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Nature Facts

Frogs, toads, newts, and Salamanders are amphibians, meaning they have an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage, followed by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage, but some amphibians stay in an aquatic habitat and keep their gills as an adult such as the Axolotl!

Many trees along our trails are labeled with their names! Both scientific and common!

Heartland Forest is home to 10 amphibians, and 4 reptile species! A person who studies reptiles and amphibians are called a herpetologist.

Turtles can be seen sunbathing to regulate their temperature, they are called exotherms or “cold blooded”.

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