Jack is a Cat: July 2011

Trap Pond State Park Adventure

Common Toad, Bufo bufo (Scott)
Fact- As defense they secrete a toxic called bufagin.
Garter Snakes and Hedgehogs are immune to it.

Sasquatch (Scott)

Garden Snail, Helix aspersa (Scott)
Fact - When hibernating, Helix aspersa avoids ice formation by altering the osmotic components of its blood, and can survive temperatures as low as -5 C.

Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus (Scott)
Fact - There are 10 recognized subspecies of Sceloporus undulatus ranging across the Mid-Atlantic from New Jersey to Florida and as far west as Texas and New Mexico.

Eastern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta (Scott)
"Its a turtle, it can't outrun us!"
Fact - The sex ratio of painted turtle varies based on egg tempurature. During the middle third of incubation, temperatures of 23–27 °C (73–81 °F) produce males, and anything above or below that, female. It does not appear that females choose nesting sites to influence the sex of the hatchlings.

American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana (Scott)
Fact -Females have an eardrum (tympanum) the same size as their eye. Males' eardrums are larger.

Trap Pond is the northern most Baldcypress swamp in the US

Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula (Scott)
Fact - King snakes from the Coastal Plain have wider bands, while those found in mountainous areas have thinner bands or may be completely black.