Summary of species:

Reptiles:
Snakes:
1 Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
1 Ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Lizards:
2 Five-lined skinks (Plesiodon fasciatus)
5 Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)

Amphibians:
Anurans:
2 Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)
5 Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)
2 Pickerel Frogs (Lithobates palustris)
1 Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
4 American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)
Salamanders:
20 Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola)
1 Blackbelly Salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus)
1 Wehrles Salamander (Plethodon wehrlei)
6 Slimy Salamanders (Plethodon cylindraceous)
1 Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
4 Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera)
8 Red-spotted Newts (Notopthalmus viridescens)

Cumulative Data for the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation (Resource Rambles):

                                            2007    2008    2009
# species/year                        18        18        17
# species (cumulative)            18        26        27
# new species found               18          8          1

Photos:
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American Toads
(Anaxyrus americanus)		        

Blackbelly Salamander
(Desmognathus quadramaculatus)

  
Two-lined Salamanders
(Eurycea cirrigera)		        
Slimy Salamanders
(Plethodon cylindraceous)		    
Red Salamander
(Pseudotriton ruber)
Red Salamander
(Pseudotriton ruber)		      
Copperhead
(Agkistrodon contortrix)
Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus)		      
Fence Lizards
(Sceloporus undulatus)

Thanks to Paul Sattler & Susan Watson for the photos.

                                    

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