11 Compiled from Guide to the reptiles, amphibians, and fresh-water fishes of Florida, Carr and Goin 1955, and the MML collection records.

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1 MTR No. A-1968 January 1, 1968 A PRELIMINARY CHECK LIST OF THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF CENTRAL GULF COAST OF FLORIDA!I P..eptiles Chelydra serpentina osceola Stejneger Florida Snapping Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille) Common Musk Turtle Kinosternon.. bauri (Garman) Striped Mud Turtle Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz) Gulf Coast Box Turtle Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (W.P.Hay) Florida Diamondback Terrapin Pseudemys nelsoni Carr Florida Red-bellied Turtle Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille) Chicken Turtle Chelonia ~. mydas (Linnaeus) Atlantic Green Turtle Eretmochelys!. imbricata (Linnaeus) Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle Caretta. caretta (Linnaeus) Atlantic Loggerhead Turtle Lepidocbelys kempi (Garman) Atlantic Ridley Amyda f. ferox (Schneider) Southern Soft-shelled Turtle Dermochelys. coriacea (Linnaeus) Atlantic Leatherback Turtle Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin) Gopher Tortoise Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin) Alligator Aquatic situations Streams, ditches, lakes Small bodies of water Pine woods & hammocks Passes, lagoons, mangrove areas Water, occas. brackish Ponds, marshes, ditches Gulf shore, several specimens escaped during floods Shallow coastal waters Gulf shore, lays eggs on Siesta Key Shallow coastal waters Usually freshwater, one found in Gulf surf after heavy rains Open sea. occas. here and probably breeds locally Woods and sand areas Occas. in salt water 11 Compiled from Guide to the reptiles, amphibians, and fresh-water fishes of Florida, Carr and Goin 1955, and the MML collection records.

2 2. Anolis c. carolinensis Voigt Carolina Anole (Chameleon) Ophisaurus ventralis Linnaeus Common Glass Snake Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus) Six-lined Racerunner Lygosoma laterale (Say) Brown skink Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor Florida-Five-lined Skink Farancia a. abacura (Holbrook) Horn Snake Diadophis ~. punctatus (Linnaeus) Southern Ring-necked Snake Heterodon platyrhinos Latreille Common Hog-nosed Snake Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus) Rough Green Snake Coluber constrictor priapus Dunn & Wood Southern Black Racer Coluber f. flagellum (Shaw) Eastern Coachwhip Drymarchon corais couperi (Holbrook) Indigo Snake Elaphe ~. guttata (Linnaeus) Corn Snake Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata (Holbrook) Yellow Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni Neill Everglades Rat Snake Pit_ophis melanoleucus mugitus Barbour Florida Pine Snake Arboreal Fields, woods Open places, burrows in winter Woods Woods, scrub, often abundant near salt water Swamps, ditches In moist sites, and near water Pine and Hammock Hammocks, pines Woods and fields Open country, young found Hammocks and fields Swamps or woods High pine and sandy places

3 Spec ies Lampropeltis d. doliata (Linnaeus) Scarlet King Snake Lampropeltis ge t ulus floridana Blanchard Florida King Snake Cemopho;a coccinea (Blumenback) Scarlet Snake Na t rix sipedon p i ctiventris Cope Florida Banded Water Snake Nat rix- t axispi l ota (Holbrook) Brown Wa t er Snake Seminatrix pygaea cyclas Dowling So. Florida Swamp Snake St oreria dekayi victa Hay Florida Brown Snake Storeria occipitomaculata obscura Trapido Florida Red-bellied Snake Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (Kennicot) Southern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis ~. sirtalis (Linnaeus) Common Garter Snake Tantilla coronata wagner i (J an) Flor ida Crowned Snake Mi crurus f. fulvius (Linnaeus) Common Coral Snake Anci s t r odon ~. piscivorus Lacepede Cottonmouth Moccasin Sist rurus mi l iarius barbouri Gloyd Florida Gr ound Rattlesnake Crotalus adaman t eus Beauvois East ern Di amondback Rattlesnake High pine and hammock, under logs Cypress ponds, praires Aquatic situations Rivers, creeks, swamps and lakes Cypress swamps, ponds, ditches Marshes, ponds, ditches \.Joods and flower beds Partly aquatic Moist situations Under stones in open woods or fields Woodlands and wooded lake margins Ponds, marshes, river swamps Flatwoods, lakes and marshes, open praire, saw palmetto 3.

4 4. Amphibians Nect rus beye r i Viosca Hog -nosed Wat e rd )g Amphi uma ~. means Garde Two-toed Amphiuma Ambystoma opacum ( ravenhorst) Mar bled sal amander... ~.;;;=~~ s r bmani Al len & Slimy Salamander Manculus guadri digita t us (Ho l brook) Dwa r f Salamande r Demognathus fuscus carri Ne i ll Carr' s Dusky Sa l amander Siren lacerti na Linnaeus Great Si ren Pseudobranchus striatus axanthus Netting & Goi n - Narrow-striped Siren Scaphi opus h. hol brook i (Har lan) Common Spadefoot Bufo quercicus Holbrook OakToad Bufo t. t errestris (Bonnaterre) Southern Toad Acri s gryllus dorsalis (Harlan) Florida Cr i cket Frog Pseudacri s nigrita verrucosa (Cope) Fl orida Chorus Frog Hyla ocular is Bose & Daudin Litt le Grass Frog Hyla. cinerea (Schnei de r ) Green Tree Frog Hyla femoralis Lat reille Pine-woods Tree Frog Sand -bottomed streams Sl oug s, marshes, muddy waters Low hammocks Under logs in hammock lands Wet places Under logs in wet places Hyacinth-covered waters Hyacinth-covered waters Burrows in hammock lands Pine flatwoods and oak scrub Dry, open woods around artificial light s Any wet place Pine woods and grassy ponds Mois t, grassy places Near water, low shrubs and pal mettos Pine flatwoods

5 s. Hyla squirella Latreille Rain Frog ~ capito Le Conte Gopber Frog ~ grylio Stejneger Southern Bullfrog ~ pipiens sphenocephala Cope Southern Leopard Frog Hicrohyla ~. carolinensis (Holbrook) Narrow-mouth Toad Common at lighted windows at nigbt Burrows of the gopher tortoise Marshes and praires Wet places Under rocks, logs in moist soil