Appendix 4. Representative vertebrate species of marsh habitats in the Mississippi River 

 Deltaic Plain (compiled by Mabie, 1976 and Gosselink et al. 1979; see these documents for 

 original sources) (F = Fresh, I = Intermediate, B = Brackish, S = Saline). Scientific 

 and common names of amphibians and reptiles conform to Collins et al. (1982); birds to 

 American Ornithologists' Union (1983); and mammals to Jones et al . (1975). 



Species 



Seasonal peaks of 

 abundance or activi ty 



AHPHIBIANS 



Insects 



Eastern narrownouth toad 



REPTILES 



Alligator miss issippiensis FIBS 



American al 1 igator 



Chel^dra serpentina FIB 



Snapping turtle 



Macroci enys teminincki i F 



Alligator snapping turtle 



Ha 1 a cl emy s terrapin BS 



Diamondback terrap in 



Kinos ternon subrubrun F IB 



Eastern mud turtle 



Sternotherus odoratus FI 



Stinkpot 



61t crayfish; also birds, fiddler crabs, fish, insects, 

 muskrats, turtles, shrinif), grasses, snaiK 



Fish (3S.41), other vertebrates (l.U), carnon (19.61), 

 invertebrates (7.8%), plant material (36. 2t) 



Fish, frogs, snakes, other turtles, mussels, various 

 aquatic grasses 



Fish, crustaceans, mollusks. insects 

 Insects, smal 1 snails 



Fish (46.31), mollusks (40.11), also crayfish, insects, 

 plant material for Michigan 



(Continued) 



Endangered - Te» 

 Threatened - la. 



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