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Wildlife of El Paso County and Pikes Peak, Colorado

This guide contains wildlife that can be found in El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Area of Colorado.

Great Plains Toad 1
Anaxyrus cognatus
Red-spotted Toad 2
Anaxyrus punctatus
Woodhouse's Toad 3
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris maculata
Plains Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates blairi
American Bullfrog 6
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 7
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 8
Spea bombifrons
Mexican Spadefoot 9
Spea multiplicata
Western Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma mavortium
Prairie Lizard 1
Sceloporus consobrinus
Eastern Fence Lizard 10
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 11
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 12
Holbrookia maculata
Many-lined Skink 13
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Triploid Checkered Whiptail 14
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
Six-lined Racerunner 15
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 9
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis radix
Plains Hognose Snake 17
Heterodon nasicus
Coachwhip 13
Masticophis flagellum
North American Racer 18
Coluber constrictor
Glossy Snake 19
Arizona elegans
Gopher Snake 20
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake 21
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Smooth Greensnake 22
Opheodrys vernalis
Western Milksnake 8
Lampropeltis gentilis
Prairie Rattlesnake 23
Crotalus viridis
Western Massasauga 24
Sistrurus tergeminus
Spiny Softshell Turtle 25
Apalone spinifera
Snapping Turtle 26
Chelydra serpentina
Ornate Box Turtle 27
Terrapene ornata
Painted Turtle 9
Chrysemys picta
Common Slider 28
Trachemys scripta
False Map Turtle 29
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Virginia Opossum 30
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 31
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 32
Sylvilagus floridanus
Mountain Cottontail 33
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 34
Lepus americanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 35
Lepus californicus
American Pika 36
Ochotona princeps
Abert's Squirrel 37
Sciurus aberti
Eastern Gray Squirrel 38
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 39
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 40
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 41
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 42
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 9
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Uinta Chipmunk 43
Neotamias umbrinus
Rock Squirrel 44
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 45
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 46
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 47
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 33
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 48
Marmota flaviventris
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 49
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 50
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 29
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 3
Chaetodipus hispidus
Plains Pocket Mouse 51
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 52
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 53
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 54
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 55
Mus musculus
Muskrat 56
Ondatra zibethicus
Meadow Vole 57
Microtus pennsylvanicus
White-footed Mouse 58
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 59
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 60
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 61
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 62
Onychomys leucogaster
Mexican Woodrat 63
Neotoma mexicana
Moose 39
Alces alces
Mule Deer 64
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 65
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 66
Cervus canadensis
American Bison 67
Bison bison
Bighorn Sheep 68
Ovis canadensis
Mountain Goat 69
Oreamnos americanus
Pronghorn 70
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 63
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 71
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 72
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 23
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 73
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 23
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 74
Myotis evotis
Fringed Myotis 75
Myotis thysanodes
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 76
Tadarida brasiliensis
American Black Bear 77
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 78
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 79
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 80
Neogale frenata
American Stoat 81
Mustela richardsonii
American Badger 46
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 82
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 83
Spilogale gracilis
Domestic Cat 84
Felis catus
Bobcat 85
Lynx rufus

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