South Carolina Swamps

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South Carolina Swamps

• Rebecca Ashley
• Herpetology
• Presentation
• Wed. Jan. 29, 2003

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Trees

• Bald cypress
• Water tupelo
• Black gum
• both pictures are Cypress trees

• Water ash
• Water elm
• Red maple

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Shrubs

• Virginia willow
• Button bush

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Vines

• Pepper-vine
• Honeysuckle

• Greenbrier
• Catbrier

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Herbs

• St. Johns Wort

• False nettle

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Duckweed
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Critters

• Wild Pig
• Opossum

• Birds
• Raccoon

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Fishes

• Largemouth bass
• Minnows

• Bowfin
• Mosquito fish

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NowTheHerps
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Catawba River Corridor

• Amphibians
• 12 Salamanders
• 3 Toads
• 10 Frogs

• Reptiles
• 8 Turtles
• 8 Lizards
• 26 Snakes

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• Eats fish, turtles, birds, snakes, frogs
  mammals
• 19 is the largest

• Lives in the Southeast
• Mainly freshwater
• Adult is 6 in length

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Frogs

• Spring Peeper
• Squirrel Treefrog

• Bullfrog
• Southern Leopard Frog

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Toads

• Eastern Spadefoot Toad

• American Toad

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Salamanders

• Eastern Red-spotted Newt
• Red Salamander

• Spring Salamander
• Two-lined Salamander

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Turtles

• Common Snapping Turtle
• River Cooter

• Yellowbelly Slider
• Spiny Softshell

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Lizards

• Five-lined Skink
• Six-lined Racerunner

• Carolina Anole
• Slender Glass Lizard

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Snakes

• Eastern Milk Snake
• Pigmy Rattlesnake

• Smooth Earth Snake
• Pine Snake

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• www.dnr.state.sc.us/wild/gator.html
• www.google.com
• www.midnet.sc.edu/audubon/catawbaweb.htm
• www.uga.edu/srelherp/frogsandtoads/truefrog.htm
• www.uga.edu/srel/swampsfor.htm
• www.uga.edu/srel/gators.htm