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Appendix 13.B. Taxonomic Wildlife List
Amphibia -- Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders
Anura
Ranidae
Bullfrog
Lithobates (= Rana) catesbeiana
River Frog
Lithobates heckscheri
Bronze Frog
Lithobates clamitans clamitans
Pig Frog
Lithobates grylio
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephala
Hylidae
Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla squirella
Southern Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus
Little Grass Frog
Pseudacris ocularis
Cuban Treefrog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Bufonidae
Southern Toad
Bufo terrestris
Microhylidae
Eastern Narrowmouthed Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Caudata
Amphiumidae
Two-toed Amphiuma
Amphiuma means
Plethodontidae
Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea quadridigitata
Southern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus
Mud Salamander
Pseudotriton montanus
Sirenidae
Greater Siren
Siren lacertina
Southern Dwarf Salamander
Pseudobranchus axanthus
Salmandridae
Peninsula Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola
Chelonia -- Turtles
Cryptodeira
Trionychidae
Florida Softshell
Apalone ferox
Kinosternidae
Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Florida Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri
Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii
Common Musk Turtle (―Stinkpot‖) Sternotherus odoratus
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor minor
Chelydridae
Florida Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina osceola
Emydidae
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Peninsula Cooter
Florida Red-bellied Turtle
Chicken Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Crocodylia
Alligatoria
Alligatoridae
American Alligator
Pseudemys peninsularis
Pseudemys (= Chrysemys) nelsoni
Deirochelys reticularia
Clemmys guttata
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptilia
Squamata
Polychrotidae
Green Anole
Scinicidae
Five-lined Skink
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Colubridae
Black Racer
Southern Ringneck Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Yellow Rat Snake
Eastern Mud Snake
Rainbow Snake
Eastern Kingsnake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Florida Green Water Snake
Banded Water Snake
Brown Water Snake
Rough Green Snake
Striped Crayfish Snake
Glossy Crayfish Snake
Pine Woods Snake
Black Swamp Snake
Florida Brown Snake
Florida Redbelly Snake
Peninsula Ribbon Snake
Eastern Garter Snake
Viperidae
Florida Cottonmouth
Anolis carolinensis
Plastiodon fasciatus
Eumeces inexpectatus
Coluber constrictor
Diadophis punctatus punctatus
Drymarchon couperi
Pantherophis obsoleta quadrivittata
Farancia abacura abacura
Farancia erytrogramma
Lampropeltis getula
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides
Nerodia floridana
Nerodia fasciata
Nerodia taxispilota
Opheodrys aestivus
Regina allleni
Regina rigida rigida
Rhadinaea flavilata
Seminatrix pygaea
Storeria victa
Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
Thamnophis sauritus sackenni
Thamnophis sirtalis
Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
Aves
Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Common Loon
Podicipediformes
St. Johns River Water Management District
Gavia immer
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Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pelicaniformes
Pelicanidae
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Phalacrocoracidea
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhingidae
Anhinga
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
White Ibis
Reddish Egret
Ciconiidae
Wood Stork
Anseriformes
Anatidae
American Black Duck
American Widgeon (Baldpate)
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Canvasback
Florida Mottled Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
St. Johns River Water Management District
Podilymbus podiceps
Podiceps auritus
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus occidentalis
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga anhinga
Botarus lentiginosus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Bubulcus ibis
Ardea herodias
Ardea alba
Butorides virescens
Ixobrychus exilis
Egretta caerulea
Egretta thula
Egretta tricolor
Plegadis falcinellus
Platalea ajaja
Eudocimus albus
Egretta rufescens
Mycteria americana
Anas rubripes
Anas americana
Anas discors
Bucephala albeola
Aythya valisneria
Anas fulvigula
Dendrocygna bicolor
Anas strepera
Anas crecca
Lophodytes cucullatus
Aythya affinis
Anas platyrhynchos
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Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Wood Duck
Falconiformes
Accipitridae
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Florida (Everglades) Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Falconidae
Crested Caracara
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Gruiformes
Rallidae
Common Moorhen
Purple Gallinule
American Coot
Black Rail
King Rail
Sora
Virginia Rail
Yellow Rail
Aramidae
Limpkin
Gruidae
Florida Sandhill Crane
Charadriiformes
Haematopodidiae
American oystercatcher
Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Piping Plover
St. Johns River Water Management District
Anas acuta
Anas clypeata
Mergus serrator
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Oxyura jamaicense
Aix sponsa
Elaniodes forficatus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Buteo platypterus
Accipiter cooperii
Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeaus
Circus cyaneus
Pandion haliaetus
Buteo lineatus
Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo brachyurus
Caracara cheriway
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrines
Gallinula chloropus
Porphyrio martinica
Fulica americana
Laterallus jamaicense
Rallus elegans
Porzana carolina
Rallus limicola
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Aramus guarauna
Grus canadensis pratensis
Haematopus palliatus
Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius vociferous
Charadrius melodus
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Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Plover
Recurvirostridae
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Scolopacidae
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Red Knot
Ruddy Turnstone
Short-billed Dowitcher
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Snipe
Laridae
Black Skimmer
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Gull-billed tern
Least Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Mourning Dove
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
St. Johns River Water Management District
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius wilsonia
Recurvirostra americana
Himantopus mexicanus
Calidris alpine
Tringa melanoleuca
Calidris minutilla
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Calidris melanotos
Calidris maritime
