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Status designations are current as of August, 1997.

 
Endangered
American crocodileCrocodylus acutus
Atlantic green turtleChelonia mydas mydas
Atlantic ridley turtleLepidochelys kempi
Leatherback (=leathery) turtleDermochelys coriacea
Striped mud turtle
  (Lower Keys only)
Kinosternon bauri
Threatened
Atlantic loggerhead turtleCaretta caretta
Atlantic salt marsh snakeNerodia fasciata taeniata
Big Pine Key ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus acricus
Bluetail mole skinkEumeces egregius lividus
Eastern indigo snakeDrymarchon corais couperi
Florida brown snake
  (Lower Keys only)
Storeria dekayi victa
Florida ribbon snake
  (Lower Keys only)
Thamnophis sauritus sackeni
Miami black-headed snake,
   rimrock crowned snake
Tantilla oolitica
Sand skinkNeoseps reynoldsi
Short-tailed snakeStilosoma extenuatum
Species of Special Concern
Alligator snapping turtleMacroclemys temmincki
American alligatorAlligator mississippiensis
Barbour's map (=sawback) turtleGraptemys barbouri
Cedar Key mole skinkEumeces egregius insularis
Florida Keys mole skinkEumeces egregius egregius
Florida pine snakePituophis melanoleucus mugitus
Gopher turtleGopherus polyphemus
Red rat snake,
   corn snake
  (Lower Keys only)
Elaphe guttata guttata
Suwanee cooterPseudemys concinna suwanniensis

 
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