SNAKES OF HARRISVILLE STATE PARK

Northern Ribbon Snake

Eastern Garter Snake

Blue Racer

Ringneck Snake

Brown Snake

Eastern Smooth Green Snake is a protected species in Michigan.

Northern Red-bellied Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake playing dead.

AMPHIBIANS AND OTHER REPTILES OF HARRISVILLE STATE PARK

Gray Tree Frog

American Toad

Wood Frog

Leopard Frog

Green Frog

Spring Peeper

Western Chorus Frog

Blanding's Turtle is a protected species in Michigan.

Five-lined skink

Common Snapping Turtle

Northern Cricket Frog or possible Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Endangered Species) both of which are found in the southern lower Michigan. This would be far from their population range . Observed along the stream that flows into Lake Huron at Harrisville State Park.

Green Tree Frog is found in the southern United States. I have now observed two of these behind the Heath District # 2 building in Harrisville at the old Kid's Fishing Ponds. A couple of theories as how they got here in Michigan. One is that someone had got these from a pet store and released them. Or two, a duck migrating from the southern U.S. had the frog's eggs on it's feet and landed in the water releasing the eggs.