NPSpecies

Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.

Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.

Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.

Park Species Detail: Although not encountered, the distribution of the northern redbelly snake includes eastern and southern Fayette County, including FONE. This is a very secretive species and is likely to inhabit FONE--Paulson et al., 2005., Park Species Data Source: Paulson et al., 2005. NPBIB-609796., Accepted Detail: The following sources were used to certify this species record: (1) Hulse, A. C., C. J. McCoy, and E. J. Censky. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of Pennsylvania and the northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. (2) Conant, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians eastern/central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, MA. (3) Petranka, J. W. 1998. Salamanders ot the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. (4) Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. February 2006. http://www.itis.usda.gov/. (5) National Biological Information Infrastructure. February 2006. http://www.nbii.gov/index.html.