Envirothon 2011 Study List – Aquatic Ecosystems Station
Identification Study List The animals from this list are common species or have other
significance in the aquatic ecosystem (migratory, endangered, invasive, water quality indicator,
etc).
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Invertebrates
American eel
Bullfrog*
Bog turtle
Amphipod/scud
American shad
Eastern American toad*
Common snapping turtle
Backswimmer
Atlantic sturgeon
Eastern gray treefrog*
Eastern box turtle
Blackfly larva
Blacknose dace
Pickerel frog*
Map turtle
Caddisfly*
Bluegill
Northern green frog*
Midland painted turtle
Crayfish
Brown bullhead
Northern leopard frog*
Red eared slider
Cranefly*
Brook trout
Northern spring peeper*
Spotted turtle
Damselfly*
Brown trout
Wood frog*
Wood turtle
Dobsonfly/fishfly*
Chain pickerel
Four-toed salamander
Northern coal skink
Dragonfly*
Channel catfish
Eastern hellbender
Northern fence lizard
Freshwater mussel
Common carp
Eastern hellbender
Black rat snake
Freshwater snail
Flathead catfish
Jefferson salamander
Eastern garter snake
Giant water bug
Greenside darter
Longtail salamander
Eastern hognose snake
Isopod/aquatic sowbug
Largemouth bass
Marbled salamander
Eastern massasauga
Mayfly*
Mottled sculpin
Mudpuppy
Eastern milk snake
Predaceous diving
beetle
Muskellunge
Northern dusky salamander
Eastern smooth green snake
Stonefly*
Northern pike
Northern spring salamander
Northern brown snake
Water scorpion
Paddlefish
Northern two lined
salamander
Northern copperhead
Water strider
Rock bass
Northern red salamander
Northern ringneck snake
Whirligig beetle
Sea lamprey
Redbac salamander
Northern water snake
Water boatman
Smallmouth bass
Red-spotted newt
Ribbon snake
Water penny
Striped bass
Slimy salamander
Walleye
White sucker
Yellow perch
*Must know calls
*Know larval/adult
stage