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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

Western Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas
Woodhouse's Toad 2
Anaxyrus woodhousii
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Western Tiger Salamander 4
Ambystoma mavortium
Prairie Lizard 4
Sceloporus consobrinus
Plateau Fence Lizard 5
Sceloporus tristichus
Eastern Fence Lizard 6
Sceloporus undulatus
Triploid Checkered Whiptail 7
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
Six-lined Racerunner 8
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Prairie Racerunner 9
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus viridis
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Coachwhip 10
Masticophis flagellum
Gopher Snake 1
Pituophis catenifer
Corn Snake 11
Pantherophis guttatus
Prairie Rattlesnake 1
Crotalus viridis
Mountain Cottontail 12
Sylvilagus nuttallii
White-tailed Jackrabbit 13
Lepus townsendii
Fox Squirrel 14
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 15
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 16
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 1
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 17
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 1
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 6
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 18
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 19
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 20
Cynomys gunnisoni
American Beaver 21
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 22
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 23
Thomomys talpoides
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 24
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 25
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 26
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 27
Erethizon dorsatum
Western Heather Vole 28
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 29
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 30
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Vole 31
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern Red-backed Vole 32
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 25
Peromyscus boylii
White-footed Mouse 33
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 34
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 35
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 1
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 28
Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 36
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 25
Neotoma mexicana
Southern Plains Woodrat 37
Neotoma micropus
Western Jumping Mouse 38
Zapus princeps
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 39
Zapus hudsonius preblei
Moose 14
Alces alces
Mule Deer 40
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 41
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 42
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 38
Ovis canadensis
Pronghorn 43
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 25
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 44
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 45
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 1
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 46
Myotis ciliolabrum
Little Brown Bat 47
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 48
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 49
Myotis volans
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 50
Tadarida brasiliensis
Big Free-tailed Bat 51
Nyctinomops macrotis
American Black Bear 52
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 53
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 54
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 55
Lontra canadensis
Short-tailed Weasel 56
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 57
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 58
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 59
Neovison vison
American Marten 60
Martes americana
Wolverine 61
Gulo gulo
American Badger 62
Taxidea taxus
Common Hog-nosed Skunk 63
Conepatus leuconotus
Striped Skunk 64
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 65
Spilogale gracilis
Canada Lynx 66
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 67
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 68
Puma concolor
Coyote 69
Canis latrans
Swift Fox 13
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 70
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 71
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 32
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 28
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 28
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew
Sorex nanus
American Water Shrew 72
Sorex palustris
Bluegill 73
Lepomis macrochirus
Arkansas Darter 74
Etheostoma cragini
Brown Trout 75
Salmo trutta
Rainbow Trout 76
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout 77
Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus
Greenback Cutthroat Trout 78
Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout 79
Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis

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