Calidris canutus
Arenaria interpres
Limnodromus griseus
Calidris alba
Calidris pusilla
Tringa solitaria
Actitus macularia
Calidris himantopis
Numenius phaeopus
Calidris mauri
Calidris fuscicollis
Tringa semipalmata
Phalaropus tricolor
Gallinago delicata
Rynchops niger
Chroicocephalus (Larus) Philadelphia
Larus argentatus
Leucocephalus (Larus) atricilla
Larus delawarensis
Chlidonias niger
Hydroprogne (Sterna) caspia
Sterna forsteri
Gelochelidon nilotica
Sternula (Sterna) antillarum
Thalasseus maximus
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Zenaida macroura
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Eastern Screech-Owl
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Coraciformes
Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher
Piciformes
Picidae
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Apodiformes
Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Hyrudinidae
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Corvidae
Fish Crow
Blue Jay
Paridae
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
St. Johns River Water Management District
Coccyzus americanus
Megascops (Otus) asio
Tyto alba
Strix varia
Bubo virginianus
Megaceryle (Ceryle) alcyon
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Picoides pubescens
Picoides villosus
Colaptes auratus
Dryocopus pileatus
Melanerpes carolinus
Sphyrapicus varius
Archilochus colubris
Empidonax virescens
Tyrannus tyrannus
Sayornis phoebe
Contopus virens
Myiarchus crinitus
Riparia riparia
Hirundo rustica
Petrochelidon (Hirundo) pyrrhonota
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Progne subis
Tachycineta bicolor
Corvus ossifragus
Cyanocitta cristata
Poecile (Parus) carolinensis
Baeolophus bicolor
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Troglodytidae
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren (Long-billed Marsh Wren)
Cistothorus palustris
Worthington's Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris griseus
Sedge Wren (Short-billed Marsh Wren)
Cistothorus platensis
Regulidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Sturnidae
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Motacillidae
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
Vireonidae
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Parulidae
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Bachman's Wood Warbler
Vermivora bachmanii
Bay-breasted Warbler
Dendroica castanea
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Blackpoll Warbler
Dendroica striata
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Connecticut Warbler
Oporornis agilis
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
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Orange-crowned Warbler
Ovenbird
Pine Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cardinalidae
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Vermivora celata
Sieurus aurocapilla
Dendroica pinus
Protonotaria citrea
Helmitheros vermivora
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica dominica
Dendroica petechia aestiva
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Emberizade
Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Icteridae
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Fringillidae
American Goldfinch
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Piranga rubra
Passerina caerulea
Passerina ciris
Cardinalis cardinalis
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Melospiza georgiana
Zonotrichia albicolis
Quiscalus major
Molothrus ater
Quiscalus quiscula
Agelaius phoeniceus
Spinus (Carduelis) tristis
Mammalia
Cetacea
Delphinidae
Bottlenose Dolphin
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Opossum
Cingulata
Dasypodidae
Nine-banded armadillo
Sirenia
Trichechidae
Florida Manatee
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Round-tailed Muskrat
Cotton Deermouse
Golden Mouse
St. Johns River Water Management District
Tursiops truncatus
Didelphis virginiana
Dasypus novemcinctus
Trichechus manatus latirostriis
Neofiber alleni
Peromyscus gossypinus
Ochrotomys nuttalli
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Rice Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat
Lagamorpha
Leporidae
Eastern Cottontail
Marsh Rabbit
Soricomorpha
Soricidae
Southeastern Shrew
North American Least Shrew
Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Big Brown Bat
Red Bat
Hoary Bat
Northern Yellow Bat
Seminole Bat
Southeastern Myotis
Evening Bat
Artiodactyla
Cervidae
White-tailed Deer
Carnivora
Felidae
Bobcat
Canidae
Gray fox
Mustelidae
Florida Long-tailed Weasel
Atlantic Salt Marsh Mink
Northern River Otter
Ursidae
Florida Black Bear
Procyonidae
Raccoon
St. Johns River Water Management District
Oyrzomys palustris
Sigmodon hispidus
Sylvilagus floridanus
Sylvilagus palustris
Sorex longirostris
Cryptotis parva
Blarina carolinensis
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Eptesicus fuscus
Lasiurus borealis
Lasiurus cinereus
Lasiurus intermedius
Lasiurus seminolus
Myotis austroriparius
Nycticeius humeralis
Odocoileus virginianus
Lynx rufus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Mustela frenata peninsulae
Neovison (Mustela) vison lutensis
Lontra (Lutra) canadensis
Ursus americanus floridanus
Procyon lotor
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The following sources were useful for compiling the species list:
Amphibians
 AmphibiaWeb sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley
(www.AmphibiaWeb.org)
 Florida Museum of Natural History (www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology)
 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetology Program (www.uga.edu/srelherp)
 University of Florida Wildlife Extension (www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info)
 USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (www.armi.usgs.gov)
 NatureServe Explore (www.natureserve.org/explorer/)
Herpetofauna (turtles, snakes)
 Florida Museum of Natural History (www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology)
 Florida Statewide Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps
(ocean.floridamarine.org/esimaps/Guide.pdf)
 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetology Program (www.uga.edu/srelherp)
 University of Florida Wildlife Extension (www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/wildlife_info)
Avifauna
 NatureServe Explorer (www.natureserve.org/explorer)
 Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds of North America (bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna)
 Florida’s Breeding Bird Atlas: A Collective Study of Florida’s Birdlife (myfwc.com/bba)
 Florida Statewide Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps
ocean.floridamarine.org/esimaps/Guide.pdf
Mammals
 NatureServe Explorer (www.natureserve.org/explorer)
 Florida Statewide Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps
(ocean.floridamarine.org/esimaps/Guide.pdf)
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