MatBio: REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS -Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

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Oak Toad ¹
Anaxyrus quercicus

Southern Toad ²
Anaxyrus terrestris

Florida Cricket Frog ³
Acris gryllus dorsalis

Green Tree Frog ⁴
Hyla cinerea

Pine Woods Treefrog ¹
Hyla femoralis

Barking Treefrog ⁵
Hyla gratiosa

Squirrel Treefrog ¹
Hyla squirella

Cuban Treefrog ⁶
Osteopilus septentrionalis

Spring Peeper ⁵
Pseudacris crucifer

Southern Chorus Frog ¹
Pseudacris nigrita

Little Grass Frog ⁵
Pseudacris ocularis

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad ⁷
Gastrophryne carolinensis

Eastern Spadefoot ⁸
Scaphiopus holbrooki

Greenhouse Frog ⁹
Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Gopher Frog ¹⁰
Lithobates capito

American Bullfrog ⁶
Lithobates catesbeianus

Pig Frog ¹¹
Lithobates grylio

Florida Leopard Frog ³
Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus

Mole Salamander ¹²
Ambystoma talpoideum

Dwarf Salamander ⁵
Eurycea quadridigitata

Striped Newt ¹³
Notophthalmus perstriatus

Greater Siren ¹¹
Siren lacertina

American Alligator ¹⁴
Alligator mississippiensis

Eastern Glass Lizard ¹¹
Ophisaurus ventralis

Garnot's House Gecko ¹⁵
Hemidactylus garnotii

Green Anole ¹⁶
Anolis carolinensis

Cuban Brown Anole ¹⁷
Anolis sagrei

Southeastern Five-lined Skink ¹⁸
Plestiodon inexpectatus

Broadhead Skink ¹⁹
Plestiodon laticeps

Ground Skink ¹⁸
Scincella lateralis

Six-lined Racerunner ²⁰
Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ²¹
Caretta caretta

Green Turtle ²²
Chelonia mydas

Kemp's Ridley ²³
Lepidochelys kempii

Florida Snapping Turtle ²⁴
Chelydra serpentina oceola

Leatherback Sea Turtle ²⁵
Dermochelys coriacea

Spotted Turtle ⁵
Clemmys guttata

Florida Chicken Turtle ³
Deirochelys reticularia chrysea

Carolina Diamondback Terrapin ²⁶
Malaclemys terrapin centrata

Florida Cooter ²⁷
Pseudemys concinna floridana

Florida Red-bellied Cooter ²⁸
Pseudemys nelsoni

Peninsular Cooter ²⁹
Pseudemys peninsularis

Florida Box Turtle ³⁰
Terrapene carolina bauri

Yellow-bellied Slider ³¹
Trachemys scripta scripta

Florida Mud Turtle ³²
Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri

Eastern Mud Turtle ³³
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum

Gopher Tortoise ³⁴
Gopherus polyphemus

Florida Softshell Turtle ³⁵
Apalone ferox

Florida Scarlet Snake ³
Cemophora coccinea coccinea

Southern Black Racer ³⁶
Coluber constrictor priapus

Southern Ringneck Snake ³⁷
Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Eastern Indigo Snake ³⁸
Drymarchon couperi

Yellow Rat Snake ³⁹
Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Corn Snake ¹¹
Pantherophis guttatus

Eastern Mud Snake ¹
Farancia abacura abacura

Eastern King Snake ⁴⁰
Lampropeltis getula getula

Scarlet Kingsnake ⁵
Lampropeltis elapsoides

Eastern Coachwhip ⁴¹
Coluber flagellum

Florida Watersnake ⁴²
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Rough Green Snake ⁷
Opheodrys aestivus

Pine Woods Littersnake ⁵
Rhadinaea flavilata

Peninsula Ribbon Snake ⁴³
Thamnophis sauritus nitae

Eastern Garter Snake ⁴⁴
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Coral Snake ²⁰
Micrurus fulvius

Florida Cottonmouth ⁴⁵
Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake ¹
Crotalus adamanteus

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake ¹⁰
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Striped Mud Turtle ¹¹
Kinosternon baurii

