PERMFILE112394

• Permit No: M1980047
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT H WILDLIFE INTRODUCTION
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• REPTILE AND AMPHIBIANS
The herpetofauna of the Colony permit area appears to be neither
rich nor diverse (Pettus 1973a,b). The two most widespread lizards
were the eastern fence lizard and the sagebrush lizard, with a
third species -- the short-horned lizard --apparently restricted
to plateau uplands. Lizards present in the area in smaller numbers
or in more restricted habitats include collared lizards, tree
lizards, side-blotched lizards, and plateau whiptail lizards.
Snake species reported for the area are the western garter snake,
yellow-bellied racer, and gopher snake.
Amphibian species, generally restricted to areas around water,
which they require for breeding, include Woodhouse's toad and
the Great Basin spadefoot toad. Tiger salamanders probably occur
in scattered ponds on the Roan Plateau, and leopard frogs are
expected along lower Parachute Creek and near the Grand Valley
• permit areas.
Appendix C of this Exhibit summarizes the status and habitat of
herptiles observed within the permit areas.
FISHES
Twenty-one fishes of seven families occupy waters of the Colorado
River near Grand Valley or Parachute Creek and its tributaries
(Appendix D of this Exhibit). Rainbow and brown trout, and the
mountain whitefish occupy the Colorado River, with rainbows pene-
trating Parachute Creek. Above the falls of East Middle Fork
the cutthroat trout persists in the absence of inbreeding by
the rainbow.
A number of sucker species can be found in the Colorado River.
Two, the flannelmouth and bluehead suckers, are abundant and

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