• The village of Appomattox Court House from the west, the McLean House is on the right.

    Appomattox Court House

    National Historical Park Virginia

Amphibians

Amphibians of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name

Scientific name

Notes

Order Anura: Frogs and Toads

Eastern cricket frog

Acris crepitans

Cope's gray treefrog

Hyla chrysocelis

Eastern gray treefrog

Hyla versicolor

Northern spring piper

Pseudacris crucifer

Upland chorus frog

Pseudacris feriarum

Eastern spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii

American bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Pickerel frog

Rana palustris

Northern green frog

Rana clamitans

Wood frog

Rana sylvatica

American toad

Bufo americanus

Fowler's toad

Bufo fowleri

Eastern narrow-mouthed toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Order Caudata: Salamanders

Spotted salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled salamander

Ambystoma opacum

Mole salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum


Northern dusky salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

Southern two-lined salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

Three-lined salamander

Eurycea guttolineata

Four-toed salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Red-backed salamander

Plethodon cinereus

White-spotted slimy salamander

Plethodon cylindraceus

Eastern mud salamander

Pseudotriton montanus


Northern red salamander

Pseudotriton ruber

Red-spotted newt

Notophthalmus viridescens


Did You Know?

General Custer Receiving the Flag of Truce

General George Armstrong Custer, of Little Bighorn fame, received the flag of truce at Appomattox Court House that brought about a cessation of hostilities leading to the surrender meeting between Lee and Grant. The Original Truce Flag is exhibited at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.