Amphibian, Reptile and Mammal List
Information on this page is from the “St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Amphibian, Reptile and Mammal List” pamphlet, available in the Visitor Center.
A legend of codes is at the bottom of the page.
Salamanders, Newts and Sirens (Order Caudata)
Frosted Flatwoods Salamander
| Frosted Flatwoods Salamander | FL, SL | Ambystoma opacum | |
| Marbled Salamander | HR | Ambystoma talpoideum | |
| Two-toed Amphiuma | Amphiuma means | ||
| One-toed Amphiuma | Amphiuma pholeter | ||
| Southern Dusky Salamander | Desmogmathus auriculatus | ||
| Southern Two-lined Salamander | Eurycea cirrigera | ||
| Three-lined Salamander | NC | Eurycea guttolineata | |
| Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander | Eurycea quadridigitata | ||
| Gulf Coast Waterdog | Necturus cf. beyeri | ||
| Striped Newt | HR, PE, SL | Notophthalmus perstriatus | |
| Central Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis | ||
| Southeastern Slimy Salamander | Plethodon grobmani | ||
| Slender Dwarf Siren | Pseudobranchus striatus | ||
| Rusty Mud Salamander | NC | Pseudotriton montanus floridanus | |
| Southern Red Salamander | NC | Pseudotriton ruber vioscai | |
| Eastern Lesser Siren | Pseudotriton intermedia intermedia | ||
| Greater Siren | Siren lacertina | ||
Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)
Bullfrog
Cope’s Gray Treefrog
| Southern Cricket Frog | Acris gryllus | ||
| Call: "click, click, click" like two marbels clicking | |||
| Oak Toad | Anaxyrus quercicus | ||
| Call: Bird-like "peep, peep, peep" | |||
| Southern Toad | Bufo (Anaxyrus) terrestris | ||
| Call: A long, high-pitched trill | |||
| Greenhouse Frog | NN | Euhyas (Eleutherodactylus) planiostris | |
| Call: A faint chirp | |||
| Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis | ||
| Call: "baaah" like a sheep | |||
| Cope’s Gray Treefrog | Hyla chrysoscelis | ||
| Call: A high-pitched rapid trill | |||
| Green Treefrog | Hyla cinerea | ||
| Call: A nasal "gronk, gronk, gronk" | |||
| Pine Woods Treefrog | Hyla femoralis | ||
| Call: Similar cadence to Morse code tapping | |||
| Barking Treefrog | Hyla gratiosa | ||
| Call: Like a bike horn or distant barking dogs | |||
| Squirrel Treefrog | Hyla squirella | ||
| Call: Raspy "quank, quank, quank" | |||
| Southern Spring Peeper | Pseudacris crucifer bartramiana | ||
| Call: High pitched series of whistles and trills | |||
| Southern Chorus Frog | Pseudacris nigrita | ||
| Call: like running a fingernail along the teeth of a comb | |||
| Little Grass Frog | Pseudacris ocularis | ||
| Call: A high-pitched chirp | |||
| Ornate Chorus Frog | Pseudacris ornata | ||
| Call: Quick, metallic peeps | |||
| Florida Gopher Frog | HR, PE, SL | Rana capito | |
| Call: Like an old man snoring | |||
| Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | ||
| Call: Deep resonant "jug-o-rum" | |||
| Bronze Frog | Rana clamitans | ||
| Call: Like a banjo | |||
| Pig Frog | Rana gyrlio | ||
| Call: A pig-like "grunt, grunt, grunt" | |||
| River Frog | Rana heckscheri | ||
| Call: Deep snores and grunts | |||
| Florida Leopard Frog | Rana sphenocephalus sphenocephalus | ||
| Call: Squeaky, like rubbing a wet balloon | |||
| Eastern Spadefoot | Scaphiopus holbrookii | ||
| Call: "Squonk" or "Quonk" | |||
Frog reference pages from The University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab
Lizards (order Squamata, Sub Order Sauria)
Northern Green Anole
