FLORIDA'S ENDANGERED SNAKES

The Following information can be found at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at: http://myfwc.com/docs/WildlifeHabitats/Threatened_Endangered_Species.pdf.   We invite our viewers to become familiar with the many species that are currently threatened and or on the Endangered Species list.

This document consolidates the state and federal official lists of endangered species, threatened species, and other species categorized in some way by the respective jurisdictional agencies as meriting special protection or consideration. The state lists of animals are maintained by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission and categorized as endangered, threatened and of special concern, and constitute Rules 39-27.003, 39-27.004 and 39-27.005, respectively, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). The state lists of plants are categorized into endangered, threatened and commercially exploited, and are administered and maintained by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services via Chapter 5B-40, F.A.C. The federal lists of animals and plants are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and categorized into endangered and threatened, and are published in 50 CFR 17 (animals) and 50 CFR 23 (plants). The abbreviations used in part one are:

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTATIONS


List Abbreviations


FWC = Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
E = Endangered
T = Threatened
SSC = Species of Special Concern


Reasons for SSC listings prior to January 1, 2001 are indicated by the number in parenthesis under the following criteria:
(1) has a significant vulnerability to habitat modification, environmental alteration, human disturbance, or human exploitation which, in the foreseeable future, may result in its becoming a threatened species unless appropriate protective or management techniques are initiated or maintained;
(2) may already meet certain criteria for designation as a threatened species but for which conclusive data are limited or lacking;
(3) may occupy such an unusually vital or essential ecological niche that should it decline significantly in numbers or distribution other species would be adversely affected to a significant degree;
(4) has not sufficiently recovered from past population depletion, and
(5) occurs as a population either intentionally introduced or being experimentally managed to attain specific objectives, and the species of special concern prohibitions in Rule 68A-27.002, F.A.C., shall not apply to species so designated, provided that the intentional killing, attempting to kill, possession or sale of such species is prohibited.
List Notations
1 Lower keys population only.
2 Monroe County population only.
3 Other than those found in Baker and Columbia Counties or in Apalachicola National Forest.



















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