Some Commonly Found Creatures in US Swamps
Sourced from varied websites
Mixture of Freshwater and Saltwater Denizens
Now the majority of these creatures will not be suitable for an encounter. Things like a Fox, Rabbit, Vole, Bats, etc. Others could be encounters like Bears, Bobcats, especially the Alligators or Crocodiles. Another issue with this list is that is for both Fresh and Saltwater so if you pull them all in at once,
it would be a severe mishmash. However to get an idea as to what creatures may be living in a swamp, it should be most suitable.
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macroclemys temmincki)
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata)
Barking Treefrog (Hyla gratiosa)
Barred Owl
Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
Bird-voiced Treefrog (Hyla avivoca)
Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Black Rat (Rattus rat)
Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps)
Bronze Frog (Rana clamitans)
Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota)
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
Cottonmouth Snakes
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Crabs
Deer Snakes
Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata)
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Eastern Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
Eastern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciursu carolinensis)
Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus)
Eastern Mole (Scaolpus aquaticus)
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus)
Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius)
Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
Egrets
Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
Feral Pig (Sus scrofa)
Five-Lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus)
Flamingo
Florida Cooter (Pseudemys floridana)
Florida Panther
Flying Fox
Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri)
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Frogs
Gapper’s Redback Vole
Golden Mouse (Peromyscus nuttalli)
Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Turtles
Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Insects (Of All Sorts)
Jabiru
Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva)
Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia)
Little Brown Myotis (Bat)
Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor)
Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)
Mangrove Monitor Lizards
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Masked Shrew
Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
Meadow Vole
Midland Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Mink (Mustela vison)
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum)
Mole Skink (Eumeces egregius)
Mud Salamander (Psuedotriton montanus) Mammals
Mud Snake (Farancia abacura)
Mudskippers
Muskrat
Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Norway Rat “Common Rat” (Rattus norvegicus)
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Oldfield Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)
Osprey
Otter
Pine Vole
Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Red Bat
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Red Salamander (Psuedotriton ruber)
Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Red-Bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)
Red-Bellied Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster)
Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula)
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Saltwater Crocodile
Sandhill Crane
Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Scarlet Snake (Cemophora coccinea)
Sea Snakes
Seminole Bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Six-Lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus)
Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)
Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
Smoky Shrew
Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae)
Snails
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata)
Southeastern Five-Lined Skink (Eumeces inexpectatus)
Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetis)
Southeastern Shrew (Sorex longirostris)
Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus)
Southern Chorus Frog (Pseudacris nigrita)
Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus)
Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
Southern Leopard Frog (Rana utricularia)
Southern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris)
Southern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)
Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera))
Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Spring Peeper (Hyla crucifer)
Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella)
Starnose Mole (Condylura cristata)
Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii)
Striped Skunk
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Swamp Rabbit “Cane Cutter” (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
Three-Lined Salamander (Eurycea guttolineata)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Turtles
Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means)
Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum)
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Water Buffalo
Water Moccasin
Water Turkey
White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Wood Duck
Wood Stork
Woodchuck
Woodland Jumping Mouse
Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum)
Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta) Alligators
Much of the above list copied from
Another site utilized is
Note: I plan to cross post this to two other of my own gaming oriented blogs as it can pertain to both of those as well.
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