Box turtles and cricket frogs. Who has not heard the low hum of a bullfrog on a summer morning? The Midwest Region is not lacking in its own share of herpetofauna. Milk snakes, blue racers, Eastern spadefoot toads, blue spotted salamanders, painted turtles, and map turtles are only small pieces of the Midwest's herpetofaunal mosaic. However, this mosaic is at risk - threatened by the introduction of exotic species, development pressure, and loss of suitable wetland habitat.

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