AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF FLORIDA'S MANGROVES 



Species 



Status 



Food Habits 



Mud Turtle 



(Kinosternon subrubrum) 



Abundant 



Insects, crustaceans, 

 mollusks 



Striped Mud Turtle 

 (Kinosternon bauri ) 



Common 



Algae, snails, dead 

 fish 



Ornate 



Diamondback Terrapin 

 ( Malaclemys terrapin 

 macrospilota and 

 M.t_. rhizophorarum ) 



Florida Red-bellied Turtle 

 ( Chrysemys nelsoni ) 



Chicken Turtle 



( Deirochelys reticularia ) 



Green Turtle 



( Chelonia mydas ) 



Hawksbill 



( Eretmochelys imbricata ) 



Loggerhead 



( Caretta caretta ) 



Atlantic Ridley 



( Lepidochelys kempii ) 



Florida Softshell 

 ( Trionyx ferox) 



Green Anole 



( Anolis carolinensis ) 



Cuban Brown Anole 

 ( Anolis sagrei ) 



Bahaman Bank Anole 

 ( Anolis distichus ) 



Green Water Snake 

 ( Nerodia cyclopion ) 



Mangrove Water Snake 

 ( Nerodia fasciata 

 compressicauda) 



Uncommon 



Littorina , Melampus , Uca . 

 Anomalocardia 



Rare - Uncommon Sagittaria , Lemna , Naias 



Uncommon 



Uncommon 



Rare 



Common 



Uncommon 



Common 



Common 



Common 



Uncommon 



Common 



Common 



Crayfish, insects, Nuphar 



Mangrove roots and leaves , 

 seagrasses 



Rhizophora : fruits, leaves 

 wood , bark 



Crabs, jellyfish, tuni- 

 cates 



Snails, crabs, clams 



Snails, crayfish, mussels, 

 frogs, fish, waterfowl 



Insects 



Insects 



Insects 



Fish 



Fish, invertebrates 



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