyphona

Spring peeper

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Pseudacris crucifer

Western chorus frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Pseudacris triseriata

Cope's gray treefrog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Hyla chrysoscelis

Gray treefrog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Hylidae, Genus/Species: Hyla versicolor

American bullfrog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Ranidae, Genus/Species: Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern green frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Ranidae, Genus/Species: Lithobates clamitans melanota

Pickerel frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Ranidae, Genus/Species: Lithobates palustris

Northern leopard frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Ranidae, Genus/Species: Lithobates pipiens

Wood frog

Class: Amphibia, Order: Anura, Family: Ranidae, Genus/Species: Lithobates sylvatica

Eastern musk turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Kinosternidae, Genus/Species: Sternotherus odoratus

Snapping turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Chelydridae, Genus/Species: Chelydra serpentina

Spotted turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Clemmys guttata

Woodland box turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Terrapene carolina carolina

Blanding's turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Emydoidea blandingii

Northern map turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Graptemys geographica

Midland painted turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Chrysemys picta marginata

Red-eared slider

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Emydidae, Genus/Species: Trachemys scripta elegans

Eastern spiny softshell turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Trionychidae, Genus/Species: Apalone spinifera spinifera

Midland smooth softshell turtle

Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Trionychidae, Genus/Species: Apalone mutica mutica

Eastern fence lizard

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Phrynosomatidae, Genus/Species: Sceloporus undulatus

Common five-lined skink

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Scincidae, Genus/Species: Plestiodon fasciatus

Broad-headed skink

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Scincidae, Genus/Species: Plestiodon laticeps

Queensnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Regina septemvittata

Kirtland's snake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Clonophis kirtlandii

Northern watersnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Lake Erie watersnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Nerodia sipedon insularum

Copper-bellied watersnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Nerodia erythrogaster

DeKay's brownsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Storeria dekayi

Eastern hog-nosed snake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern smooth earthsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Virginia valeriae valeriae

Northern ring-necked snake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Common wormsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Carphophis amoenus amoenus

North American racer

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Coluber constrictor constrictor

Gray (black) ratsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Pantherophis spiloides

Eastern foxsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Pantherophis vulpinus

Eastern black kingsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Lampropeltis nigra

Eastern milksnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern gartersnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern ribbonsnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

Northern rough greensnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Opheodrys aestivus aestivus

Smooth greensnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae, Genus/Species: Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern copperhead

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Viperidae, Genus/Species: Agkistrodon contortrix

Massasauga

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Viperidae, Genus/Species: Sistrurus catenatus

Timber rattlesnake

Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Viperidae, Genus/Species: Crotalus horridus

Masked shrew

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Soricidae, Genus/Species: Sorex cinereus

North American least shrew

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Soricidae, Genus/Species: Cryptotis parva

Smoky shrew

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Soricidae, Genus/Species: Sorex fumeus

American pygmy shrew

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Soricidae, Genus/Species: Sorex hoyi

Northern short-tailed shrew

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Soricidae, Genus/Species: Blarina brevicauda

Eastern mole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Talpidae, Genus/Species: Scalopus aquaticus

Hairy-tailed mole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Talpidae, Genus/Species: Parascalops breweri

Star-nosed mole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Insectivora, Family: Talpidae, Genus/Species: Condylura cristata

Eastern harvest mouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Reithrodontomys humulis

North American deermouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Peromyscus maniculatus

White-footed deermouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Peromyscus leucopus

Allegheny woodrat

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Neotoma magister

Meadow vole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Microtus pennsylvanicus

Woodland vole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Microtus pinetorum

Prairie vole

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Microtus ochrogaster

South bog lemming

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Synaptomys cooperi

Common muskrat

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus/Species: Ondatra zibethicus

Brown rat

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Muridae, Genus/Species: Rattus norvegicus

House mouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Muridae, Genus/Species: Mus musculus

Woodland jumping mouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Dipodidae, Genus/Species: Napaeozapus insignis

Meadow jumping mouse

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Dipodidae, Genus/Species: Zapus hudsonius

Eastern chipmunk

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Tamias striatus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Eastern gray squirrel

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern fox squirrel

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Sciurus niger

Red squirrel

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Southern flying squirrel

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Glaucomys volans

Woodchuck (groundhog)

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus/Species: Marmota monax

American beaver

Class: Mammalia, Order: Rodentia, Family: Castoridae, Genus/Species: Castor canadensis