Banff National Park

Wildlife Checklist: Amphibians, Reptiles and Fish

Wood Frog Adult on Algae
Wood Frog Adult on Algae
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AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
Amphibians
Reptiles

FISH
Sculpin Family
Trout Family
Minnow Family
Sucker Family
Trout-Perch Family
Cod Family
Livebearer Family
Stickleback Family
Cichlid Family

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Other Species:
Mammals

* N: native I: introduced U: unsuccessful introduction

AMPHIBIANS

Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum
Boreal Toad
Bufo boreas boreas
Columbia Spotted Frog
Rana luteiventris
Wood Frog
Rana sylvatica

Related Links:
Herpwatch

REPTILES

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans

SCULPIN FAMILY

Spoonhead Sculpin Cottus ricei (N)

TROUT FAMILY

Cisco Coregonus artedi (I)
Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis (I)
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki (I/N)
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (I)
Golden Trout Oncorhynchus aguabonita (U)
Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni (N)
Brown Trout Salmo trutta (I)
Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus (N)
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis (I)
Lake Trout Salvelinus namycush (I/N)
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar (U )
Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus (U)

MINNOW FAMILY

Goldfish Carassius auratus (I)
Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus (N)
Northern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus eos (N)
Finescale Dace Phoxinus neogaeus (N)
Fathead Minnow Pimphales promelas (N)
Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae (N)
Banff Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae smithi (N) extinct
Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita (N)

SUCKER FAMILY

Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus (N)
White Sucker Catostomus commersoni (N)
Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus (N)

TROUT-PERCH FAMILY

Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus (N)

COD FAMILY

Burbot Lota lota (N)

LIVEBEARER FAMILY

Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinus (I)
Sailfin Molly
Poecilia latipinna (I)
Guppy Poecilia reticulata (U)
Green Swordtail Xiphophorus helleri (U)

STICKLEBACK FAMILY

Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans (N)

CICHLID FAMILY

African Jewelfish Hemichromis bimaculatus (I)
Convict Cichlid
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum (U)
Freshwater Angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (U)

RELATED LINKS:
Herpwatch
Species Descriptions of Amphibians & Reptiles
Wildlife Watching Tips
Wildlife Hazards
Wildlife Viewing
Mammals of Banff National Park
Canadian Wildlife Service - Hinterland Who's Who

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