Bibliography of Florida's Herpetofauna
Station biodiversity

• Fishes
• Amphibians & Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

• Caudata
• Anura
• Testudines
• Crocodilia
• Amphisbaenia
• Lacertila
• Serpentes

CHECKLIST of AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES of the
ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION,
Highlands County, Florida

by James N. Layne
1989, revised 1991 & 1999, last revision 11 October 2005

Introduction | Species List | Literature Cited

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Amphibians | Reptiles | salamanders | toads and frogs | turtles | alligator | lizards | snakes

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This checklist includes those species of amphibians and reptiles that have been recorded from the main property of the Archbold Biological Station. Common and scientific names follow Collins (1997), except that the Eastern Indigo Snake is retained as a subspecies rather than a full species and Elaphe guttata guttata and Opheodrys aestivus carinatus are recognized as the subspecies occurring on the Station. Voucher specimens of species recorded from the Station are deposited in the Station reference collections and the herpetology collection of the American Museum of Natural History. An asterisk denotes an exotic species.

Twenty-one species of amphibians (16 frogs and toads, 5 salamanders) and 48 reptiles (9 turtles, 1 crocodilian, 13 lizards, 25snakes) are presently known from the Station. These species include four exotic species, including two amphibians and two reptiles. The Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is also provisionally regarded as introduced based on the known existence close to the Station of a "bullfrog farm," with presumed northern stock, that failed some years ago. Fifty percent (41% of anurans, 17% of salamanders, 50% of crocodilians, 45% of turtles, 69% of lizards, 57% of snakes) of the native Florida herptiles exclusive of marine turtles and 14% (excluding the Bullfrog) of the nonindigenous species known from the state (Moler 1988) have been recorded from the Station.

An additional native species that may occur on the Station is the secretive Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae), several specimens of which have been collected within 5-10 km of the Station and in habitats found on the Station [see below for a 2003 record; FEL]. The exotic Cane or Marine Toad (Bufo marinus) recorded within 5 km of the Station also may be predicted to eventually reach the Station.

Literature Cited

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AMPHIBIANS

Order CAUDATA - salamanders Navigation | Top
Family Amphiumidae - amphiumas

• Amphiuma means Two-toed Amphiuma

Family Plethodontidae - lungless salamanders

• Eurycea quadridigitata Dwarf Salamander

Family Salamandridae - newts

• Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola Peninsula Newt

Family Sirenidae - sirens

• Pseudobranchus axanthus axanthus Narrow-striped Dwarf Siren
• Siren intermedia intermedia Eastern Lesser Siren

Order ANURA - frogs and toads Navigation | Top
Family Bufonidae - toads

• Bufo quercicus Oak Toad
• Bufo terrestris Southern Toad

Family Hylidae - treefrogs  Navigation | Top

• Acris gryllus dorsalis Florida Cricket Frog
• Hyla cinerea Green Treefrog
• Hyla femoralis Pine Woods Treefrog
• Hyla gratiosa Barking Treefrog
• Hyla squirella Squirrel Treefrog
• *Osteopilus septentrionalis Cuban Treefrog
• Pseudacris nigrita verrucosa Florida Chorus Frog
• Pseudacris ocularis Little Grass Frog

Family Leptodactylidae - tropical frogs

• *Eleutherodactylus planirostris Greenhouse Frog

Family Microhylidae - narrowmouth toads

• Gastrophryne carolinensis Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Family Ranidae - true frogs  Navigation | Top

• Rana capito aesopus Florida Gopher Frog
• *^?Rana catesbeiana Bullfrog
• Rana grylio Pig Frog
• Rana sphenocephala sphenocephala Florida Leopard Frog

REPTILES Navigation | Top

Order TESTUDINES - turtles  Navigation | Top
Family Chelydridae - snapping turtles

• Chelydra serpentina osceola Florida Snapping Turtle

Family Emydidae - box and water turtles

• Deirochelys reticularia chrysea Florida Chicken Turtle
• Pseudemys peninsularis Peninsula Cooter
• Terrapene carolina bauri Florida Box Turtle

Family Kinosternidae - mud and musk turtles

• Kinosternon baurii Striped Mud Turtle
• Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri Florida Mud Turtle
• Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle

Family Testudinidae - tortoises

• Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise

Family Trionychidae - softshell turtles

• Apalone ferox Florida Softshell

Order CROCODILIA - alligators and crocodiles  Navigation | Top
Family Alligatoridae - alligators and caimans

• Alligator mississippiensis American Alligator

Order SQUAMATA - lizards and snakes   Navigation | Top
Suborder AMPHISBAENIA - worm lizards
Family Amphisbaenidae - worm lizards

• Rhineura floridana Florida Worm Lizard

Suborder LACERTILIA- lizards  Navigation | Top
Family Anguidae - glass and alligator lizards

• Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus Eastern Slender Glass Lizard
• Ophisaurus compressus Island Glass Lizard
• Ophisaurus ventralis Eastern Glass Lizard

Family Gekkonidae - geckos

• *Hemidactylus garnotii  Indo-Pacific Gecko

Family Iguanidae - iguanid lizards

• Anolis carolinensis carolinensis Northern Green Anole
• *Anolis sagrei Brown Anole
• Sceloporus woodi Florida Scrub Lizard

Family Scincidae - skinks

• Eumeces egregius lividus Bluetail Mole Skink
• Eumeces inexpectatus Southeastern Five-lined Skink
• Neoseps reynoldsi Sand Skink
• Scincella lateralis Ground Skink

Family Teiidae - whiptails and racerunner

• Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus Six-lined Racerunner

Suborder SERPENTES - snakes  Navigation | Top
Family Colubridae - colubrid snakes

• Cemophora coccinea coccinea Florida Scarlet Snake
• Coluber constrictor priapus Southern Black Racer
• Diadophis punctatus punctatus Southern Ringneck Snake
• Drymarchon corais couperi Eastern Indigo Snake
• Elaphe guttata guttata Corn Snake
• Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata Yellow Rat Snake
• Farancia abacura abacura Eastern Mud Snake
• Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake
• Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Scarlet Kingsnake
• Masticophis flagellum flagellum Eastern Coachwhip
• Nerodia fasciata pictiventris Florida Water Snake
• Nerodia taxispilota Brown Water Snake
• Opheodrys aestivus carinatus Rough Green Snake
• Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus Florida Pine Snake
• Regina alleni Striped Crayfish Snake
• Seminatrix pygaea cycla South Florida Swamp Snake
• Stilosoma extenuatum Short-tailed Snake
• Storeria dekayi victa Florida Brown Snake
• Tantilla relicta relicta Peninsula Crowned Snake
• Thamnophis sauritus sackenii Peninsula Ribbon Snake
• Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Eastern Garter Snake
• Virginia valeriae Smooth Earth Snake

Family Elapidae - coral snakes and cobras

• Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake

Family Viperidae - vipers and pit vipers

• Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
• Sistrurus miliarius barbouri Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake

Literature Cited    Top

Collins, J. T. 1997. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Fourth edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR), Herpetological Circular 25:1-40.

Moler, P. 1988. A checklist of Florida’s amphibians and reptiles. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 18 pp.

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