South Aiken High School
and Chukker Creek Elementary School

"Ecologist for a Day" Field Study

October 6 , 2007

A few students from South Aiken High School and Chukker Creek Elementary School visited the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory's "Ecologist for a Day" program.

Here are some pictures from the trip.
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Here is a list of the animals we observed in their native habitats:
 burgundy millipede
ground beetle
red centipede
tussock moth caterpillar
wolf spider
bullfrog
southern toad
lesser siren
red salamander
fence lizard
green anole
ground skink
ringneck snake
box turtle
gopher tortoise
musk turtle (stinkpot)
crayfish
blackbanded sunfish
lined topminnow
pirate perch
speckled madtom
tadpole madtom
warmouth
cotton mouse
opossum
pine vole

  


Here is a list of the animals we observed from the Outreach collection:
 marbled salamander
spotted salamander
tiger salamander
barking treefrog
leopard frog
common snapping turtle
eastern box turtle
softshell turtle
yellowbelly slider
broadhead skink
legless lizard
banded watersnake
eastern hognose snake
eastern kingsnake
pine snake
rat snake
scarlet kingsnake
canebrake rattlesnake
copperhead
coral snake
cottonmouth
eastern diamondback rattlesnake
pigmy rattlesnake
American alligators

I hope you enjoyed spending the day experiencing some of the Southeast's habitats and rich biodiversity.

Sean

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