Toad

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Toad

• Color Skin is rough with a gray, light brown or
  reddish brown color
• Size 2-3.5 inches
• Habitat Moist places, under logs/rocks
• Food Worms and insects
• Call Sustained, high-pitched musical trill

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Leopard Frog

• Color Green with spots
• Size 2-3.5 inches
• Habitat Water-filled ditches, ponds, sloughs,
  lakes, swamps and marshes
• Food insects
• Call Series of abrupt, chucklike quack sounds

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Bullfrog

• Color Green to olive-brown, hind legs may be
  barred
• Size 3.5 - 6 inches
• Habitat Aquatic
• Food insects, crayfish, frogs, small fish
• Call Jug-o-rum

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Spring Peeper

• Color Gray or Light tan, X-mark on the back
• Size ¾ - 1 ¼ inches
• Habitat Woodland species, near ponds, streams,
  or swamps
• Food insects
• Call High-pitched

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Gray Tree Frog

• Color Gray, greenish-gray or brown, sometimes
  bright green. There is always a large white
  marking below eye. The inside of hind leg has
  yellow-orange markings. Large adhesive toe-pad
  suckers on fingers/toes
• Size 1 ¼ - 2 inches
• Habitat Forest
• Food insects
• Call Buzzer or birdlike, musical trill

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Ornate Box Turtle

• Color Prettier - Brown with numerous yellow
  lines radiating from the center of each scute.
  Normally 4 toes on hind feet.
• Size 4 5 inches
• Habitat Pastures, open woods, prairies
• Food insects, worms, plants

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3-Toe Box Turtle

• Color Duller olive-brown with faint
  yellowish radiating lines in each scute. Most
  have 3 toes on hind feet
• Size 4 ½ - 5 inches
• Habitat Forest and edge areas around brushy
  fields
• Food Insects, worms, plants

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Softshell Turtle

• Color Olive-gray or brown with darker dots and
  dashes
• Size 5-14 inches
• Habitat Large rivers and streams where sand or
  mud is abundant
• Food Aquatic insects, worms, fish

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Red Ear Slider

• Color Olive-brown with numerous black and
  yellow lines. A distinct red or orange mark is
  normally present behind the eye
• Size 5-8 inches
• Habitat Aquatic, basks on logs or rocks
• Food Aquatic plants and animals

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Snapping Turtle

• Color Gray-brown
• Size 8 12 inches, 10-35 pounds
• Habitat Aquatic
• Food Scavenger, omnivore

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Garter Snake

• Color Variable dark brown, greenish, or olive
  normally 3 yellowish stripes.
• Size 18 26 inches
• Habitat Under boards, rocks or other objects
• Food worms, frogs, toads, salamanders, minnows,
  mice

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Hognose Snake

• Color Upturned snout, normally gray-brown or
  tan with distinct dark brown markings. Two large
  black spots behind the head
• Size20-33 inches
• Habitat Sandy areas or open woods with loose
  soil
• Food Toads, frogs, salamanders
• Behavior If threatened 1st will act like a
  cobra with spread-head and hissing, if that
  fails it will thrash around and then play dead

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Worm Snake

• Color Usually purplish-brown above and
  salmon-pink on the belly and lower sides
• Size 7 ½ - 11 inches
• Habitat Seldom seen in the open it hides
  under rocks, logs and boards, or under dead
  leaves
• Food worms, insect eggs and insect larva

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Ringneck Snake

• Color Uniform dark color dark brown, gray
  or blue-black - on the back, bright
  yellow-orange belly, with a distinct yellow ring
  around the neck.
• Size10-14 inches
• Habitat Rocky, wooded hillsides. Secretive
  often under rocks
• Food Worms, slugs, soft-bodied insects and
  small salamanders

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Northern Water Snake

• Color Gray to reddish-brown with dark
  crossbands, ots belly is cream-colored with
  numerous black and reddish half-moon markings
• Size24-42 inches
• Habitat In or near aquatic habitats ponds,
  lakes, sloughs, streams, rivers and marshes
• Food Fish, frogs, tadpoles, toads and
  salamanders
• Behavior Aggressive - if threatened will hiss
  and show off white-colored mouth often mistaken
  for Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin

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Black Rat Snake

• Color Shiny black, a few show dark brown
  blotches.
• Size42-72 inches
• Habitat Rocky, wooded hillsides, wooded areas
  along rivers, in or near farm buildings. Climbs
  trees
• Food Rodents, birds and bird eggs. A
  constrictor

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Prairie Kingsnake

• Color Tan, brownish-gray or greenish-gray.
  Numerous dark blotches down the back and sides
  are brown, reddish or greenish-brown. The belly
  is yellowish-tan covered by blocky, brown
  markings
• Size30-42 inches
• Habitat Lives in prairies and open woods, as
  well as rocky, wooded hillsides
• Food Other snakes, lizards, small rodents and
  birds. A constrictor

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Red Milk Snake

• Color White or light tan with red or orange
  markings bordered with black. Belly is white,
  checked with black
• Size21-28 inches
• Habitat Under rocks on wooded, rocky hillsides
  and cedar glades
• Food Lizards, small snakes and mice.
  Constrictor

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Copperhead

• Color Grayish-brown to pinkish-tan.
  Copper-colored with hourglass-shaped crossbands
  of dark gray. The head may have some pink or
  orange
• Size24-36 inches
• Habitat Rocky hillsides along the edge of
  forests, pften near abandoned farm buildings
• Food Mice, lizards, frogs and small snakes
• Behavior Poisonous

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Rattlesnake

• Color Tan or yellowish-tan with markings
  along the back which are dark brown and change
  from blotches on the neck to bands near the tail.
  Large rattle at the end of the tail
• Size36-54 inches
• Habitat Rocky, wooded hillsides
• Food Rodents and small rabbits
• Behavior Poisonous if threatened will sound
  its rattle