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