Fowlers Toad No white stripe down back. Sound like its’s screaming.

Fowler’s Toad

Blanding’s turtle No spots, yellow chin.

Wood Frog Brown w/Black mask

Blue Spotted Salamander Lots o’ blue spots

Tiger Salamander Tiger stripes. Largest in Michigan.

Bull Frog Largest frog in MI

Spring Peeper First frog of spring, “X” on back.

Spotted Salamander Few yellow spots

Cricket Frog tiny, sounds like a cricket.

Red-backed Salamander Dimorphic. some are red, and some are gray.

Four Toed Salamander four toes on all four feet, Contriction at base of tail.

American Toad White strip down back. dry bumpy skin

Red Spotted Newt Yellowish green w/orange/red stripes

Green Frog medium sized frog w/large tympanic membrane (ear)

Pickerel Frog Looks like a brown leopard frog

Mudpuppy Aquatic w/gills

Hellbender Huge, aquatic. Up to three feet long.

Leopard Frog Looks like yellow pickerel frog

Marbled Salamander Large w/big white spot/stripes

Jefferson’s Salamander Small lungless, with intercostal grooves

Black Rat Snake Black w/white chin

Wood Turtle Bright orange chin and legs. Yellow Plastron.

Blue Racer Blue or black, very long, up tp 72 in.

Spotted Turtle Small, one two spots per scutes

Box Turtle Not a turtle, its a tortoise.

Spiny Softshell Soft shelled. nose like a tube. Very bitey.

Brown Snake Small, shy.

Massasauga Only poisonous snake in Michigan

Corn Snake Very, common. Friendly.

Ribbon Snake Long, thin. Not a gartner snake. No Checker Board pattern.

Hognose Snake Rattlesnake mimic. No Rattle, turned up nose.

Red Earred Slider Bright red “Ear” looks like a painted turtle.

Five lined Skink Bright blue Tail.

Ea. Garter Snake Thicker, with checker borad pattern. Greenish black.

Ea Garter Snake

Painted Turtle Yellow stripes on neck, red on plastron and edges of carapace.

Northern Water Snake Aquatic, flattened tail.

Corn Snake

Map Turtle Looks like a topographic map.

Snapping Turtle Huge, aggresive.

Musk Turtle Small. Climbs trees, smells bad. Called a “Stinkpot”

Butlers’ Garter Snake Looks like a Eastern Garter Snake but w/brown color

Cope’s Tree Frog Gray on top, bright yellow under hind legs

Copperbelly Water Snake Black w/yellowish belly

Cricket Frog

Gray Tree Frog Changes from gray to green.

Ring Neck Snake Similar to copper belly w/ring around neck

Redbelly Snake Gray top, bright reddish orange belly

Smooth Green Snake Bright green top, yellow green belly

Chorus Frog Brown w/stripes on top pale tan belly

Six Lined Racerunner six lines on back

Blue Tailed Skink

Queen Snake Brown (Some have stripes) back, tan belly

Queens snake No stripes tan belly

Amphiuma/Siren Legless, aquatic w/gills.

MInk Frog leopard frog size w/brown patterns.