Possible Herps at Fern Forest

This is a list of reptiles and one amphibian that have been recorded as being present in the park since 1987. Six amphibians have been recorded at the park, but only one is likely to be found under boards. Aquatic turtles have also been excluded from the list, as they are unlikely to be found in the study area.

It is quite possible that you will not see any herps at all. Mostly they keep well-hidden. Also, the cover boards are revealing fewer animals than expected. The list is provided as a guide in identifying any herps that you may see.

		Under	Open	Trees/	Near/in
	Abbrev.	Boards	Scrub	Vegetation	water
Narrowmouth frog Gastrophryne carolinensis	Gcar	+
Eastern glass lizard Ophisaurus ventralis	Oven	+
Five-lined skink Eumeces inexpectatus	Eine	+	+
Green anole Anolis carolinensis	Acar			+
Brown anole Anolis sagrei	Asag		+	+
Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus	Gpol		+
Florida brown snake Storeria dekayi victa	Sdek	+
Ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus	Dpun	+
Ribbon snake Thamnophis sauritus	Tsau	+			+
Florida water snake Nerodia fasciata pictiventris	Nfas				+
Brown water snake Nerodia taxispotila	Ntax				+
Southern black racer Coluber constrictor	Ccon		+
Rough green tree snake Opheodrys aestivus	Oaes			+
Eastern indigo snake Drymarchon corais couperi	Dcor		+
Corn snake Elaphe guttata	Egut

Yellow rat snake Elaphe obsoleta        Eobs
Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula        Lget

Scarlet kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum	Ltri	+
Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus	Apis				+

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9653672. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.