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Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Northern Prairie Lizard 5
Sceloporus undulatus garmani
Western Earless Lizard 6
Holbrookia maculata
Many-lined Skink 7
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Lined Snake 8
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 9
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis radix
Plains Hognose Snake 11
Heterodon nasicus
North American Racer 12
Coluber constrictor
Yellowbelly Racer 7
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Gopher Snake 13
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake 14
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Prairie Rattlesnake 5
Crotalus viridis viridis
Spiny Softshell 15
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 16
Chelydra serpentina
Ornate Box Turtle 17
Terrapene ornata
Painted Turtle 13
Chrysemys picta
Pond Slider 18
Trachemys scripta
Red-eared Slider 19
Trachemys scripta elegans
Desert Cottontail 20
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 21
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 22
Lepus californicus
Eastern White-tailed Jackrabbit 23
Lepus townsendii campanius
Fox Squirrel 24
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 5
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 25
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 26
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 27
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 28
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 29
Chaetodipus hispidus
Plains Pocket Mouse 30
Perognathus flavescens
Common Porcupine 31
Erethizon dorsatum
Brown Rat 32
Rattus norvegicus
Muskrat 33
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 34
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 35
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 36
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 13
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 37
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 38
Onychomys leucogaster
Meadow Jumping Mouse 39
Zapus hudsonius
Mule Deer 40
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 41
Odocoileus virginianus
Big Brown Bat 29
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 42
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 43
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 44
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 45
Myotis lucifugus
Common Raccoon 46
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 47
Mustela frenata
American Badger 48
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 29
Mephitis mephitis
Coyote 49
Canis latrans
Red Fox 50
Vulpes vulpes
North American Least Shrew 51
Cryptotis parvus
Merriam's Shrew 52
Sorex merriami
Largemouth Bass 53
Micropterus salmoides
Green Sunfish 54
Lepomis cyanellus
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 55
Lepomis gibbosus
Orangespotted Sunfish 56
Lepomis humilis
White Crappie 57
Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie 58
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Walleye 59
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch 60
Perca flavescens
White Bass 61
Morone chrysops
Rainbow Trout 62
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Black Bullhead 63
Ameiurus melas
Flathead Catfish 64
Pylodictis olivaris
Blue Catfish 65
Ictalurus furcatus
Channel Catfish 66
Ictalurus punctatus
Tench 67
Tinca tinca
Sand Shiner 68
Notropis stramineus
Fathead Minnow 69
Pimephales promelas
Longnose Dace 70
Rhinichthys cataractae
Red Shiner 71
Cyprinella lutrensis
Creek Chub 72
Semotilus atromaculatus
European Carp 73
Cyprinus carpio
White Sucker 72
Catostomus commersonii
American Gizzard Shad 74
Dorosoma cepedianum
Threadfin Shad 75
Dorosoma petenense
Northern Plains Killifish 76
Fundulus kansae
Banded Garden Spider 77
Argiope trifasciata
Goldenrod Crab Spider 78
Misumena vatia
Bold Jumping Spider 79
Phidippus audax
Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth 80
Hyles euphorbiae
White-lined Sphinx 81
Hyles lineata
Polyphemus Moth 82
Antheraea polyphemus
Nevada Buck Moth 83
Hemileuca nevadensis
Black Swallowtail 84
Papilio polyxenes
Eastern Black Swallowtail 85
Papilio polyxenes asterius
Anise Swallowtail 86
Papilio zelicaon
Western Giant Swallowtail 87
Papilio rumiko
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 88
Papilio glaucus
Two-tailed Swallowtail 89
Papilio multicaudata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 90
Papilio rutulus
Taxiles Skipper 91
Poanes taxiles
Sachem 47
Atalopedes campestris

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