Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

John Martin Reservoir State Park located in Bent County along the Arkansas River between Las Animas and Larmar, CO. The Park consists of about 1,727 acres of land and between 1000 and 11,647 acres of water depending on the elevation of the reservoir. Boating and fishing are by far the most ...more ↓

Great Plains Toad ¹
Anaxyrus cognatus

Green Toad ²
Anaxyrus debilis

Red-Spotted Toad ³
Anaxyrus punctatus

Woodhouse's Toad ⁴
Anaxyrus woodhousii

Western Chorus Frog ⁵
Pseudacris triseriata

Canyon Tree Frog ⁶
Hyla arenicolor

Plains Leopard Frog ⁷
Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog ⁸
Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog ⁹
Lithobates pipiens

Couch's Spadefoot ¹⁰
Scaphiopus couchii

Plains Spadefoot ¹¹
Spea bombifrons

Mexican Spadefoot ¹²
Spea multiplicata

Western Tiger Salamander ¹³
Ambystoma mavortium

Eastern Collared Lizard ¹⁴
Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard ¹⁵
Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard ¹⁶
Sceloporus undulatus

Texas Horned Lizard ¹⁷
Phrynosoma cornutum

Greater Short-Horned Lizard ¹⁸
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ¹⁹
Holbrookia maculata

Great Plains Skink ¹³
Plestiodon obsoletus

Colorado Checkered Whiptail ²⁰
Aspidoscelis neotesselata

Six-lined Racerunner ²¹
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Lined Snake ²²
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Black-necked Gartersnake ¹²
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ¹²
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ²³
Thamnophis radix

Northern Watersnake ²⁴
Nerodia sipedon

Ringneck Snake ²⁵
Diadophis punctatus

Plains Hognose Snake ²⁶
Heterodon nasicus

Sinaloan Nightsnake ¹³
Hypsiglena torquata

Coachwhip ²
Masticophis flagellum

Racer ²⁷
Coluber constrictor

Glossy Snake ²⁸
Arizona elegans

Plains Black-Headed Snake ²⁹
Tantilla nigriceps

Western Groundsnake ³⁰
Sonora semiannulata

Long-nosed Snake ³¹
Rhinocheilus lecontei

Gopher Snake ¹²
Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake ³²
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Eastern Kingsnake ³³
Lampropeltis getula

Eastern Milksnake ³⁴
Lampropeltis triangulum

Great Plains Ratsnake ¹
Pantherophis emoryi

Corn Snake ¹
Pantherophis guttatus

Western Rattlesnake ³⁵
Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake ¹²
Crotalus viridis

Massasauga ³⁶
Sistrurus catenatus

Spiny Softshell ³⁷
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ³⁸
Chelydra serpentina

Yellow Mud Turtle ³⁹
Kinosternon flavescens

Painted Turtle ¹²
Chrysemys picta

Virginia Opossum ⁴⁰
Didelphis virginiana

Nine-banded Armadillo ⁴¹
Dasypus novemcinctus

Desert Cottontail ⁴²
Sylvilagus audubonii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ⁴³
Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel ⁴⁴
Sciurus niger

Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel ¹⁶
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted Ground Squirrel ⁴⁵
Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ⁴⁶
Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver ⁴⁷
Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher ⁴⁸
Geomys bursarius

Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher ⁴⁹
Cratogeomys castanops

Hispid Pocket Mouse ⁵⁰
Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains Pocket Mouse ⁵¹
Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse ⁵⁰
Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ⁵²
Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine ⁵³
Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat ⁵⁴
Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie Vole ²⁰
Microtus ochrogaster

White-footed Mouse ⁵⁵
Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse ⁵⁶
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse ¹²
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse ⁵⁷
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ⁵⁸
Onychomys leucogaster

Eastern Woodrat ⁵⁹
Neotoma floridana

Southern Plains Woodrat ⁶⁰
Neotoma micropus

Hispid Cotton Rat ¹²
Sigmodon hispidus

Mule Deer ⁶¹
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ⁶²
Odocoileus virginianus

Big Brown Bat ⁵⁰
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ⁶³
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Red Bat ⁶⁴
Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat ⁶⁵
Lasiurus cinereus

