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30 Cards in this Set
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Rainbow Trout |
Pink lateral band. Rainbow colored flesh. Dark spots on lighter background. |
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Brown Trout |
Dark spots on a lighter surface Usually has some red spots Halos around spots |
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Brook Trout |
Pale spots on dark background.
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Largemouth Bass |
Jaw past eye. Horizontal black band. |
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Smallmouth Bass |
Jaw not past eye. No horizontal band. |
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Crappie |
Whiteish. Vertical bars. |
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Sunfish |
Short. Speckled. Pointy looking top fin. |
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White Bass |
One line to tail. Less streamlined.
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Hybrid Bass
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Broken lines going to tail. Less streamlined.
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Striped Bass |
Few broken lines. Streamlined Anadromous |
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Threadfin Shad |
Shiny, silver. Lower jaw protrudes. |
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Alewife and Blueback Herring |
Shiny, silver. Large protruding lower jaw. |
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Gizzard Shad |
Shiny, silver. Rounded nose |
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Wood Frog |
Size of fist Brown
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Upland Chorus Frog |
Brown to gray back with no x. White line above lip. Dark stripe across eye. |
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Spring Peeper |
X mark on back. Now white stripe on lib. Dark stripe across eye. |
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Cope's Gray Tree Frog |
More prominent toe-pads. Glycerol (antifreeze) under skin. Very hard to find, blends in. |
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American Toad |
Large tempanic membrane right behind the eye. Lumps on surface. |
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American Bullfrog |
Huge tempanic membrane. Very big legs. Breed in April/May. |
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Spotted Salamander
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large (a little longer than hand). Black w/ yellow spots. Skin always moist. |
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Red-Spotted Newt |
Larvae--> Red-eft Stage-->Aquatic adult phase. Aposomatic coloration (I'm poisonous). Bright orange in Red-eft stage. Red spots, yellow belly in Aquatic adult phase. |
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Southern Redback Salamander |
lungless brown/back belly. reddish-orange back.. more of a stripe. very thin, 1-3 inches long. no amniotic sack, must lay eggs in water. |
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Spotted Dusky Salamander |
red-orange back-more of a pattern dark belly thicker than southern red back have to have cold water to breathe |
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Jordan's or Red Cheeked Salamander |
Dark blue Red behind eyes
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Imitator Salamander |
Dark red color bright red behind eyes not actually toxic, uses Batesian mimicry. Has bright colors to look more toxic. |
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Northern Slimy Salamander |
black white to silver flecks |
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Blue Ridge Two Lined Salamander |
yellow 2 black lines going down its back
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Longtail Salamander |
yellow black dots all over tail 2/3 of length |
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Spring Salamander |
bright orange black flecks white nasal stripe |
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Hellbender |
2nd biggest salamander in the world bumps on skin eats fish, lives mostly under water |
