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Appendix 13.B. Taxonomic Wildlife List Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices 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 St. Johns River Water Management District 13-1 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices Peninsula Cooter Pseudemys peninsularis Florida Red-bellied Turtle Pseudemys (= Chrysemys) nelsoni Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata Crocodylia Alligatoria Alligatoridae American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis Reptilia Squamata Polychrotidae Green Anole Anolis carolinensis Scinicidae Five-lined Skink Plastiodon fasciatus Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus Colubridae Black Racer Coluber constrictor Southern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus punctatus Eastern Indigo Snake Drymarchon couperi Yellow Rat Snake Pantherophis obsoleta quadrivittata Eastern Mud Snake Farancia abacura abacura Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula Scarlet Kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Florida Green Water Snake Nerodia floridana Banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Striped Crayfish Snake Regina allleni Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida rigida Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata Black Swamp Snake Seminatrix pygaea Florida Brown Snake Storeria victa Florida Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata obscura Peninsula Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sackenni Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Viperidae Florida Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti Aves Gaviiformes Gaviidae Common Loon Gavia immer Podicipediformes St. Johns River Water Management District 13-2 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices Podicipedidae Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Pelicaniformes Pelicanidae American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Phalacrocoracidea Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Anhingidae Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Ciconiiformes Ardeidae American Bittern Botarus lentiginosus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Green Heron Butorides virescens Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Snowy Egret Egretta thula Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja White Ibis Eudocimus albus Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Ciconiidae Wood Stork Mycteria americana Anseriformes Anatidae American Black Duck Anas rubripes American Widgeon (Baldpate) Anas americana Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Canvasback Aythya valisneria Florida Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Gadwall Anas strepera Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos St. Johns River Water Management District 13-3 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices Northern Pintail Anas acuta Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicense Wood Duck Aix sponsa Falconiformes Accipitridae American Swallow-tailed Kite Elaniodes forficatus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Florida (Everglades) Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeaus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Falconidae Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines Gruiformes Rallidae Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica American Coot Fulica americana Black Rail Laterallus jamaicense King Rail Rallus elegans Sora Porzana carolina Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Aramidae Limpkin Aramus guarauna Gruidae Florida Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis pratensis Charadriiformes Haematopodidiae American oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Charadriidae Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Killdeer Charadrius vociferous Piping Plover Charadrius melodus St. Johns River Water Management District 13-4 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Recurvirostridae American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Scolopacidae Dunlin Calidris alpine Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritime Red Knot Calidris canutus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Sanderling Calidris alba Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularia Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopis Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Willet Tringa semipalmata Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Laridae Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus (Larus) Philadelphia Herring Gull Larus argentatus Laughing Gull Leucocephalus (Larus) atricilla Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Black Tern Chlidonias niger Caspian Tern Hydroprogne (Sterna) caspia Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica Least Tern Sternula (Sterna) antillarum Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Columbiformes Columbidae Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Cuculiformes Cuculidae St. Johns River Water Management District 13-5 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Strigiformes Strigidae Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops (Otus) asio Barn Owl Tyto alba Barred Owl Strix varia Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Coraciformes Alcedinidae Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle (Ceryle) alcyon Piciformes Picidae Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Apodiformes Trochilidae Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Passeriformes Tyrannidae Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Hyrudinidae Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon (Hirundo) pyrrhonota Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Purple Martin Progne subis Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Corvidae Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Paridae Carolina Chickadee Poecile (Parus) carolinensis Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor St. Johns River Water Management District 13-6 Chapter 13. Floodplain Wildlife - Appendices 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
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