Watchable Wildlife
| Freshwater Fish |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Largemouth Bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
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Blue Gill |
Lepomis macrochirus |
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Mozambique Tilapia |
Tilapia mossambica |
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Redear Sunfish |
Lepomis microlophus |
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Redbreast Sunfish |
Lepomis auritus |
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Mosquitofish |
Gambusia holbrooki |
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Chain Pickeral |
Esox niger |
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Yellow Bullhead |
Ameiurus natalis |
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American Eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
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Bowfin |
Amiacalva |
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Longnose Gar |
Lepisosteus osseus |
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Armored catfish |
Plecostamus |
| Amphibians |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Southern Leopard Frog |
Rana utricularia |
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Pig Frog |
Rana grylio |
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Green Frog |
Rana clamitans |
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Bullfrog |
Rana catesbeiana |
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Cuban Treefrog |
Osteopilus septentrionalis |
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squirrel treefrog |
Hyla squirella |
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Pine Woods treefrog |
Hyla femoralis |
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Green Treefrog |
Hyla cinerea |
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Southern Toad |
Bufo terrestris |
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Eastern Spadefoot |
Scaphiopus holbrrkii |
| Reptiles |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Common Mud Turtle |
Kinosternon subrubrum |
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Common Musk Turtle |
Sternothaerus odoratus |
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Snapping turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
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Chicken Turtle |
Deirochelys reticularia |
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River Cooter |
Pseudemys concinna |
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Common Cooter |
Pseudemys floridana |
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Slider |
Trachemys scripta |
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Florida Redbelly Turtle |
Pseudemys nelsoni |
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Gopher Tortoise |
Gopherus polyphemus |
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Box Turtle |
Terrapene carolina |
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Green Anole |
Anolis carolinensis |
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Brown Anole |
Anolis sagrei |
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Six-Lined Racerunner |
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus |
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SE Five-Lined Skink |
Eumeces inexpectatus |
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Ground Skink |
Scincella lateralis |
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Eastern Glass Lizard |
Ophisaurus ventralis |
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Black Racer |
Coluber constrictor |
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Ring-necked Snake |
Diadophis punctatus |
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Indigo Snake |
Drymarchon corais |
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Corn Snake |
Elaphae guttata |
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Rat Snake |
Elaphae obsoleta |
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Common Kingsnake |
Lampropeltis getulus |
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Fl Green Water Snake |
Nerodia floridana |
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Banded Water Snake |
Nerodia fasciata |
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Brown Water Snake |
Nerodia taxipilota |
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Rough Green Snake |
Opheodrys aestivus |
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Eastern Ribbon Snake |
Thamnophis saurtus |
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Common Garter Snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis |
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Eastern Coral Snake |
Micrusus fulvius |
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Cottonmouth |
Agkistodon piscivorus |
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Pygmy Rattlesnake |
Sistrusus miliarius |
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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake |
Crotalus adamanteus |
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American Alligator |
Alligator mississippiensis |
| Birds |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
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Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
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Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
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Tricolored Heron |
Egretta tricolor |
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Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
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Reddish Egret |
Egretta rufescens |
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Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
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Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
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Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
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Great Blue Heron |
Adrea herodias |
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White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
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Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
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Mottled Duck |
Anus fulvigula |
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Green-Winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
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Blue-Winged Teal |
Ana discors |
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Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
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Turkey Vulture |
Carthartes aura |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
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Swallow Tailed Kite |
Elanoides forficatus |
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Coopers Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
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Wild Turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo |
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Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
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Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
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eastern Screetch-Owl |
Otus asio |
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Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus calubris |
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Red-Headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erthrocephalus |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
Drycopus pileatus |
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American Crow |
Crivus brachyrhynchos |
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American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
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Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
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White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo griseus |
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Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Mammals |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Virginia Opossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
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Stripped Skunk |
Mephitis mphitis |
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Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
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River Otter |
Lutra candensis |
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Nine-banded Armadillo |
Dasypus novemcinctus |
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Marsh Rabbit |
Sylvilagus palustris |
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Northern Yellow Bat |
Lasiurus intermedius |
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Gray Squirrel |
Sciurus carolinensis |
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Coyote |
Canis latrans |
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Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
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Wild pig |
Sus scrofa |
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White-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
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Gray Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
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