Caves and their Faunas in Florida and South Georgia 47 



Rana utricularia Cope, Southern Leopard Frog (accidental?). Alachua 

 County: Bat Cave (RF), Warren Cave (Hobbs 1942b). Columbia County: 

 Riverbed Cave (Hobbs \9A2b). Jackson County: Gerard's Cave (Lee 

 1969c), Waddell's Mill Spring Cave (DSL). Levy County: Octopus Cave 

 (Pruitt 199\a). Marion County: Orange Lake Cave (RF, DSL), Sunday 

 Sink (RF). 



Class REPTILIA 



Order CROCODYLIA 



Family Alligatoridae 



Alligator mississipiensis (Daudin), American Alligator (accidental). 



Jackson County: Small cave along the Chipola River floodplain (RF). 



Lafayette County: Alligator Rescue Spring (TM). Levy County: Maddox 



Cave (BP, BH, AK). REMARKS: A small alligator (approx. 1 m in 



length) was wedged into the passage of a small cave at the base of a 



limestone bluff along the floodplain of the Chipola River. A 2-m individual 



repeatedly was found in Maddox Cave about 15 m inside the entrance. 



The Lafayette animal was rescued from the bottom of a collapse sink 



where it had apparently fallen and became entrapped. Other alligators 



are reported from caves in the vicinity of Sawgrass Lake, southeast of 



Archer, Levy County, Florida (A. Krause, personal communication). 



Order TESTUDINES 

 Family Chelydridae 

 Chelydra serpentina osceola Stejneger, Florida Snapping Turtle 

 (accidental). Marion County Nickelberger Cave (PS). 



Family Emydidae 

 Pseudemys floridana peninsularis Carr, Peninsula Cooter 

 (accidental). Citrus County: Hall's Bat Cave (DSL). REMARKS: Uniden- 

 tified Pseudemys also are reported from Octopus Cave, Levy County 

 (Pruitt \99\a). 



Order SQUAMATA 

 Suborder LACERTIDAE 

 Family Anguidae 

 Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus), Eastern Glass Lizard (accidental). 

 Jackson County: Milton's Well Cave (RF). 



Suborder SERPENTES 

 Family Colubridae 

 Nerodia fasciata fasciata (Linnaeus), Banded Watersnake 

 (accidental). Jackson County: Pool Cave (RF). 



