Glossary of Terms
Endangered - a species, subspecies or isolated population that is, or soon may be, in immediate danger of extinction unless the species or its habitat is fully protected and managed for its survival.
Threatened - a species, subspecies or isolated population that is very likely to become endangered in the near future unless the species or its habitat is fully protected and managed for its survival
South Florida National Parks:
BICY - Big Cypress National Preserve
BISC - Biscayne National Park
DRTO - Dry Tortugas National Park
EVER - Everglades National Park
Special Note: This list includes only Federally listed species, and does not list candidate or state-listed species.
Species
|
Federal Status
|
Park
|
Current Situation
|
American Alligator,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Alligator mississippiensis
|
|
BISC
|
Casual
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
American Crocodile,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
--
|
Crocodylus acutus
|
|
BISC
|
Casual
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Reported
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Artic Peregrine Falcon,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
Migrant
|
Falco peregrinus tundrius
|
|
BISC
|
Wintering
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Migrant
|
|
|
EVER
|
Wintering
|
Atlantic Ridley Turtle,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Lepidochelys kempi
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Casual
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual
|
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Ammodramus maritime mirabilis
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Crenulate Lead Plant,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Amorpha crenulata
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Resident
|
Eastern Indigo Snake,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Drymarchon corias couperi
|
|
BISC
|
Casual
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Florida Panther,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Puma concolor coryi
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Garber's Spurge,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Chamaesyce garberi
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Resident
|
Green Turtle,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Chelonia mydas
|
|
BISC
|
Casual
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Breeding
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual
|
Hawksbill Turtle,
|
|
|
|
Eretmochelys imbricata
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
|
|
BISC
|
Resident
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Resident
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual
|
Key Largo Cotton Mouse,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual?
|
Key Largo Woodrat,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Neotoma floridana smaili
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual?
|
Leatherback Turtle,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Dermochelys coriacea
|
|
BISC
|
Breeding
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Casual?
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual?
|
Loggerhead Turtle,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Caretta caretta
|
|
BISC
|
Breeding
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Breeding
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Piping Plover,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
--
|
Charadrius melodus
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Wintering
|
|
|
EVER
|
Migrant
|
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Picoides borealis
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Formerly
|
Roseate Tern,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
--
|
Sterna dougailii
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Breeding
|
|
|
EVER
|
Wintering
|
Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
--
|
Papilio aristodemus ponceanus
|
|
BISC
|
Breeding
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Casual?
|
Snail (Everglades) Kite,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Casual
|
Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Stock Island Tree Snail,
|
Threatened
|
BICY
|
--
|
Orthalicus resee
|
|
BISC
|
--
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Introduced
|
West Indian Manatee,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Casual
|
Trichechus manatus
|
|
BISC
|
Resident
|
|
|
DRTO
|
Reported
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
Wood Stork,
|
Endangered
|
BICY
|
Breeding
|
Mycteria americana
|
|
BISC
|
Casual
|
|
|
DRTO
|
--
|
|
|
EVER
|
Breeding
|
|
|
|
|
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