Florida's Snakes

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ISBN: 9780813026367 | 0813026369
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/2003

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Each reptile is illustrated with a color photograph accompanied by a range map detailing where it can be found. Descriptions provide specific details on appearance, size, behavior, and venomous qualities. Additional text addresses captive care, how to find snakes, legal issues, reproduction, prey and prey procurement, and an explanation of classification.

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Florida Habitats	p. 3
How to Use This Book	p. 6
Captive Care	p. 8
How and Where to Find Snakes	p. 12
About Snakes	p. 14
Snakes and the Florida Law	p. 22
Comments on Taxonomy and Classification	p. 24
Legless Lizards of Florida	p. 26
Nonvenomous Snakes
Native Snakes
Colubrine Snakes; Typical or Colubrid Snakes, Family Colubridae	p. 31
Racers and Related Snakes, Subfamily Colubrinae	p. 31
Racers	p. 33
Brown-chinned Racer, Coluber constrictor helvigularis	p. 33
Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola	p. 35
Southern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor priapus	p. 36
Indigo Snakes	p. 36
Eastern Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais couperi	p. 37
Whipsnakes	p. 39
Eastern Coachwhip Snake, Masticophis flagellum flagellum	p. 40
Green Snakes	p. 42
Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus	p. 42
Crowned Snakes	p. 43
Southeastern Crowned Snake, Tantilla coronata	p. 44
Rim Rock Crowned Snake, Tantilla oolitica	p. 45
Central Florida Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta neilli	p. 46
Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta pamlica	p. 48
Peninsula Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta relicta	p. 48
Dipsadine Snakes	p. 49
Pine Woods Snake, Subfamily Dipsadinae	p. 49
Pine Woods Snake	p. 49
Pine Woods Snake, Rhadinea flavilata	p. 50
Lampropeltine Snakes	p. 52
Kingsnakes, Rat Snakes, Bullsnakes, and Relatives, Subfamily Lampropeltinae	p. 52
Scarlet Snake	p. 53
Florida Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea coccinea	p. 53
Northern Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea copei	p. 55
Rat Snakes	p. 55
Corn Snake, Pantherophis (Elaphe) guttata guttata	p. 57
Corn Snake, Lower Keys Color Variant	p. 59
Yellow Rat Snake, Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta quadrivittata	p. 60
Yellow Rat Snake, Upper Keys Color Variant	p. 62
Everglades Rat Snake, Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta rossalleni	p. 63
Gray Rat Snake, Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta spiloides	p. 63
Gulf Hammock Rat Snake, Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta spiloides x P. (E.) o. quadrivittata	p. 64
Milksnakes and Kingsnakes	p. 65
South Florida Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata	p. 66
Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata	p. 67
Florida Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula floridana	p. 67
Eastern Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getula	p. 70
Peninsula Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getula x L. g. floridana	p. 70
Apalachicola Lowland Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getula x Lampropeltis getula subspecies	p. 71
Scarlet Kingsnake, Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides	p. 72
Pine Snakes	p. 74
Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus	p. 74
Black Pine Snake x Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi x P. m. mugitus	p. 77
Short-tailed Snakes	p. 77
Short-tailed Snake, Stilosoma extenuatum	p. 77
Water Snakes, Garter Snakes, and Allied Species, Subfamily Natricinae	p. 79
American Water Snakes	p. 80
Gulf Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii clarkii	p. 81
Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii compressicauda	p. 82
Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii taeniata	p. 83
Mississippi Green Water Snake, Nerodia cyclopion	p. 84
Red-bellied Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster	p. 85
Yellow-bellied Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster	p. 87
Banded Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata	p. 87
Florida Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata pictiventris	p. 89
Florida Green Water Snake, Nerodia floridana	p. 90
Midland Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon pleuralis	p. 91
