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Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma tigrinum
Great Plains Toad 2
Anaxyrus cognatus
Woodhouse's Toad 3
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris maculata
American Bullfrog 5
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 6
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 7
Spea bombifrons
Western Tiger Salamander 2
Ambystoma mavortium
Western Earless Lizard 8
Holbrookia maculata
Many-lined Skink 7
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Six-lined Racerunner 9
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Plains Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis radix
Plains Hognose Snake 7
Heterodon nasicus
Coachwhip 11
Masticophis flagellum
North American Racer 12
Coluber constrictor
Gopher Snake 4
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake 13
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Prairie Rattlesnake 14
Crotalus viridis viridis
Spiny Softshell Turtle 15
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 16
Chelydra serpentina
Ornate Box Turtle 17
Terrapene ornata
Painted Turtle 4
Chrysemys picta
Virginia Opossum 18
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 19
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 20
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 21
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 22
Lepus townsendii
Fox Squirrel 23
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 14
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 24
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 25
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 26
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 27
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 28
Chaetodipus hispidus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 29
Perognathus fasciatus
Plains Pocket Mouse 30
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 31
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 32
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 33
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 34
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 35
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 36
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 37
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 4
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 38
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 39
Onychomys leucogaster
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 40
Zapus hudsonius preblei
Mule Deer 41
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 42
Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorn 43
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 28
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 44
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 45
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 46
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 4
Corynorhinus townsendii
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 47
Myotis leibii
Little Brown Bat 48
Myotis lucifugus
Big Free-tailed Bat 49
Nyctinomops macrotis
Common Raccoon 50
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 51
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 52
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 53
Neovison vison
American Badger 54
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 55
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 56
Spilogale putorius
Bobcat 57
Lynx rufus
Coyote 58
Canis latrans
Swift Fox 24
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 59
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 60
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North American Least Shrew 27
Cryptotis parva
Masked Shrew 61
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 62
Sorex merriami
Largemouth Bass 63
Micropterus salmoides
Bluegill 64
Lepomis macrochirus
White Crappie 65
Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie 66
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Walleye 67
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch 68
Perca flavescens
Striped Bass 69
Morone saxatilis
Rainbow Trout 70
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Greenback Cutthroat Trout 71
Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias
Flathead Catfish 72
Pylodictis olivaris
Blue Catfish 73
Ictalurus furcatus
Channel Catfish 74
Ictalurus punctatus
Spottail Shiner 75
Notropis hudsonius
European Carp 76
Cyprinus carpio
White Sucker 77
Catostomus commersonii
American Gizzard Shad 78
Dorosoma cepedianum
Tiger Muskellunge 79
Esox masquinongy × lucius

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