I Spy Colorado Mural

Can you find these Colorado species? ¿Puedes encontrar estas especies de Colorado?

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Learn more about each species of animal and plant in this painting:

  1. Great Plains toad / Sapo Grandes Llanuras

Great Plaines Toad

Scientific Name (Nombre científico): Anaxyrus cognatus  

Where to Find Me (Dónde encontrarme)
Great Plains Toads can be found in eastern Colorado, most often at night as these toads are predominately nocturnal. They thrive in grasslands and shrublands, and frequent areas within these terrains that have permanent or temporary sources of water.

Sapos Grande Llanuras se pueden encontrar en el este de Colorado, con más frecuencia durante la noche ya que estos sapos son predominantemente nocturnos. Prosperan en pastizales y matorrales, y en áreas frecuentes dentro de estos terrenos que tienen cuerpos de agua permanentes o temporales.

Fun Facts (Curiosidades)
Contrary to superstitution, touching toads does not give you warts.
Contrariamente a la superstición, tocar sapos no produce verrugas.
This toad feeds mostly on cutworms (moth larva) that are extremely damaging to many important crops. The Great Plains Toad is a friend to farmers, due to their pest control abilities.

Este sapo se alimenta principalmente en gusanos cortadores (larvas de polilla) que son extremadamente dañinos para muchos cultivos importantes. El Sapo Grandes Llanuras es amigo de los agricultores, debido a sus habilidades para el control de plagas.

Great Plains Toads spend most of their lives in underground burrows. They use these burrows to survive the cold of winter, and also to regulate their heat during the spring and summer months.

Sapos Grandes Llanuras pasan la mayor parte de su vida en madrigueras subterráneas. Utilizan estas madrigueras para sobrevivir al frío del invierno y también para regular su calor durante los meses de primavera y verano.

  1. Northern Leopard Frog / Rana Leopardo Norteño
  1. Western Tiger Salamander/ Salamandra Tigre Occidental
  1. Western Chorus Frog/ Rana Coro Occidental
  1. Colorado Blue Columbine/ Columbina Azul de Colorado
  1. Indian Paintbrush/ Pincel Indio
  1. Silvery Lupine / Altramuz Plateado
  1. Yucca
  1. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep/ Borrego Cimarrón
  1. North American River Otter/ Nutria Río Norteamericana
  1. Pronghorn/ Berrendo
  1. Townsend's Big-eared Bat/ Murciélago Grande-Orejudo Townsend
  1. Barn Owl/ Lechuza de Campanario
  1. Barn Swallow/ Golondrina Tijereta
  1. Belted Kingfisher/ Martín Pescador Norteño
  1. Black-billed Magpie/ Urraca de Hudson
  1. Cecropia Moth/ Polilla Cecropia
  1. Colorado Hairstreak
  1. Polyphemus Moth/ Polilla Polifemo
  1. Two-tailed Swallowtail/ Macaón Dos-Colas
  1. Common Snapping Turtle/ Tortuga Mordedora Común
  1. Central Plains Milk Snake/ Serpientelechera Llanuras Centrales
  1. Greater Short-Horned Lizard/ Lagarto Cuernos-Cortos Mayor
  1. Prairie Rattlesnake/ Serpientes Cascabel Pradera