Okefenokee Swamp Vertebrates 
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Rhadinaea flavilata, Pine Woods Snake T 
Seminatrix pygaea pygaea, North Florida Black Swamp Snake Aq 
Storeria dekayi victa, Florida Brown Snake T 
Storeria occipitomaculata obscura, Florida Red-Bellied Snake T 
Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, Eastern Ribbon Snake T 
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, Eastern Garter Snake T 
Virginia striatula. Rough Earth Snake T 
Virginia valeriae valeriae, Eastern Smooth Earth Snake T 
Family Elapidae 
Micrurus fulvius fulvius, Eastern Coral Snake F 
Family Viperidae 
Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti, Florida Cottonmouth Sa 
Crotalus adamant eus, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake T 
Crotalus horridus atricaudatus, Canebrake Rattlesnake T 
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri. Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake T 
ORDER TESTUDINATA 
Family Chelydridae 
Chelydra serpentina serpentina, Common Snapping T urtle Aq 
Macroclemys temmincki, Alligator Snapping Turtle Aq 
Family Emydidae 
Chrysemys nelsoni, Florida Redbelly Turtle Aq 
Deirochelys reticularia reticularia, Eastern Chicken Turtle Sa 
Pseudemys {= Chrysemys) floridana floridana, Florida Cooler Aq 
Pseudemys { = Chrysemys) scripta elegans, Red-eared Slider Aq 
Pseudemys { = Chrysemys) scripta scripta, Yellowbelly Slider Aq 
Terrapene Carolina bauri, Florida Box Turtle T 
Terrapene Carolina Carolina, Eastern Box Turtle T 
Family Kinosternidae 
Kinosternon bauri palmarum. Striped Mud Turtle Sa 
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum. Eastern Mud Turtle Aq 
Stemotherus minor minor. Loggerhead Musk Turtle Aq 
Sternotherus odoratus,Si\nk\)oi Aq 
Family Testudinidae 
Gopherus polyphemus. Gopher Tortoise T 
Family Trionychidae 
Trionyx ferox, Florida Softshell Aq 
'Larvae aquatic, adults aquatic and/or terrestrial during breeding only. 
^May occur around the periphery of the swamp. 
’Three subspecies are recognized in the region (Conant 1975). It is possible that each occurs 
on different sides of the swamp. 
^An introduced species. Known from a single specimen. It is not known if a population 
exists, although populations are apparently established in Florida. 
BIRDS 
Historical Foundations 
The earliest observations on birds of the Okefenokee Swamp were 
made by W. Bartram (1958). There is, however, some doubt that he ac- 
tually visited the swamp (Harper 1920). In the 1880s C.F. Batchelder and 
