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ISB: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Longleaf Pine Preserve Animal List Arachnid Mollusk Araneidae Spotted Orbweaver Spider Neoscona domiciliorum Ampullariidae Florida Apple Snail Pomacea paludosa Araneidae Black and Yellow Agriope Argiope aurantia Lycosidae Rabid wolf spider Rabidosa rabida Fish Pisauridae Shoreline Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton Amiidae Mudfish Amia calva Pisauridae Slender Nursery Web Spider Pisaurina undulata Centrarchidae Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Salticidae Regal Jumping Spider Phidippus regius Centrarchidae Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Tetragnathidae Long Jawed Orb Weaver Tetragnatha sp. Amphibian Insect Bufonidae Oak toad Anaxyrus quercicus Acrididae Lubber Grasshopper Romalea microptera Bufonidae Southern Toad Anaxyrus terrestris Acrididae Elegant Grasshopper Dichromorpha elegans Hylidae Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus Bibionidae Lovebug Plecia nearctica Hylidae Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea Cicadellidae Leafhopper Paraulacizes irrorata Hylidae Pinewoods Tree Frog Hyla fermoralis Curculionidae Red bay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Hylidae Little Grass Frog Pseudacris ocularis Flatidae Flatid Leafhopper Metcalfa pruinosa Ranidae Pig Frog Lithobates grylio Formicidae Dolichoderine Ant Dorymyrmex sp. Formicidae Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta Reptile Gryllidae Field Cricket Gryllus sp. Colubridae Southern Black Racer Coluber constrictor Hesperiidae Twin-spot Skipper Oligoria maculata Colubridae Eastern Indigo Snake Drymarchon couperi Hesperiidae Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles Colubridae Florida water snakeNerodia fasciata pictiventris Hesperiidae Whirlabout Polites vibex Crocodylidae Alligator Alligator mississippiensis Hesperiidae Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus Emydidae Florida Cooter Pseudemys floridana Hesperiidae Southern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho Emydidae Florida Box Turtle Terrapene carolina bauri Nymphalidae Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae Kinosternidae Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii Nymphalidae White Peacock Anartia jatrophae Kinosternidae Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus Nymphalidae Viceroy Limenitis archippus Polychrotidae Green Anole Anolis carolinensis Papilionidae Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Teiidae Six-lined RacerunnerCnemidophorus sexlineatus Papilionidae Palamedes Swallowtail Papilio palamedes Testudinidae Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus Papilionidae Eastern Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Viperidae Eastern Diamondback Crotalus adamanteus Papilionidae Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus Viperidae Dusky Pigmy RattlesnakeSistrurus miliarius barbouri Papilionidae Zebra Swallowtail Protographium marcellus Pieridae Barred Yellow Eurema daira Bird Pieridae Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Accipitridae Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Pseudophasmatidae Two-striped walking stick Anisomorpha buprestoides Accipitridae Swallow Tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Tabanidae Horse Fly Tabanus sp. Accipitridae Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Tettigoniidae Wingless Meadow Katydid Odontoxiphidium apterum Alcedinidae Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Bird Continued Mammal Ardeidae Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Cervidae White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Ardeidae Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Felidae Domestic Cat Felis domesticus Caprimulgidae Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Felidae Florida Bobcat Felis rufus Cardinalidae Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Leporidae Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Cathartidae Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Muridae Florida Mouse Podomys floridanus Cathartidae Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Mustelidae River Otter Lutra canadensis Certhiidae Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Procyonidae Raccoon Procyon lotor Ciconiidae Wood Stork Mycteria americana Suidae Wild Hog Sus scrofa Columbidae Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina Ursidae Florida Black Bear Ursus americanus floridanus Columbidae Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Corvidae American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Emberizidae Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis Emberizidae Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Odontophoridae Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Updated 10/2013 Paridae Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Parulidae Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Parulidae Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Parulidae Northern Parula Parula americana Phasianidae Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Picidae Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Picidae Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Picidae Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Picidae Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Regulidae Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Sittidae Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Strigidae Barred Owl Strix varia Troglodytidae Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Turdidae Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Turdidae American Robin Turdus migratorius Tyrannidae Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Vireonidae Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Vireonidae White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Vireonidae Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus.
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