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List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia April, 2022; Virginia Threatened and Endangered Faunal Species; FWS ECOS Listed species with spatial current range believed to or known to occur in Virginia; NatureServe Explorer; AmphibiaWeb search for amphibians in the state of Virginia
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Virginia is one of four refuges that make up the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge is a 1,329-acre (5.38 km 2) island in the James River, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Richmond.
Cape Charles Natural Area Preserve is a 50-acre (20 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Northampton County, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay side of Virginia's Eastern Shore. The small preserve protects coastal beach , dune , and maritime forest habitat, preserving a home for the northeastern beach tiger beetle ( Cicindela dorsalis ), listed as ...
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach. Established in 1938 in an isolated portion of the former Princess Anne County, it is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The administrative office is located on Sandbridge Road at Sigma between Lago Mar and Sandbridge Beach.
Virginia round-leaf birch (Betula uber) Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera) Smooth purple coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) Swamp pink (Helonias bullata) Peter's mountain mallow (Iliamna corei) Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
The largest living amphibian is the 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi), but this is dwarfed by prehistoric temnospondyls such as Mastodonsaurus which could reach up to 6 m (20 ft) in length. [7] The study of amphibians is called batrachology, while the study of both reptiles and amphibians is called herpetology.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 93 reptile and amphibian species in the United States are threatened with extinction. [1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR.
Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve is a 105-acre (42 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Mathews County, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay.It contains beach, low dune, and salt marsh habitats, and provides a haven for rare marsh and colonial nesting birds, The preserve also protects habitat for two globally rare species, the northeastern beach tiger beetle and sea-beach knotweed.