Reptiles
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Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Size: 4.5 to 6 inches long.
Diet: The diet includes fruits, berries, worms, slugs, insects, mushrooms and deceased animals.
Reproduction: Female turtles normally deposit one to seven eggs in an excavated nest before covering them with dirt.
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Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Maximum Weight: 250 pounds.
Diet: Fish, snakes, salamanders, crayfish, clams, mussels, mammals, plant roots, and birds.
Lifespan: Up to 70 years in captivity.
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Blanding's Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Maximum Size: 6 to 8 Inches.
Diet: Crayfish, insects, snails, small fish, tadpoles, leeches, and plant material.
Reproduction: Usually 6 to 21 elliptical eggs.
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Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus
Size: Approximately 18 to 30 inches.
Diet: Eastern massasaugas feed on mice, shrews, voles, lizards, birds, frogs, crayfish and other snakes.
Classification: Venomous.
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Common Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Size: 18 to 26 inches.
Diet: Common gartersnakes primarily eat earthworms, amphibians, invertebrates, minnows, mice and carrion.
Classification: Non-venomous.
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Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Size: 22 to 32 inches.
Diet: Eastern hog-nosed snakes are toad-hunting specialists. They will also eat frogs and salamanders.
Classification: Non-venomous.
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Gray Ratsnake
Pantherophis spiloides
Size: 42 to 72 inches.
Diet: Gray ratsnakes are constrictors and primarily eat mice and other rodents, birds and bird eggs.
Classification: Non-venomous.
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Common Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon
Size: 25 to 40 inches.
Diet: Common watersnakes feed primarily on small fish. They will also eat frogs, toads, salamanders and carrion.
Classification: Non-venomous.