Table 2.  Location of kills on the road surface, right-of-way, and median of U.S. 441 at Paynes Prairie. Surveys were conducted from August 19, 1998 through August 13, 1999. The data presented represent the two 24-hour samples collected each week throughout the course of the study.

Location

Northbound

Southbound

Median

Right-of-way

60

23

Bicycle lane

198

196

Outside lane

448

562

Centerline

24

43

Inside lane

90

147

Median

28

Total:

820

971

28

Table 3.  Vertebrates documented using existing culverts under U.S. 441 at Paynes Prairie from August 19, 1998 through August 13, 1999.

Scientific Name

Common Name

Qty

Capture/Observation Method

North Culvert

Amphiuma means

Two-toed Amphiuma

3

funnel trap

Kinosternon bauri

Striped Mud Turtle

1

funnel trap

Nerodia fasciata

Florida Banded Water Snake

7

funnel trap

Nerodia floridana

Green Water Snake

1

funnel trap

Pseudemys floridana

Peninsula Cooter

1

floating funnel trap

Pseudemys nelsoni

Florida Redbelly Turtle

1

floating funnel trap

Rana grylio

Pig Frog

11

funnel trap

Regina alleni

Crayfish Snake

1

funnel trap

Siren intermedia

Lesser Siren

5

funnel trap

Siren lacertina

Greater Siren

1

floating funnel trap

Sternotherus odoratus

Musk Turtle

2

floating funnel trap

South Culvert

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Eastern Cottonmouth

1

funnel trap

Amphiuma means

Two-toed Amphiuma

1

funnel trap

Apalone ferox

Florida Softshell Turtle

1

funnel trap

Canis latrans

Coyote

1

tracks

Dasypus novemcinctus

Nine-banded Armadillo

*

tracks; photos

Didelphis virginianus

Opossum

*

tracks; photos

Elaphe guttata

Red Rat Snake

1

funnel trap

Kinosternon bauri

Striped Mud Turtle

4

funnel trap

Kinosternon subrubrum

Eastern Mud Turtle

3

funnel trap

Lutra canadensis

River Otter

*

tracks; photos

Lynx rufus

Bobcat

1

tracks

Neofiber alleni

Round-tailed Muskrat

2

tracks

Nerodia fasciata

Florida Banded Water Snake

3

funnel trap

Odocoileus virginianus

White-tailed Deer

1

tracks

Oryzomys palustris

Rice Rat

2

funnel trap

Procyon lotor

Raccoon

*

tracks; photos

Rana utricularia

Southern Leopard Frog

3

funnel trap

Seminatrix pygaea

Black Swamp Snake

1

funnel trap

Sigmodon hispidus

Hispid Cotton Rat

4

funnel trap

Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern Ribbon Snake

1

funnel trap