Turtles
- Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
- Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta)
- Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
- Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
Snakes and Lizards
- Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis) (last record prior to 1988)
- Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
- Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
- Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)
More information on different species of snakes and lizards in the Arboretum!
Amphibians
- American Toad (Bufo americanus)
- Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
- Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
- Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
- Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
- Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
- Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
- Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)
- Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
To listen to the mating calls of the frogs, click this link to naturenorth.com.