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Cardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell. 1993. Exotic and translocated vertebrates of Massachusetts. Fauna of Massachusetts Series No. 6. 2nd edition. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA, Westborough, MA.
Reference Details:
| Reference Number: | 704 |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Cardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell. |
| Date (year): | 1993 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Title: | Exotic and translocated vertebrates of Massachusetts. Fauna of Massachusetts Series No. 6. |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA. |
| Publisher Location: | Westborough, MA |
| Volume: | |
| Pages: | 95 pp |
| URL: | |
| Keywords: | reptile, amphibian, exotics, introduced fishes, Massachusetts, Rhinella marina, cane toad, Bufo marinus, chinemys reevesii, Cuora flavomarginata, Graptemys, Kinosternon, Mauremys, Rhinoclemmys, Trachemys |
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:
Agkistrodon piscivorus
MA - pond at the Trailside Museum, Milton
Ameiurus catus
MA - Charles River drainage
MA - Merrimack River drainage
MA - lower Connecticut River drainage
Amia calva
MA - Lake Onota, near Pittsfield
MA - Connecticut River drainage
MA - Merrimack River
Amphilophus citrinellus
MA - Dodgeville Pond, Attleboro
MA - Dodgeville Pond, Attleboro, Ten Mile River drainage
Anaxyrus americanus
MA - Cuttyhunk Island
Apalone spinifera spinifera
MA - Logan International Airport,Boston(near the frieght terminal)
Astronotus ocellatus
MA - state non-specific
Caiman crocodilus
MA - Taunton, swamps
MA - wetland in Plainfield
Carassius auratus
MA - state non-specific
Colossoma macropomum
MA - Triphammer Pond, Hingham
Coregonus clupeaformis
MA - Maple Springs, on the Agawam River.
Cuora flavomarginata
MA - Attleborough, Rte. 1
MA - Needham, Central Avenue
Cynops pyrrhogaster
MA - Plymouth County
MA -
Esox lucius
MA - Cheshire Reservoir
MA - Lake Onota, near Pittsfield
MA - state non-specific
MA - Connecticut River
Esox lucius x E. masquinongy
MA - state non-specific
Glyptemys insculpta
MA - Cape Cod
MA - Jamaica Pond, Boston
MA - Newbury
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
MA - unnamed pond off Boston Road, Newbury
Graptemys geographica
MA - Lake Waban, Wellesley, Norfolk County
Hyla cinerea
MA - Needham
Hypentelium nigricans
MA - outlet stream below North Hadley Ponds, Hadley, tributary of the Connecticut River
Ictalurus punctatus
MA - Connecticut River
MA - Charles River drainage
Kinosternon subrubrum
MA - Worcester
Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis
MA - base of the dam on the Parker River, Ipswich
Lepisosteus oculatus
MA - pond at Amherst
Lepomis cyanellus
MA - Assabet River drainage
MA - Bristol County
Lepomis macrochirus
MA - state non-specific
Lepomis megalotis
MA - General Butler Ames Pond in Tewksbury
Lithobates catesbeianus
MA - Martha's Vineyard
MA - Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sactuary, Wellfleet
MA - Nantucket Island
Lithobates sphenocephalus
MA - Ludlow
MA - Amherst
MA - Sheffield
Malaclemys terrapin
MA - Scusset Marshes, Sandwich
MA - Slocum River, Dartmouth
MA - causeway to Plum Island, Ipswich
MA - Charles River, Boston, Suffolk County, near the Museum of Science
MA - Logan Airport (outer shore) Boston Harbor
Mauremys caspica
MA - Grafton
Mauremys reevesii
MA - wetland area in Marshfield
Micropterus dolomieu
MA - state non-specific
Micropterus salmoides
MA - state non-specific
Necturus maculosus
MA - Brook near the Amherst College campus
Notropis atherinoides
MA - state non-specific
Notropis volucellus
MA - Connecticut River
Noturus gyrinus
MA - upper Chicopee drainage
CT - Thames drainage
Oncorhynchus mykiss
MA - Deerfield drainage
MA - Westfield drainage
MA - Housatonic River drainage
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
MA - Saugus River
MA - North River (several North Rivers in state; chose this one because it was in the same watershed as another stocking site)
MA - Ipswich River
MA - Merrimack River
MA - Nashua River
MA - Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA
MA - Shawsheen River
MA - Merrimack River
MA - state non-specific
MA - North River
Perca flavescens
MA - state non-specific
NM - Asylum Reservoir, Las Vegas
WA - Haynes Lake, NW of Coulee City
Pimephales notatus
MA - Quabbin Reservoir
MA - Housatonic River drainage
Pimephales promelas
MA - Housatonic River drainage
MA - Concord drainage at one locality
Pomoxis annularis
MA - Connecticut River near the vicinity of Easthampton
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
MA - state non-specific
Pseudemys concinna
MA - Hoyts Pond, Plymouth
MA - Lily Ponds [3 Ponds], West Boylston
Pseudemys concinna floridana
MA - Wachusett Reservoir
MA - Mashpee
MA - Martha's Vineyard
Pseudemys spp.
MA - Grays Mill Pond on the Rhode Island-Massachusetts border
MA - Fresh Pond, Manomet
Pygocentrus nattereri
MA - small, unnamed pond near Westminster
MA - Island Grove Pond, Abington
Rhinella marina
MA - alongside railroad tracks in Ayer
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
MA - Flax Pond (roadside), Lynn
Salmo trutta
MA - state non-specific
MA - Berkshire Valley [unspecified coldwater streams]
MA - Central uplands of Massachusetts [unspecified coldwater streams]
Salvelinus namaycush
MA - Wachusett Reservoir
Sander vitreus
MA - Connecticut River
MA - state non-specific
MA - Taunton-Nemasket River
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
MA - Charles River, Cambridge/Boston
Trachemys scripta elegans
MA - Boston area
MA - Springfield area
MA - Orleans
MA - Lynn
MA - Forest Park, Springfield
MA - Belmont
MA - Cambridge Reservoir, Waltham, Middlesex County
MA - Sunset Lake, Braintree
MA - small unnamed pond at the Trailside Museum, Milton
MA - Popes Pond, Milton
MA - Wollaston, Quincy
MA - Hoyts Pond, Plymouth
MA - Holly Pond, Hingham
MA - Back Bay Fens and Victory Gardens, Boston
MA - Hamilton
MA - Reading
MA - Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord
Umbra limi
MA - 3-4 localities in the Connecticut River Valley
Xenopus laevis
MA - Acton Arboretum,small pond, Acton
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