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Common Name

Genus and  Species

AMPHIBIANS

 

 

Salamanders

 

 

 

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

 

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata

Toads

 

 

 

Oak Toad

Bufo quercicus

 

Southern Toad

Bufo terrestris

Tree Frogs

 

 

 

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans blanchardi

 

Northern Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans

 

Green Treefrog

Hyla cinerea

 

Pine Barrens Treefrog

Hyla andersonii

Frogs

 

 

 

Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

 

Gopher Frog

Rana capito

 

Green Frog

Rana clamitans

 

Northern Leopard Frog

Rana pipiens

 

Pig Frog

Rana grylio

 

River Frog

Rana heckscheri

 

Southern Leopard Frog

Rana sphenocephala

Spadefoot Toads

 

 

Eastern Spadefoot Toad

Scaphiopus holbrookii

Narrow-Mouth Toads and Sheep Frogs

 

 

Eastern Narrow-Mouth Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Other Categories of Amphibians
Anurans Multiple species

REPTILES

 

 

Crocodiles and Alligators 

 

 

American Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

 

American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

Snapping Turtles 

 

 

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Musk and Mud Turtles 

 

 

Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Sternotherus minor minor

 

Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

 

Stinkpot

Sternotherus odoratus

 

Striped Mud Turtle

Kinosternon baurii

 

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Pond, Marsh, and Box Turtles 

 

 

American Red-bellied Turtle

Pseudemys rubriventris

  Blanding’s Turtle Emydiodea blandingi

 

Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

 

Common Slider

Trachemys scripta

 

Diamondback Terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin

 

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

 

Eastern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta picta

 

Florida Red-Bellied Turtle

Pseudemys nelsoni

 

Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

 

Missouri Cooter

Pseudemys concinna floridana

 

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

 

Peninsula Cooter

Pseudemys peninsularis

 

Red-Eared Slider

Pseudemys scripta elegans

  River Cooter Pseudemys concinna

 

Suwannee River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis

 

Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle (Sawback Turtle)

Graptemys flavimaculata

Tortoises

 

 

 

Gopher Tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Sea Turtles

 

 

 

Common Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

 

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys kempi

 

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

 

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

Softshell Turtles 

 

 

Florida Soft-Shelled Turtle

Apalone ferox

 

Softshell Turtle

Apalone spp.

 

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

Fence Lizards

 

 

 

Southern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulates undulatus

Glass Lizards

 

 

 

Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus spp.

Whiptail and Racerunner Lizards 

 

 

Six-Lined Racerunner

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

 

Texas Spotted Whiptail

Cnemidophorus gularis

Skinks

 

 

 

Skink

Eumeces spp.

Snakes

Banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata
Black-Masked Racer Coluber constrictor

Blotched Water Snake

Nerodia erythrogaster

Broad-Banded Water Snake

Nerodia fasciata confluens

Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota

Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Diamondback Water Snake

Nerodia rhombifera

  Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus

Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Green Water Snake

Nerodia cyclopion

Lake Erie Water Snake Nerodia sipedon insularum

Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Pine Snake

Pituophis melanoleucus

Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis sauritus

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

Water Snake

Nerodia spp.

Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis proximus

Yellowbelly Water Snake

Nerodia erythrogaster flavigas

BIRDS

 

Loons

 

 

 

Arctic Loon

Gavia arctica

 

Common Loon

Gavia immer

 

Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

 

Red-Throated Loon

Gavia stellata

Grebes

 

 

Clark's Grebe

Aechmophorus clarkii

  Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 

 

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

 

Pied-Billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

 

Red-Necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

 

Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Albatross

 

 

 

Black-Footed Albatross

Phoebastria nigripes

 

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Petrels, Fulmars, and Shearwaters

 

 

Bonin Petrel

Pterodroma hypoleuca

 

Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus nativitatis

 

Mottled Petrel

Pterodroma inexpectata

 

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

 

Short-Tailed Shearwater

Puffinus tenuirostris

 

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus

 

Wedge-Tailed Shearwater

Puffinus pacificus

Storm-Petrels

 

 

 

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma homochroa

 

Fork-Tailed Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma furcata

 

Leach’s Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Tropicbirds

 

 

 

Red-Tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Gannets and Boobies

 

 

Northern Gannet

Sula bassanus

 

Red-Footed Booby

Sula sula

Pelicans

 

 

 

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

 

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Cormorants

 

 

 

Brandt’s Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

 

Cormorant species

Phalacrocorax spp.

 

Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

  Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

 

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

 

Olivaceous Cormorant

Phalacrocorax olivaceus

 

Pelagic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

 

Red-Faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax urile

Anhingas

 

 

 

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Frigatebirds

 

 

 

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Herons and Bitterns 

 

 

Herons and Egrets

Multiple species

 

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

 

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

 

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

 

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

 

Great Egret

Ardea albus

 

Great White Heron

Ardea herodias occidentalis

 

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

 

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

 

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

 

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

 

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

 

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

 

Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax violaceus

Ibises and Spoonbills 

 

 

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

 

Roseate Spoonbill

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