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Elaphe guttata guttata (Linnaeus), Corn Snake (trogloxene). Listed 

 only as Florida caves by Pylka (1957). 



Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata (Holbrook), Yellow Ratsnake 

 (trogloxene). Alachua County. Bat Cave (RF). Citrus County. Sweet 

 Gum Cave (Hobbs 19426, RF). 



Elaphe obsoleta spiloides (Dumeril, Bibron, Dumeril), Gray Ratsnake 

 (trogloxene). Jackson County. Geromes Cave (RF, DSL), Gerard's Cave 

 (Lee 1969c). 



Family Viperidae 



Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti Gloyd, Florida Cottonmouth 

 (accidental?). Jackson County. Ellis Cave (DSL), Judges Cave (DSL). 



Crotalus adamanteus Beauvois, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 

 (accidental). Alachua County. Squirrel Chimney (Franz 1968). 



Class AVES 

 Family Strigidae 

 Strix varia alleni Ridgway, Barred Owl (accidental?). Levy County. 

 Octopus Cave (Pruitt 1991^). 



Family Cathartidae 

 Coragyps atratus (Bechstein), Black Vulture (accidental?, nesting 

 in cave). Jackson County. Unnamed cave on Merritt's Mill Pond. 

 REMARKS: Adult and two young were found 7 m inside the cave 

 entrance (TM). 



Class MAMMALIA 

 Family Didelphidae 

 Didelphus virginana pigra Bangs, Virginia Opossum (accidental). 

 Listed only as Florida caves by Pylka (1957). 



Family Soricidae 

 Blarina carolinensis carolinensis (Bachman), Short-tailed Shrew 

 (accidental). Levy County. Octopus Cave (Pruitt 1991^). 



Family Molossidae 

 Tadarida brasiliensis cynocephala (LeConte), Freetail Bat 

 (accidental). Marion County, "several caves" (Morgan 1985). REMARKS: 

 Record based on single observations at Orange Lake Cave and Sunday 

 Sink in September 1974 and 1975, respectively. In each case, single 

 bats (males?) were found on the walls at night near the cave entrances. 

 The bats immediately took flight and left the cave when they were 

 disturbed (RF field notes). 



