Eastern spadefoot toad ( Scaphiopus holbrooki ) 



Eastern narrow mouthed toad ( Gastrophryne carolinensis ) 



Southern toad ( Bufo terrestris ) 



Oak toad ( Bafo quercicus ) 



Green tree frog ( Hyla cinerea ) 



Cuban tree frog ( Hyla septentrionalis ) 



Squirrel tree frog ( Hyla squirel la ) 



Greenhouse frog ( Eleutherodactylus planirostris ) 



Southern leopard frog ( Rana utricularia ) 



Crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus ) 



Striped mud turtle ( Kinosternon bauri palmarum ) 



Key mud turtle ( Kinosternon bauri bauri ) 



Florida mud turtle ( Kinosternon subrubrum ) 



Mangrove terrapin ( Halaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum ) 



Florida box turtle ( Terrapene Carolina bauri ) 



Gulf Coast turtle ( Terrapene Carolina major ) 



Yellow headed gecko ( Gonatodes alboqularis ) 



Reef gecko ( Sphaerodactylus notatus ) 



Ashy gecko ( Sphaerodactylus cinereus ) 



Ocellated gecko ( Sphaerodactylus arqus ) 



Mediterranean gecko ( Hemidactylus turcicus ) 



Green anole ( Anolis carolinensis ) 



Brown anole ( Anolis sagrei ) 



Ground skink ( Scincella lateralis ) 



Southeastern five lined skink ( Eumeces inexpectatus ) 



Florida Keys mole skink ( Eumeces eqreqius ) 



Six lined race runner ( Cnemidophorus sexlineatus ) 



Mangrove salt marsh snake ( Natrix fasciata compressicauda 



Florida brown snake ( Storeria dekayi victa ) 



Keys ringneck snake ( Diadophis punctatus acricus ) 



Rough green snake ( Opheodrys aestivus ) 



Southern black racer ( Coluber constrictor priapus ) 



Everglades racer ( Coluber constrictor paludicola ) 



Eastern indigo snake ( Drymarchon coraisd couperi ) 



Rosy ratsnake ( Elaphe guttata rosacea ) 



Key ratsnake ( Elaphe obsoleta deckerfi ) 



Scarlet kingsnake ( Lampropelt is trianqulum elapsoides ) 



Florida Cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti ) 



Eastern diamondback rattlesnake ( Crotalus adamanteus ) 



Atlantic rid ley ( Lepidochelys kempD 



Atlantic hawsbill ( Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata ) 



Atlantic green turtle ( Chelonia mydas mydas ) 



Atlantic loggerhead ( Caretta caretta caretta ) 



Atlantic leatherback ( Dermochelys coriacea coriacea ) 



Table 46. Amphibians and reptiles 

 from the Florida Keys 

 (adapted from Ca rr and 

 Goin 1969 and Conant 

 1975). 



extremity of their species 1 ranges; 

 all but the reef gecko are species 

 introduced into the Keys by man. 



9.35 BIRDS 



Wading bird populations in the 

 upper and lower Keys have been 

 recently censused (1975 to 1976) 

 by Osborn and Custer (1978). In 

 the upper Keys, wading birds are 

 occasionally seen on the more de- 

 veloped islands in shallow tidal 

 pools or among the mangroves. More 

 often these birds are found on the 



Endangered Species 

 Atlantic ridley 



( Lepidochelys kempii ) 

 Atlantic hawksbill 



( Eretomochelys imbricata imbricata ) 

 Atlantic green turtle 



( Chelonia mydas mydas ) 

 American crocodile 



( Crocodylus acutus ) 



Threatened Species 



Big Pine Key ring snake 



( Diadophis punctatus acricus ) 

 Red rat snake 



( Elaphe guttata guttata ) 

 Florida brown snake 



( Storeria dekayi victa ) 

 Miami black headed snake 



( Tantilla oolitica ) 

 Florida ribbon snake 



( Thamnophis sauritis sackeni ) 

 Florida Keys mole skink 



( Eumeces egregius egregius ) 

 Atlantic loggerhead 



( Caretta caretta caretta ) 

 Key mud turtle 



( Kinosternon bauri bauri ) 



Rare Species 

 Mangrove terrapin 



( Malaclemys terrapin rhyzophorarum ) 

 Atlantic leatherback 



( Dermochelys coriacea ) 



Species of Special Concern 

 Eastern indigo snake 



( Drymarchon corais couperi ) 



Table 47. Endangered, threatened, or 

 rare reptiles, and species 

 of special concern from 

 the Florida Keys (adapted 

 from McDiarmid 1978). 



sheltered bay side of the Keys where 

 feeding and nesting habitats are 

 more abundant. Nesting sites and 

 estimated numbers of wading birds in 

 Florida Bay and the upper Keys is 

 reviewed in Chapter 8.35. 



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