Little Brown Bat ⁶⁶
Myotis lucifugus

Yuma Myotis ¹²
Myotis yumanensis

American Black Bear ⁶⁷
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ⁶⁸
Procyon lotor

Short-Tailed Weasel ⁶⁹
Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel ⁷⁰
Mustela frenata

Black-footed Ferret ⁷¹
Mustela nigripes

American Badger ⁷²
Taxidea taxus

Western Hog-Nosed Skunk ⁷³
Conepatus leuconotus

Striped Skunk ⁷⁴
Mephitis mephitis

Eastern Spotted Skunk ⁷⁵
Spilogale putorius

Bobcat ⁷⁶
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁷⁷
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁷⁸
Canis latrans

Swift Fox ¹⁵
Vulpes velox

Red Fox ⁷⁹
Vulpes vulpes

Smallmouth Bass ⁸⁰
Micropterus dolomieu

Largemouth Bass ⁸¹
Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish ⁸²
Lepomis cyanellus

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Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

Great Plains Toad 1 Anaxyrus cognatus

Green Toad 2 Anaxyrus debilis

Red-Spotted Toad 3 Anaxyrus punctatus

Woodhouse's Toad 4 Anaxyrus woodhousii

Western Chorus Frog 5 Pseudacris triseriata

Canyon Tree Frog 6 Hyla arenicolor

Plains Leopard Frog 7 Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog 8 Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog 9 Lithobates pipiens

Couch's Spadefoot 10 Scaphiopus couchii

Plains Spadefoot 11 Spea bombifrons

Mexican Spadefoot 12 Spea multiplicata

Western Tiger Salamander 13 Ambystoma mavortium

Eastern Collared Lizard 14 Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard 15 Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard 16 Sceloporus undulatus

Texas Horned Lizard 17 Phrynosoma cornutum

Greater Short-Horned Lizard 18 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 19 Holbrookia maculata

Great Plains Skink 13 Plestiodon obsoletus

Colorado Checkered Whiptail 20 Aspidoscelis neotesselata

Six-lined Racerunner 21 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Lined Snake 22 Tropidoclonion lineatum

Black-necked Gartersnake 12 Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 12 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 23 Thamnophis radix

Northern Watersnake 24 Nerodia sipedon

Ringneck Snake 25 Diadophis punctatus

Plains Hognose Snake 26 Heterodon nasicus

Sinaloan Nightsnake 13 Hypsiglena torquata

Coachwhip 2 Masticophis flagellum

Racer 27 Coluber constrictor

Glossy Snake 28 Arizona elegans

Plains Black-Headed Snake 29 Tantilla nigriceps

Western Groundsnake 30 Sonora semiannulata

Long-nosed Snake 31 Rhinocheilus lecontei

Gopher Snake 12 Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake 32 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Eastern Kingsnake 33 Lampropeltis getula

Eastern Milksnake 34 Lampropeltis triangulum

Great Plains Ratsnake 1 Pantherophis emoryi

Corn Snake 1 Pantherophis guttatus

Western Rattlesnake 35 Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake 12 Crotalus viridis

Massasauga 36 Sistrurus catenatus

Spiny Softshell 37 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 38 Chelydra serpentina

Yellow Mud Turtle 39 Kinosternon flavescens

Painted Turtle 12 Chrysemys picta

Virginia Opossum 40 Didelphis virginiana

Nine-banded Armadillo 41 Dasypus novemcinctus

Desert Cottontail 42 Sylvilagus audubonii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 43 Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel 44 Sciurus niger

Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel 16 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted Ground Squirrel 45 Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 46 Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver 47 Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher 48 Geomys bursarius

Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher 49 Cratogeomys castanops

Hispid Pocket Mouse 50 Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains Pocket Mouse 51 Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse 50 Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 52 Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine 53 Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat 54 Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie Vole 20 Microtus ochrogaster

White-footed Mouse 55 Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse 56 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse 12 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse 57 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 58 Onychomys leucogaster

Eastern Woodrat 59 Neotoma floridana

Southern Plains Woodrat 60 Neotoma micropus

Hispid Cotton Rat 12 Sigmodon hispidus

Mule Deer 61 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer 62 Odocoileus virginianus

Big Brown Bat 50 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 63 Lasionycteris noctivagans