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Table 1. Vertebrate roadkills on U.S. 441 at Paynes Prairie from August 19, 1998 through August 13, 1999.

Taxa

Scientific Name

Common Name

Number

Frogs

 

 

 

 

Acris gryllus

Cricket Frog

1

 

Bufo terrestris

Southern Toad

11

 

Hyla cinerea

Green Treefrog

463

 

Hyla cinerea?

 

5

 

Hyla sp.

unidentified hylid

77

 

Hyla squirella

Squirrel Treefrog

2

 

Rana catesbeiana?

Bullfrog

1

 

Rana grylio

Pig Frog

259

 

Rana grylio?

 

22

 

Rana sp.

unidentified ranid

40

 

Rana sp.?

 

2

 

Rana utricularia

Southern Leopard Frog

387

 

Rana utricularia?

 

39

 

Scaphiopus holbrookii

Eastern Spadefoot Toad

1

 

 

unidentified frog

23

 

 

Subtotal:

1,333

 

 

 

 

Crocodilians

 

 

 

 

Alligator mississippiensis

American Alligator

29

 

 

 

 

Turtles

 

 

 

 

Apalone ferox

Florida Softshell

5

 

Chelydra serpentina

Common Snapping Turtle

26

 

Kinosternon bauri

Striped Mud Turtle

140

 

Kinosternon bauri?

 

1

 

Kinosternon sp.

 

26

 

Kinosternon sp.?

 

2

 

Kinosternon subrubrum

Eastern Mud Turtle

30

 

Pseudemys floridana

Peninsula Cooter

36

 

Pseudemys nelsoni

Florida Redbelly Turtle

26

 

Pseudemys sp.

 

2

 

Sternotherus odoratus

Musk Turtle

66

 

Sternotherus odoratus?

 

1

 

Terrapene carolina

Florida Box Turtle

2

 

Trachemys scripta

Yellow-bellied Slider

8

 

 

unidentified turtle

3

 

 

Subtotal:

374

 

 

 

 

Lizards

 

 

 

 

Ophisaurus ventralis

Eastern Glass Lizard

1

 

 

 

 

Snakes

 

 

 

 

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Eastern Cottonmouth

205

 

Agkistrodon piscivorus?

 

1

 

Crotalus adamanteus

Eastern Diamondback

2

 

Coluber constrictor

Southern Black Racer

1

 

Coluber constrictor?

 

1

 

Elaphe guttata

Red Rat Snake

5

 

Elaphe obsoleta

Yellow Rat Snake

8

 

Farancia abacura

Eastern Mud Snake

60

 

Nerodia fasciata

Florida Banded Water Snake

427

 

Nerodia fasciata?

 

2

 

Nerodia floridana

Florida Green Water Snake

210

 

Nerodia floridana?

 

1

 

Nerodia sp.?

 

1

 

Nerodia taxispilota

Brown Water Snake

1

 

Opheodrys aestivus

Rough Green Snake

2

 

Regina alleni

Striped Crayfish Snake

142

 

Regina alleni?

 

1

 

Seminatrix pygaea

Black Swamp Snake

131

 

Storeria dekayi

Florida Brown Snake

19

 

Storeria dekayi?

 

1

 

Tantilla relicta

Peninsula Crowned Snake

2

 

Thamnophis sauritus

Peninsula Ribbon Snake

55

 

Thamnophis sirtalis

Eastern Garter Snake

6

 

Thamnophis sp.

 

1

 

 

unidentified snake

6

 

 

Subtotal:

1,291

 

 

 

 

Birds

 

 

 

 

Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-winged Blackbird

1

 

Anhinga anhinga

Anhinga

3

 

Ardea herodias

Great Blue Heron

4

 

Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret

9

 

Casmerodius albus

Great Egret

1

 

Ceryle alcyon

Belted-kingfisher

1

 

Ceryle alcyon?

 

1

 

Coccyzus americanus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1

 

Cathartes aura

Turkey Vulture

1

 

Dendroica coronata

Yellow-rumped Warbler

41

 

Dendroica coronata?

 

3

 

Dendroica palmarum

Palm Warbler

2

 

Dumetella carolinensis

Gray Catbird

3

 

Falco sparverius

American Kestrel

1

 

Falco sparverius?

 

1

 

Fulica americana

American Coot

8

 

Gallinago gallinago

Common Snipe

2

 

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen

19

 

Geothlypis trichas

Common Yellowthroat

18

 

Geothlypis trichas?

 

2

 

Ixobrychus ixilis

Least Bittern

22

 

Melospiza georgiana

Swamp Sparrow

17

 

Melospiza georgiana?

 

1

 

Mimus polyglottos

Northern Mockingbird

1

 

Otus asio

Eastern Screech Owl

1

 

Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested Cormorant

1

 

Pluvialis squatarola

Black-bellied Plover

1

 

Porzana carolina

Sora

2

 

Quiscalus major

Boat-tailed Grackle

8

 

Quiscalus major?

 

1

 

Rallus elegans

King Rail

3

 

Rallus limicola

Virginia Rail

2

 

Sialia sialis

Eastern Bluebird

1

 

Spizella passerina

Chipping Sparrow

3

 

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

1

 

Tachycineta bicolor

Tree Swallow

4

 

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Carolina Wren

3

 

Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove

1

 

 

unidentified bird

69

 

 

Subtotal:

265

 

 

 

 

Mammals

 

 

 

 

Canis familiaris

Domestic Dog

2

 

Dasypus novemcinctus

Nine-banded Armadillo

3

 

Didelphis virginianus

Opossum

11

 

Lasiurus sp.

Red Bat

1

 

Myotis sp.

 

1

 

Neofiber alleni

Round-tailed Muskrat

18

 

Neofiber alleni?

 

1

 

Oryzomys palustris

Rice Rat

1

 

Odocoileus virginianus

White-tailed Deer

2

 

Peromyscus gossypinus

Cotton Mouse

1

 

Peromyscus gossypinus?

 

2

 

Procyon lotor

Raccoon

19

 

Sigmodon hispidus

Hispid Cotton Rat

3

 

Sylvilagus sp.

Rabbit

1

 

 

unidentified rodent

6

 

 

Subtotal:

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Total:

3,365

 

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