Florida's Snakes
by Bartlett, Richard D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Florida
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
R. D. Bartlett is the author of many books, and has published more than 500 articles about herpetology in such magazines as Tropical Fish Hobbyist, Reptiles, and Reptile and Amphibian Patricia Bartlett has coauthored numerous books
Table of Contents
| 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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