Species

Elk

Scientific Name: Cervus elaphus
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Small population in Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties

Feral Swine

Scientific Name: Sus scrofa
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Disjunct populations statewide

Five-Lined Skink

Scientific Name:  Eumeces (Plestiodon) fasciatus
Photo Credit: Will Brown
Abundance:  Common throughout most of the state (green)

Flathead Catfish

Scientific Name: Pylodictis olivaris
Classification:  Nongame Fish
Abundance: Common in the Cape Fear River and impoundments of the Yadkin River.

Four-Toed Salamanders

Scientific Name: Hemidactylium scutatum
Listed: State Listed as Special Concern
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 
 

Fowler's Toad

Scientific Name: Bufo (Anaxyrus) fowleri 
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Abundant (green)
Photo Credit: Jodie Owen

Fox Squirrel

Scientific Name: Sciurus niger niger & Sciurus niger vulpinus
Classification: Game
Abundance: Locally common (found in blue counties)

French Broad Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Cambarus P. reburrus
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean, State Listed as Threatened

Glossy Crayfish Snake

Scientific Name: Regina rigida

Photo Credits: JD Wilson

Found in swampy areas, the Glossy Crayfish Snake has two faint dark stripes running down its olive-brown body. The non-venomous watersnake eats primarily crayfish with teeth that can hold onto the hard shells. They are most active at night.

Golden Topminnow

Scientific Name: Fundulus chrysotus

Classification: Nongame Fish

Abundance: Rare in North Carolina (green areas)

Grandfather Mountain Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Cambarus C. eeseeohensis
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Gray Fox

Scientific Name: Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Classification: Game species  
Abundance: Common throughout state
Photo Credits: Mark Buckler
 

Gray Squirrel

Scientific Name: Sciurus carolinensis
Classification: Small game
Abundance: Abundant-statewide

Gray Tree Frog Cope's and Northern

Scientific Names: Cope's Gray Treefrog: Hyla chrysoscelis, Northern Gray Treefrog: Hyla versicolor
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Cope's Gray Treefrog - Abundant (blue); 
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Gray-Cheeked Salamander Complex

Species in Complex: Blue Ridge grey-cheeked salamander (Plethodon amplus), South Mountain grey-cheeked salamander (Plethodon meridianus), southern grey-cheeked salamander (Plethodon metcalfi), northern grey-cheeked salamander (Plethodon montanus)
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson