Species

Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander

Scientific Name: Eurycea wilderae
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

Bluegill

Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Common throughout NC

Bobcat

Scientific Name: Lynx rufus
Classification: Game Species and Furbearer 
Abundance: Common throughout state

Bodie Bass (Hybrid Striped Bass)

Scientific Name: Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops

Classification:  Game Fish

Abundance: Stocked in several Piedmont reservoirs.

Bog Turtle

Scientific Name: Glyptemys (Clemmys) muhlenbergii
Classification: Nongame species; Federally and state listed as Threatened
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Bowfin

Scientific Name: Amia calva

Classification:  Nongame Fish

Abundance: Common in the Coastal rivers of NC.

Brimley's Chorus Frog

Scientific Names: Pseudacris brimleyi
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Beane

Broad River Spiny Crayfish

Scientific Name:  Cambarus P picatus

Classification:  Special Concern

Broad River Stream Crayfish

Scientific Name:  Cambarus C lenati

Classification:  Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Broad-Headed Skink

Scientific Name: Plestiodon laticeps

Photo Credit: Ian Deery

Brook Floater

Scientific Name: Alasmidonta varicosa

Classification:  State Endangered

Brook Trout

Scientific Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
Classification:  Game Fish
Abundance: Mountain region in the western part of the state (green).

Brown Snake

Scientific Name: Storeria dekayi

Photo Credits: JD Wilson

The Brown Snake can be found in forests under logs and rocks. It is light brown with gray and reddish-brown hues and a row of dark spots on its sides. The snake eats snails, slugs and earthworms and is non-venomous. Brown snakes have 4-25 offspring every summer.

Brown Trout

Scientific Name: Salmo trutta
Classification:  Game Fish
Abundance: Found in the mountain region in the western part of the state (green area).

Brown Water Snake

Scientific Name: Nerodia taxispilota

Photo Credits: JD Wilson