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Wildlife of Boyd Lake State Park

Boyd Lake State Park is located on the eastern edge of the City of Loveland and consists of about 259 acres of land along the western shore of the lake and the lake itself.
It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from the northern Front Range and the Denver ...more ↓

Great Plains toad 1
Anaxyrus cognatus
Woodhouse's Toad 2
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris maculata
American Bullfrog 4
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 6
Spea bombifrons
Western Tiger Salamander 7
Ambystoma mavortium
Prairie Lizard 7
Sceloporus consobrinus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 8
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 9
Holbrookia maculata
many-lined skink 10
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Six-lined Racerunner 11
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 12
Thamnophis radix
Common Garter Snake 13
Thamnophis sirtalis
Northern Watersnake 14
Nerodia sipedon
Plains Hognose Snake 15
Heterodon nasicus
Racer 16
Coluber constrictor
Plains Black-headed Snake 17
Tantilla nigriceps
Gopher Snake 3
Pituophis catenifer
Western Milksnake 1
Lampropeltis gentilis
Western Rattlesnake 18
Crotalus oreganus
Prairie Rattlesnake 3
Crotalus viridis
Common Snapping Turtle 19
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 3
Chrysemys picta
Opossum 20
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 21
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 22
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 23
Lepus californicus
Fox Squirrel 24
Sciurus niger
Rock Squirrel 25
Otospermophilus variegatus
thirteen-lined ground squirrel 26
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 27
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 28
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 29
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 30
Chaetodipus hispidus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 31
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 32
Erethizon dorsatum
Brown Rat 33
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 34
Mus musculus
Muskrat 35
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 36
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 37
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 38
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 3
Reithrodontomys megalotis
northern grasshopper mouse 39
Onychomys leucogaster
Mexican Woodrat 30
Neotoma mexicana
Meadow Jumping Mouse 40
Zapus hudsonius
Mule Deer 41
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 42
Cervus canadensis
Big Brown Bat 30
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 43
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 44
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 45
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's big-eared bat 3
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 46
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 47
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 48
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 49
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 3
Myotis volans
Common Raccoon 50
Procyon lotor
Striped Skunk 51
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 52
Lynx rufus
Coyote 53
Canis latrans
Red Fox 54
Vulpes vulpes
North American Least Shrew 55
Cryptotis parva
North American Least Shrew 56
Cryptotis parvus
Masked Shrew 57
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 58
Sorex merriami
Smallmouth Bass 59
Micropterus dolomieu
Largemouth Bass 60
Micropterus salmoides
Green Sunfish 61
Lepomis cyanellus
Pumpkinseed 62
Lepomis gibbosus
Bluegill 63
Lepomis macrochirus
White Crappie 64
Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie 65
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Walleye 66
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch 67
Perca flavescens
White Bass 68
Morone chrysops
Brown Trout 69
Salmo trutta
Rainbow Trout 70
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Black Bullhead 29
Ameiurus melas
Channel Catfish 71
Ictalurus punctatus
Emerald shiner 72
Notropis atherinoides
Fathead Minnow 73
Pimephales promelas
Golden Shiner 74
Notemigonus crysoleucas
European Carp 75
Cyprinus carpio
white sucker 61
Catostomus commersonii
American Gizzard Shad 76
Dorosoma cepedianum
Asian Clam 77
Corbicula fluminea
Larinioides
Apache Jumping Spider 78
Phidippus apacheanus
Zebra Jumping Spider 79
Salticus scenicus
Woodlouse Spider 80
Dysdera crocata
American Dog Tick 81
Dermacentor variabilis
White-lined Sphinx 82
Hyles lineata
Two-tailed Swallowtail 83
Papilio multicaudata
Juba Skipper 84
Hesperia juba
Painted Lady 85
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 86
Nymphalis antiopa

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