Bronze Frog ⁴⁶
Lithobates clamitans

River Frog ¹¹
Lithobates heckscheri

Ornate Chorus Frog ²⁰
Pseudacris ornata

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MatBio: REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS -Matanzas Biodiversity

Oak Toad 1 Anaxyrus quercicus

Southern Toad 2 Anaxyrus terrestris

Florida Cricket Frog 3 Acris gryllus dorsalis

Green Tree Frog 4 Hyla cinerea

Pine Woods Treefrog 1 Hyla femoralis

Barking Treefrog 5 Hyla gratiosa

Squirrel Treefrog 1 Hyla squirella

Cuban Treefrog 6 Osteopilus septentrionalis

Spring Peeper 5 Pseudacris crucifer

Southern Chorus Frog 1 Pseudacris nigrita

Little Grass Frog 5 Pseudacris ocularis

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad 7 Gastrophryne carolinensis

Eastern Spadefoot 8 Scaphiopus holbrooki

Greenhouse Frog 9 Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Gopher Frog 10 Lithobates capito

American Bullfrog 6 Lithobates catesbeianus

Pig Frog 11 Lithobates grylio

Florida Leopard Frog 3 Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus

Mole Salamander 12 Ambystoma talpoideum

Dwarf Salamander 5 Eurycea quadridigitata

Striped Newt 13 Notophthalmus perstriatus

Greater Siren 11 Siren lacertina

American Alligator 14 Alligator mississippiensis

Eastern Glass Lizard 11 Ophisaurus ventralis

Garnot's House Gecko 15 Hemidactylus garnotii

Green Anole 16 Anolis carolinensis

Cuban Brown Anole 17 Anolis sagrei

Southeastern Five-lined Skink 18 Plestiodon inexpectatus

Broadhead Skink 19 Plestiodon laticeps

Ground Skink 18 Scincella lateralis

Six-lined Racerunner 20 Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 21 Caretta caretta

Green Turtle 22 Chelonia mydas

Kemp's Ridley 23 Lepidochelys kempii

Florida Snapping Turtle 24 Chelydra serpentina oceola

Leatherback Sea Turtle 25 Dermochelys coriacea

Spotted Turtle 5 Clemmys guttata

Florida Chicken Turtle 3 Deirochelys reticularia chrysea

Carolina Diamondback Terrapin 26 Malaclemys terrapin centrata

Florida Cooter 27 Pseudemys concinna floridana

Florida Red-bellied Cooter 28 Pseudemys nelsoni

Peninsular Cooter 29 Pseudemys peninsularis

Florida Box Turtle 30 Terrapene carolina bauri

Yellow-bellied Slider 31 Trachemys scripta scripta

Florida Mud Turtle 32 Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri

Eastern Mud Turtle 33 Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum

Gopher Tortoise 34 Gopherus polyphemus

Florida Softshell Turtle 35 Apalone ferox

Florida Scarlet Snake 3 Cemophora coccinea coccinea

Southern Black Racer 36 Coluber constrictor priapus

Southern Ringneck Snake 37 Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Eastern Indigo Snake 38 Drymarchon couperi

Yellow Rat Snake 39 Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Corn Snake 11 Pantherophis guttatus

Eastern Mud Snake 1 Farancia abacura abacura

Eastern King Snake 40 Lampropeltis getula getula

Scarlet Kingsnake 5 Lampropeltis elapsoides

Eastern Coachwhip 41 Coluber flagellum

Florida Watersnake 42 Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Rough Green Snake 7 Opheodrys aestivus

Pine Woods Littersnake 5 Rhadinaea flavilata

Peninsula Ribbon Snake 43 Thamnophis sauritus nitae

Eastern Garter Snake 44 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Coral Snake 20 Micrurus fulvius

Florida Cottonmouth 45 Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 1 Crotalus adamanteus

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake 10 Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Striped Mud Turtle 11 Kinosternon baurii

Bronze Frog 46 Lithobates clamitans

River Frog 11 Lithobates heckscheri

Ornate Chorus Frog 20 Pseudacris ornata