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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Lathrop State Park encompasses 1,434 acres of land and 320 acres of water. It is located about 90 miles south of Colorado Springs and 50 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The principle features are Horseshoe and Martin Lakes, two of the largest reservoirs in the area, and ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
Northern Leopard Frog 3
Lithobates pipiens
Mexican Spadefoot 4
Spea multiplicata
Western Tiger Salamander 5
Ambystoma mavortium
Eastern Collared Lizard 6
Crotaphytus collaris
Prairie Lizard 7
Sceloporus consobrinus
Eastern Fence Lizard 8
Sceloporus undulatus
Texas Horned Lizard 9
Phrynosoma cornutum
Greater Short-horned Lizard 10
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Great Plains Skink 5
Plestiodon obsoletus
Triploid Checkered Whiptail 11
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
Six-lined Racerunner 12
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis elegans
Wandering Garter Snake 6
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Plains Garter Snake 13
Thamnophis radix
Ringneck Snake 14
Diadophis punctatus
Plains Hognose Snake 15
Heterodon nasicus
Coachwhip 16
Masticophis flagellum
Western Coachwhip 17
Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Racer 18
Coluber constrictor
Plains Black-Headed Snake 8
Tantilla nigriceps
Gopher Snake 4
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Green Snake 19
Opheodrys vernalis
Eastern Milksnake 20
Lampropeltis triangulum
Prairie Rattlesnake 4
Crotalus viridis
Greater Roadrunner 21
Geococcyx californianus
Northern Flicker 22
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 23
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 24
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 25
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech Owl 26
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 27
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 28
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 8
Asio otus
Flammulated Owl 8
Psiloscops flammeolus
Belted Kingfisher 29
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 30
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 31
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 32
Zenaida macroura
Sora 33
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 34
Rallus limicola
American Coot 35
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 36
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 37
Meleagris gallopavo
Least Sandpiper 7
Calidris minutilla
Willet 8
Tringa semipalmata
Common Snipe 38
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 39
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 40
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 41
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 42
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 43
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 44
Larus argentatus
California Gull 45
Larus californicus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 46
Larus fuscus
Iceland Gull 47
Larus glaucoides
Black-legged Kittiwake 48
Rissa tridactyla
Franklin's Gull 49
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 50
Charadrius vociferus
Pacific Loon 51
Gavia pacifica
Eared Grebe 26
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 33
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 52
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 53
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 38
Nycticorax nycticorax
American Kestrel 54
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 7
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 55
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 56
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 57
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 58
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 28
Mareca americana
Gadwall 59
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 28
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 60
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 28
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 61
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 62
Anas crecca
Mallard 63
Anas platyrhynchos
Barrow's Goldeneye 64
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 59
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 65
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 66
Aythya affinis
Redhead 67
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 28
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 8
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 26
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 68
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 69
Branta hutchinsii
Hooded Merganser 70
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 33
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 71
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 72
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 73
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 74
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 75
Buteo jamaicensis

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