Pine Barrens Fauna Links

Tiger Salamander

Photo by Bob Gress

NYSDEC: Eastern Tiger Salamander Fact Sheet
2004 Pine Barrens Research Forum Poster and Display Presenters
BNL: Tiger Salamander

Banded Sunfish

Photo by Karsten Hartel

Life history and habitat requirements

NYSDEC: Banded Sunfish Fact Sheet
An Introduction to Enneacanthus obesus (Girard), the Banded Sunfish (With Special Reference to Rhode Island Distribution)
Comparative Ecology of Blackwater Fishes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens - John H. Graham
2005 Pine Barrens Research Forum Poster Abstracts
New York State's Central Pine Barrens 6.6 PECONIC RIVER STEWARDSHIP UNIT (UNIT 6)

Spotted Turtle

Source:The center for reptile and amphibian conservation and management

NYSDEC: Spotted Turtle Fact Sheet
Herp Center: Spotted Turtle
2005 Pine Barrens Research Forum Poster Abstracts - Home Range Estimates and Habitat Preferences of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys Guttata)
BNL: Reptiles

Federally listed threatened
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

State-listed animals of special concern
coastal barrens buckmoth (Hemileuca maia maia)
banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus)
spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
common loon (Gavia immer)

State-listed threatened
common tern (Sterna hirundo)
northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
osprey (Pandion haliaetus)