FRANZ: INTRODUCTION TO ORDWAY HERPETOLOGY


Table 2. List of 24 species of amphibians and reptiles that are known to occur in the area contiguous with
the Preserve, but are not recorded from the property.


 Putnam Inappropriate Possible
 Species County Rare habitat additions


 Ambystoma cingulatum + +
 Ambystoma talpoideum +
 Ambystoma tigrinum + +
 Desmognathus auriculatus + +
 Pseudobranchus striatus ? +
 Pseudotriton montanus + + +
 Pseudacris nigrita + +
 Pseudacris ornata + +
 Clemmys guttata + + +
 Sternotherus minor + +
 Eumecesfasciata + + +
 Ophisaurus compressus + + +
 Farancia erytrogramma + + +
 Heterodon simus + +
 Lampropeltis getula + +
 Lampropeltis triangulum + ? +
 Regina rigida + +
 Rhadinaeaflavilata + +
 Stilosoma extenuatum + +
 Storeria dekayi +
 Storeria occipitomaculata + +
 Virginia striatula 7 +
 Virginia valeriae +
 Crotalus horridus + +

 Total Species 16 10 13 13




 eastern margins of the the old Northern Highlands. Six species of amphibians
 dwell in upland terrestrial habitats and use ephemeral ponds as breeding sites,
 while 13 of the reptiles are primarily associated with upland habitats, particularly
 long pine sandhills. Most of the aquatic amphibians and reptiles occur in lentic
 habitats, particularly in weedy lake conditions. Two species (Eleutherodactylus
planirostris and Hemidactylus garnotii) are exotic in Florida.
 Most amphibians and reptiles on the Preserve are common in appropriate
habitats, although three amphibians and five reptiles are known from fewer than
five sightings: Notophthalmus viridescens 1; Pseudobranchus axanthus 1; Hyla
chrysoscelis 1; Terrapene carolina 1, Trachemys script 1, Ophisaurus attenuatus
2, Drymarchon corais 2, and Agkistrodon piscivorous 4. The reasons for this
apparent rarity are unknown. Four regionally rare or depleted species maintain
viable populations on the Preserve: Notophthalmus perstriatus, Rana capitol,