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Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders) Reticulated flatwoods salamander ( Ambystoma bishopi ) VU IUCN California tiger salamander ( Ambystoma californiense ) VU IUCN
The American alligator is the state reptile of Florida. This is a list of reptiles which are found in the U.S. state of Florida. This list includes both native and introduced species. Introduced species are put on this list only if they have an established population (large breeding population, numerous specimens caught, invasive, etc.).
These amphibians usually sequester toxins from animals and plants on which they feed, commonly from poisonous insects or poisonous plants. Except certain salamandrid salamanders that can extrude sharp venom-tipped ribs, [1] [2] and two species of frogs with venom-tipped bone spurs on their skulls, amphibians are not known to actively inject venom.
Florida is home to forty nine native species of amphibians, including 29 frogs, 19 salamanders and 4 that are of special concern. Examples of amphibians inhabiting Florida include mole salamander , American bullfrog , lesser siren , eastern newt , gopher frog , three-lined salamander and green frog .
Only three Florida species live in caves: the eastern pipistrelle, the gray bat and the southeastern myotis. Florida has the highest concentration of southeastern myotis in the world. [5] The greatest threat to bats in Florida is the disturbance or destruction of roost sites, due to either vandalism or urban development. [5]
There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
Dangerous flash flooding is a possibility from far eastern Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle on Tuesday before the system moves into the Florida Peninsula on Wednesday.
Greater siren out of water. Greater sirens are carnivorous and prey upon invertebrates (such as insects, crustaceans, gastropods, bivalves, spiders, molluscs, and crayfish) [11] and aquatic vertebrates (such as small fish) [11] with a possible preference for molluscs (such as snails and freshwater clams), [8] [12] although they have been observed to eat vegetation such as algae.