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Gatorland is a 110-acre (45 ha) theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando. It was founded in 1949 by Owen Godwin on former cattle land, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is privately owned by his family.
The park incorporates many American alligators in addition to snakes, tortoises, fish, parrots, emus, [4] and a few Florida panthers. [5] Crocodiles and caimans can also be found. [6] Most alligators have been bred in the park, but some others have been received from shows such as Gator Boys or been captured from the wild.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Florida cottonmouth. This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S ... List of invasive ...
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1 ...
Lists of snakes of the United States — lists of snake species that are native in U.S. states. Note: Articles on individual snakes should be listed in Category: Reptiles of the United States + Category: Snakes of North America + regional U.S. fauna categories
N. cyclopion differs from most other species of North American water snakes by having one or more small scales under the eye, giving the appearance of a ring of small plates around the eye, a character shared with the species N. floridana. [8] A heavy-bodied snake, N. cyclopion is dark green, olive, or brown dorsally. Ventrally, it is yellowish ...
The snake feeds on several kinds of small prey, including termites, worms, centipedes, earth-dwelling insect larvae, and spiders. [6] In the back of the snake's jaw are small, chiseled fangs that are used to inject venom into their prey. All crowned snakes are assumed to be non-venomous to humans. [3]