New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7A - FRESHWATER WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT RULES
Appendix 1
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
OBLIGATE AND FACULTATIVE FAUNA SPECIES FOUND IN VERNAL HABITATS
| Obligate Species | Facultative Species |
| Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) | Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentine) |
| Blue-spotted Salamander* (Ambystoma laterale) | Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) |
| Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) | Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) |
| Eastern Tiger Salamander* (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) | Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) |
| Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) | Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) |
| Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii) | American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus) Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) |
| Fairy shrimp (order Anostraca) | Pine Barrens Treefrog* (Hyla andersonii) |
| Northern Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) | |
| Cope's (Southern Gray) Treefrog* (Hyla chrysoscelis) | |
| Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) | |
| New Jersey Chorus Frog (Pseudacris kalmi) | |
| American Bull Frog (Lithobates catesbieanus) | |
| Northern Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) | |
| Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus) | |
| Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) | |
| Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) | |
| Long-tailed Salamander** (Eurycea longicauda longicauda) | |
| Wood Turtle** (Glyptemys insculpta) | |
| Carpenter Frog (Lithobates virgatipes) | |
| Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris) | |
| Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog (Rana kauffeldi) | |
| Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) | |
| Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) | |
| Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) |
* Listed as a New Jersey State endangered species
** Listed as a New Jersey State threatened species
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