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HERPETOFAUNA
of by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., 1997 This checklist includes amphibians and reptiles recorded from Buck Island Ranch, Highlands County, Florida; currently the MacArthur Agro-Ecology Research Center operated by Archbold Biological Station (ABS). This list includes 19 amphibian species (5 salamanders and 14 anurans) and 34 reptile species (7 turtles, 1 crocodilian, 8 lizards, and 18 snakes). This list was published as part of Meshaka, 1997 (The herpetofauna of Buck Island Ranch: An altered wetland in south-central Florida. Fla. Sci. 60:1-7). This list is based, in part, on an earlier list by Erika A. Nowak and Walter E. Meshaka (1992. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles: MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center of Archbold Biological Station. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid.). Common names, and their capitalization, for this Web edition of Meshakas 1997 list, follow Collins, J.T., 1997 (Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles, Fourth edition. Hertepological Circular No. 25, 40 pp.), and reflect the growing consensus among herpetologists of the utility and need for standard common names, and for their treatment as proper nouns.--F.E.L. * = voucher specimens in the ABS reference
collection. AMPHIBIANS Order Caudata - Salamanders AMPHIUMIDAE - amphiumas
SALAMANDRIDAE - newts
SIRENIDAE - sirens
Salientia - Frogs and Toads BUFONIDAE - toads
HYLIDAE - treefrogs
LEPTODACTYLIDAE - tropical frogs
MICROHYLIDAE - narrowmouth toads
RANIDAE - true frogs
REPTILES Order Testudines - Turtles CHELYDRIDAE - snapping turtles
EMYDIDAE - box and water turtles
KINOSTERNIDAE - mud and musk turtles
TRIONYCHIDAE - softshell turtles
Order Crocodylia - Alligators and crocodiles ALLIGATORIDAE - alligators
Order Squamata - Lizards and snakes Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards ANGUIDAE - glass and alligator lizards
GEKKONIDAE - geckoes
IGUANIDAE - iguanid lizards
SCINCIDAE - skinks
Suborder Serpentes - Snakes COLUBRIDAE - colubrid snakes
VIPERIDAE - vipers and pit vipers
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