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Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a State Endangered Species and a Federally Threatened Species.This rattlesnake is strongly associated with floodplain habitats along medium to large rivers, especially near river confluences, where they primarily occupy open canopy wetlands, such as sedge meadows, fresh wet meadows, shrub-carrs, and adjacent upland prairies, floodplain forests, and ... More @Wikipedia
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- U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list
- Dozens of sea turtles with hypothermia rescued in Cape Cod
- Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
- Wolves To Lose Endangered Status Within 60 days, First Time Congress Has Taken A Species Off List
- Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve
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- Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) - WisconsinOrnate box turtles may be active from early-March through mid-November. They nest in early-June and young typically hatch in August or early-September, although some hatchlings emerge the following spring. See the species guidance document for avoidance measures and management guidance from the Natural Heritage Conservation Program. Expand All.
- Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) - WisconsinCounties with Mapped NHI Occurrences. Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), a Threatened Species in Wisconsin, prefers rivers and streams with adjacent riparian wetlands and upland deciduous forests. This species often forages in open wet meadows or in shrub-carrs dominated by speckled alder. They overwinter in streams and rivers in deep holes or ...
- Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus) - WisconsinWestern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus), a State Endangered Species, is found along rivers as well as within and adjacent to wetlands. Nothing has been reported regarding overwintering for this species in Wisconsin, but they are known to communally den with other snakes. They can be active from mid-March through mid-November, breed primarily ...
- Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) - WisconsinEastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a State Endangered Species and a Federally Threatened Species.This rattlesnake is strongly associated with floodplain habitats along medium to large rivers, especially near river confluences, where they primarily occupy open canopy wetlands, such as sedge meadows, fresh wet meadows, shrub-carrs, and adjacent upland prairies, floodplain forests, and ...
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) - WisconsinPROTECTING WISCONSIN'S BIODIVERSITY. Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi), listed as Endangered in Wisconsin, prefers ponds, lakes, and a variety of habitats along and adjacent to streams and rivers including marshes, fens, sedge meadows, low prairies, and exposed mud flats. This species may breed in no or low-flow areas of streams and ...
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