Brown Water Snake, Nerodia taxispilota	p. 93
Crayfish Snakes and Queen Snakes	p. 94
Striped Crayfish Snake, Regina alleni	p. 95
Glossy Crayfish Snake, Regina rigida rigida	p. 96
Gulf Crayfish Snake, Regina rigida sinicola	p. 98
Queen Snake, Regina septemvittata	p. 98
Swamp Snakes	p. 100
South Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea cyclas	p. 100
North Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea	p. 102
Brown Snakes and Red-bellied Snakes	p. 102
Marsh Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi limnetes	p. 103
Midland Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi wrightorum	p. 104
Florida Red-bellied Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata obscura	p. 105
Florida Brown Snake, Storeria victa	p. 107
Ribbon Snakes and Garter Snakes	p. 108
Blue-striped Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae	p. 109
Peninsula Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sackenii	p. 110
Eastern Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sauritus	p. 111
Blue-striped Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis similis	p. 111
Eastern Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis	p. 113
Earth Snakes	p. 114
Rough Earth Snake, Virginia striatula	p. 114
Eastern Smooth Earth Snake, Virginia valeriae valeriae	p. 115
Snakes with Unresolved Affinities	p. 117
Ring-necked Snakes	p. 117
Key Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus acricus	p. 118
Southern Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus punctatus	p. 119
Mud Snakes and Rainbow Snakes	p. 120
Eastern Mud Snake, Farancia abacura abacura	p. 121
Western Mud Snake, Farancia abacura reinwardtii	p. 122
Common Rainbow Snake, Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma	p. 123
South Florida Rainbow Snake, Farancia erytrogramma seminola	p. 124
Hog-nosed Snakes	p. 124
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Heterodon platirhinos	p. 125
Southern Hog-nosed Snake, Heterodon simus	p. 127
Introduced and Peripheral Nonvenomous Snakes
File Snakes, Family Acrochordidae	p. 130
Javan File (Elephant-trunk) Snake, Acrochordus javanicus	p. 131
Boas and Pythons, Family Boidae	p. 132
Colombian (Common) Boa Constrictor, Boa constrictor imperator	p. 133
Burmese Python, Python molurus bivittatus	p. 134
Ball Python, Python regius	p. 136
Typical Snakes, Family Colubridae	p. 137
Kingsnakes, Bullsnakes, and Rat Snakes, Subfamily Lampropeltinae	p. 137
California Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula californiae	p. 137
Typical Blind Snakes, Family Typhlopidae	p. 139
Brahminy Blind (Flowerpot) Snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus	p. 139
Peripheral Nonvenomous Snakes
Typical Snakes, Family Colubridae	p. 141
Kingsnakes, Bullsnakes, and Rat Snakes, Subfamily Lampropeltinae	p. 141
Speckled Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki	p. 141
Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi	p. 142
Water Snakes and Garter Snakes, Family Colubridae	p. 142
Water Snakes, Subfamily Natricinae	p. 142
Broad-banded x Banded Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata confluens x N. f. fasciata	p. 142
Colubrid Snakes with Unresolved Affinities	p. 143
Worm Snakes	p. 143
Midwest Worm Snake, Carphophis amoenus helenae	p. 143
Ring-necked Snakes	p. 144
Mississippi Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus stictogenys	p. 144
Venomous Snakes
Native Snakes
Elapid Snakes; Cobras and Allies, Family Elapidae	p. 149
Coral Snakes	p. 150
Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus fulvius	p. 151
Vipers and Pit Vipers, Family Viperidae	p. 152
Copperheads and Cottonmouths	p. 155
Southern Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix	p. 156
Florida Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti	p. 158
Eastern Cottonmouth x Florida Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorous piscivorous x A. p. conanti	p. 160
Rattlesnakes	p. 161
Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus	p. 161
Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake phase), Crotalus horridus (atricaudatus)	p. 163
Pygmy Rattlesnakes and Massasaugas	p. 165
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri	p. 166
Introduced Venomous Snakes
Peripheral Venomous Snakes
Western Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorous leucostoma	p. 169
Glossary	p. 171
References	p. 175
Index	p. 179
About the Authors	p. 183
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