Wildlife of Eleven Mile State Park

Located in the southeastern corner of South Park, Eleven Mile State Park consists of a 3,405-acre reservoir and 4,075 acres of upland. The eastern side of Eleven Mile State Park abuts the Pike National Forest and the southern edge of the park comes within one mile of the Forest. Eleven Mile ...more ↓

Great Plains toad ¹
Anaxyrus cognatus

Woodhouse's toad ²
Anaxyrus woodhousii

Western Chorus Frog ³
Pseudacris triseriata

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

Eastern Fence Lizard ⁸
Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ⁹
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ¹⁰
Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined skink ¹¹
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined racerunner ¹
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ¹²
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ¹³
Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake ¹⁴
Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake ¹⁵
Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake ¹⁶
Heterodon nasicus

Racer ¹⁷
Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-headed Snake ⁸
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ¹²
Pituophis catenifer

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁸
Lampropeltis triangulum

Western Rattlesnake ¹⁹
Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake ¹²
Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle ²⁰
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ¹²
Chrysemys picta

Virginia Opossum ²¹
Didelphis virginiana

Desert Cottontail ²²
Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail ²³
Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail ²⁴
Sylvilagus nuttallii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ²⁵
Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel ²⁶
Sciurus niger

Least Chipmunk ²⁷
Neotamias minimus

Rock squirrel ²⁸
Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ²⁹
Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ⁸
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming Ground Squirrel ³⁰
Urocitellus elegans

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ³¹
Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver ³²
Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher ³³
Geomys bursarius

Hispid Pocket Mouse ³⁴
Chaetodipus hispidus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ³⁵
Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine ³⁶
Erethizon dorsatum

Brown Rat ³⁷
Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse ³⁸
Mus musculus

Muskrat ³⁹
Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie Vole ⁴⁰
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole ⁴¹
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse ⁴²
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse ¹²
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ⁴³
Onychomys leucogaster

Mexican Woodrat ³⁴
Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ⁴⁴
Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer ⁴⁵
Odocoileus hemionus

Elk ⁴⁶
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ⁴⁰
Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat ³⁴
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ⁴⁷
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Red Bat ⁴⁸
Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat ⁴⁹
Lasiurus cinereus

Townsend's big-eared bat ¹²
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis ⁵⁰
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ⁵¹
Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat ⁵²
Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis ⁵³
Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis ⁵⁴
Myotis volans

Common Raccoon ⁵⁵
Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel ⁵⁶
Neogale frenata

Striped Skunk ⁵⁷
Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat ⁵⁸
Lynx rufus

Coyote ⁵⁹
Canis latrans

Red Fox ⁶⁰
Vulpes vulpes

North American Least Shrew ⁶¹
Cryptotis parva

Masked Shrew ⁴⁴
Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew ⁴⁰
Sorex merriami

Smallmouth Bass ⁶²
Micropterus dolomieu

Largemouth Bass ⁶³
Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish ⁶⁴
Lepomis cyanellus

Pumpkinseed ⁶⁵
Lepomis gibbosus

Bluegill ⁶⁶
Lepomis macrochirus

White Crappie ⁶⁷
Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie ⁶⁸
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Walleye ⁶⁹
Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch ⁷⁰
Perca flavescens

White Bass ⁷¹
Morone chrysops

Brown Trout ⁷²
Salmo trutta

Rainbow Trout ⁷³
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Cutbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss × Oncorhynchus clarkii

Sockeye Salmon ⁷⁴
Oncorhynchus nerka

Black Bullhead ³³
Ameiurus melas

Channel Catfish ⁷⁵
Ictalurus punctatus

Emerald shiner ⁷⁶
Notropis atherinoides

Fathead Minnow ⁷⁷
Pimephales promelas

Golden Shiner ⁷⁸
Notemigonus crysoleucas

European Carp ⁷⁹
Cyprinus carpio

White Sucker ⁶⁴
Catostomus commersonii

American Gizzard Shad ⁸⁰
Dorosoma cepedianum

Larinia famulatoria ⁸¹

Longjawed Orbweaver ⁸²
Tetragnatha extensa

Silver Longjawed Orbweaver ⁸³
Tetragnatha laboriosa

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Wildlife of Eleven Mile State Park

Great Plains toad 1 Anaxyrus cognatus

Woodhouse's toad 2 Anaxyrus woodhousii

Western Chorus Frog 3 Pseudacris triseriata

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

Eastern Fence Lizard 8 Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 9 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 10 Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined skink 11 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined racerunner 1 Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 12 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 13 Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake 14 Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake 15 Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake 16 Heterodon nasicus

Racer 17 Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-headed Snake 8 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 12 Pituophis catenifer

Eastern Milksnake 18 Lampropeltis triangulum

Western Rattlesnake 19 Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake 12 Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle 20 Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 12 Chrysemys picta

Virginia Opossum 21 Didelphis virginiana

Desert Cottontail 22 Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail 23 Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail 24 Sylvilagus nuttallii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 25 Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel 26 Sciurus niger

Least Chipmunk 27 Neotamias minimus

Rock squirrel 28 Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 29 Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 8 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming Ground Squirrel 30 Urocitellus elegans

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 31 Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver 32 Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher 33 Geomys bursarius

Hispid Pocket Mouse 34 Chaetodipus hispidus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 35 Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine 36 Erethizon dorsatum

Brown Rat 37 Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse 38 Mus musculus

Muskrat 39 Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie Vole 40 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole 41 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse 42 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse 12 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 43 Onychomys leucogaster

Mexican Woodrat 34 Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 44 Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer 45 Odocoileus hemionus

Elk 46 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 40 Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat 34 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 47 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Red Bat 48 Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat 49 Lasiurus cinereus

Townsend's big-eared bat 12 Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis 50 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 51 Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat 52 Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis 53 Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis 54 Myotis volans

Common Raccoon 55 Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel 56 Neogale frenata

Striped Skunk 57 Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat 58 Lynx rufus

Coyote 59 Canis latrans

Red Fox 60 Vulpes vulpes

North American Least Shrew 61 Cryptotis parva

Masked Shrew 44 Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew 40 Sorex merriami

Smallmouth Bass 62 Micropterus dolomieu

Largemouth Bass 63 Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish 64 Lepomis cyanellus

Pumpkinseed 65 Lepomis gibbosus