Appendix 4. Continued. 



species 



Food 



Seasonal peaks of 

 abundance or activity 



Remarks 



Pseudemjs conci nna 

 River cooter 



Pseudemys floridana 

 Missouri si ider 



Pseudemys pi eta 



Southern painted turtle 



Pseudemys scrip ta 

 Red-eared turtle 



Deirochelys reticularia 

 Chicken turtle 



Graptemys kohni i 



Mississippi map turtle 



Graptemys pseudogeographica 

 Sabine map turtle 



Trionyx spini ferus 

 Spiny sof tshel 1 



Anol is carol ini ens is 



Coluber constrictor 

 Racer 



Farancia abacura 



Lampropel tis getulus 

 Speckl ed ki ng snake 



Me rod 1 a cycl op ion 

 Green water snake 



Ne rod i a fasciata cl arki i 

 Gul f sal t marsh snake 



fterodia fasci ata conf luens 

 Broad-banded water snake 



Nerodia rhombi fera 



Diamondback water snake 



Reqina grahami i 



Graham's crayfish snake 



Regina rigida 



Glossy crayfish snake 



Storerla dekayi 

 Brown snake 



Fie 



Thamnophis proximus 

 Western ribbon snake 



Thamnophis sirtal is 

 Comnon garter snake 



Aqki strodon plsci vorus 

 Cottonmoutn 



FIB 

 F 



FIB 



FIB 



BS 



FIB 



FIB 



Largely aquatic vegetation 

 Largely aquatic vegetation 



Juvenile: 13i plant, 85% animal 

 Adult: 881 plant, 10% animal 



Juvenile: 30% plant, 70% animal (e.g., amphipods) 

 Adult: 89% plant, 11% animal (e.g., crayfish) 



Tadpoles, crayfish, plant material 



FI 

 FIB 



Carnivorous 



Insects and spiders 



Insects, frogs, snakes, young birds 



/Vnphiunna , Si ren , frogs 



Other snakes, small birds, lizards, mice, rats 



C^mbusia (77.6%); other fish (18.6%); tadpoles 



(3.5%) 



Fish, fiddler crab 



Fish (86.9%); frogs and toads (6.4%); tadpoles 

 (4.3%) 



Fish (92.7%); frogs and toads (1.0%}; tadpoles 

 (6.1%) 



Crayfish (inOi) 



Si ren , fish, crayfish 



Earthworms, snails. Insects, small frogs, fish 



Insects, fish, frogs, salamanders, mice, toads 



Earthworms, moUusks, insects, fish, salamanders, 

 toads, frogs, small manmals, small birds 



Fish, salamanders, frogs, reptiles, birds, mammals 



Breeds: May 

 Hatch: July- Sept. 



Mar. -Oct. 



Mar. -Sept. 

 Mar. -Oct. 

 f^r.-Sept. 



BIRDS 



GREBES & WATERFOML 



Podilymbus podiceps 

 Pied-billed grebe 



Podiceps nigricol 1 is 

 Eared grebe 



Dendrocygna bicolor 

 Fulvous whistling-duck 



FIBS 



Mostly animal: aquatic worms and Insects, snails, Oct. -Apr. 



small frogs and fish, plants: seeds and soft parts 



Insects, shrimp, some water plants, feathers Oct. -Nay 



Mostly seeds of grasses and weeds; also grasses, Apr. -Sept. 



grain 



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