Common Five-lined Skink
| Northern Green Anole | Anolis carolinensis carolinensis | ||
| Six-lined Racerunner | Aspidoscelis sexlineatus | ||
| Southern Coal Skink | NC | Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis | |
| Northern Mole Skink | Plestiodon egregius similis | ||
| Common Five-lined Skink | Plestiodon fascitus | ||
| Broad-headed Skink | Plestiodon latecips | ||
| Eastern Slender Glass Lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus | ||
| Island Glass Lizard | HR, TU | Ophisaurus compressus | |
| Mimic Glass Lizard | HR, TU | Ophisaurusmimicus | |
| Eastern Glass Lizard | Ophisaurus ventralis | ||
| Eastern Fence Lizard | Sceloporus undulatus | ||
| Ground Brown Skink | Scincella lateris | ||
Snakes (Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes)
Eastern Gray Ratsnake
Southern Hog-nosed Snake
| Florida Cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti | ||
| Northern Scarlet Snake | Cemophora coccinea copei | ||
| Southern Black Racer | Coluber constrictor priapus | ||
| Eastern Diamond-backed Ratlesnakw | Crotalus admanteus | ||
| Southern Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus punctatus | ||
| Eastern Indigo Snake | HR, PE, FL, SL | Drymarchron corais couperi | |
| Eastern Cornsnake | SL | Pantherophis (Elaphe) guttatus | |
| Eastern (Gray) Ratsnake | Pantherophis (Elphae) obsoletus | ||
| Eastern Mudsnake | Farancia abacura abacura | ||
| Common Rainbow Snake | HR | Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma | |
| Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platirhinos | ||
| Southern Hog-nosed Snake | HR, PE | Heterodon simus | |
| Eastern Kingsnake | Lampropeltis getula getula | ||
| Scarlet Kingsnake | Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides | ||
| Eastern Coachwhip | Masticophus flagellum flagellum | ||
| Eastern Coralsnake | Micrurus fulvius | ||
| Gulf Saltmarsh Snake | Nerodia clarkii clarkii | ||
| Red-bellied Water Snake | NC | Nerodia erythogaster erythogaster | |
| Banded Watersnake | Nerodia fasciata fasciata | ||
| Florida Green Watersnake | Nerodia floridana | ||
| Brown Watersnake | Nerodia taxipilota | ||
| Rough Greensnake | Opheodrys aestivus | ||
| Florida Pinesnake | SL | Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus | |
| Striped Crayfish Snake | Regina alleni | ||
| Glossy Crayfish Snake | Regina rigida rigida | ||
| Pine Woods Snake | NC | Rhadinaea flaviliata | |
| Northern Florida Swampsnake | Seminatrix pygaea pygaea | ||
| Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake | Sistrurus miliarius barbouri | ||
| Midland Brownsnake | Storeria dekayi wrightorum | ||
| Florida Redbelly Snake | Storeria occipitomaculata obscura | ||
| Blue-striped Robbonsnake | Thamnophis sauritus nitae | ||
| Peninsula Ribbonsnake | Thamnophis sauritus sackenii | ||
| Blue-striped Ribbonsnake | Thamnophis sirtalis similis | ||
| Eastern Garter Snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | ||
| Rough Earthsnake | Virginia striatula | ||
| Eastern Earthsnake | Virginia valeriae valeriae | ||
Crocodilians (Order Crocodylia)
American Alligator
American Alligator
| American Alligator | FL | Alligator mississippiensis | |
Turtles (Order Chelonia)
Florida Softshell Turtle
| Florida Softshell | Apalone ferox | ||
| Loggerhead Sea Turtle | MW, FL, SL | Caretta caretta | |
| Green Turtle | MW, FL, SL | Chelonia mydas | |
| Florida Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina osceola | ||
| Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | ||
| Eastern Chicken Turtle | Deirochelys reticularia | ||
| Leatherback Seaturtle | MW, FL, SL | Drmochelyss coriacea | |
| Gopher Tortoise | SL | Gopherus polyphemus | |
| Striped Mud Turtle | Kinosternon baurii | ||
| Atlantic Ridley Seattle | MW, FL, SL | Lepidochelys kempii | |
| Alligator Snapping Turtle | NC | Macrochelys temminickii | |
| Ornate Diamond-backed Terrapin | Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota | ||
| Florida Cooter | Pseudemys floridana | ||
| Suwannee Cooter | SL | Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis | |
| Loggerhead Musk Turtle | NC | Sternotherus minor minor | |
| Common Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | ||
| Gulf Coast Box Turtle | Terrapene carolina major | ||
| Yellow-bellied Slider | Trachemys scripta scripta | ||
Small Mammals (Order Mammalia)
Cotton Mouse
| Southern Short-tailed Shrew | Sorex longirostris | ||
| Least Shrew | Cryptotis parva | ||
| Eastern Mole | Scalopus aquaticus | ||
| Southeastern Myotis | Myotis austroriparius | ||
| Eastern Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus dsubflavus | ||
| Big Brown Bat | Eptesicus fuscus | ||
| Eastern Red Bat | Lasiurus borealis | ||
| Seminole Bat | Lasiurus seminolus | ||
| Hoary Bat | Lasiurus cinereus | ||
| Northern Yellow Bat | Lasiurus intermedias | ||
| Evening Bat | Nycticeius humeralis | ||
| Rafinesque’s Big-Eared Bat | Plecotus rafinesqueii | ||
| Brazilian Free-tailed Bat | Tadaria brasiliensis | ||
| Marsh Rice Bat | Orzomys paalustris | ||
| Cotton Mouse | Peromyscus gossypinus | ||
| Golden Mouse | Ochrotomys nuttalli | ||
| Hispid Cotton Rat | Sigmodon hispidus | ||
| Eastern Woodrat | Neotoma floridana | ||
| Pine Vole | Microtus pinetorum | ||
| Black Rat | Rattus rattus | ||
| Norway Rat | Rattus norvegicus | ||
| House Mouse | Mus musculus | ||
| Eastern Gray Squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | ||
| Southern Flying Squirrel | Glaucomys volans | ||
Medium-sized Mammals (Order Mammalia)
Raccoon
Virginia Opossum
| Virginia Opossum | Didelphis virginiana | ||
| Nine-banded Armidillo | Dsaypus novemcinctus | ||
| Marsh Rabbit | Sylvilagus palustris | ||
| Eastern Cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus | ||
| Fox Squirrel | Sciurus niger | ||
| Beaver | Castor canadensis | ||
| Round-tailed Muskrat | Neofiber alleni | ||
| Red Fox | Vulpes vulpes | ||
| Gray Fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus | ||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | ||
| Longtail Weasel | Mustela frenata | ||
| Mink | Mustela vison | ||
| Eastern Spotted Skunk | Spilogale putorius | ||
| Striped Skunk | Mephitis mephitis | ||
| River Otter | Lutra canadensis | ||
Large-sized Mammals (Order Mammalia)
White-tailed Deer
| Coyote | Canis latrans | ||
| Florida Black Bear | Ursus americanus floridanus | ||
| Bobcat | Lynx rufus | ||
| Feral Hog | Sus scrofa | ||
| White-tailed Deer | Odocoileus virginianus | ||
| Florida Manatee | Trichechus manatus latirostrus | ||
| Bottlenose Dolphin | Tursiops truncatus | ||
HR = historic record from refuge
NC = not confirmed on refuge but local area is within range
NN = non native (human introduction; not range expansion)
PE = potentially extirpated from refuge and local area
SL = State of Florida listed species
FL = Federally listed species
MW = Inhabiting nearshore and offshore marine or state waters
MW = Taxonomic uncertainty