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Table 1. Niche overlap values for season (upper triangular matrix) and habitat (lower triangular matrix) in
the five most abundant snakes trapped in the uplands of the Katharine Ordway Preserve-Swisher Memorial
Sanctuary, Putnam County, Florida.


 Species


 Cemophora Coluber Masticophis Micrurus Sistrurus
Species coccinea constrictor flagellum fulvius miliarius


Cemophora coccinea 1.153 1.069 1.242 0.897
Coluber constrictor 0.934 1.152 1.197 0.849
Masticophisflagellum 1.300 0.918 1.153 0.861
Micrurusfulvius 0.695 1.096 0.762 0.838
Sistrurus miliarius 1.364 0.856 1.306 0.669 -


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 CcoCcpEgu Eob Fab Mfl Mfu Nfa Nta Smi TsiTraps

 Species

 SMesic Hammock 0 Swamp Forest 7 Prairie
Figure 3. Snakes caught in traps by habitat type in mesic habitats. Cco = Cemophora coccinea; Ccp =
Coluber constrictor, Egu = Elaphe guttata; Eob = E. obsoleta; Fab = Farancia abacura; Mfl =
Masticophis flagellum; Mfu = Micrurusfulvius; Nfa = Nerodiafasciata; Nta = N. taxispilota; Smi =
Sistrurus miliarius; Tsi = Thamnophis sirtalis. "Traps" refers to the relative percentage of trap effort in
each habitat type.