Florida Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 39 Species
Florida Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 39 Species Everglades National Park is home to a number of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Some of the best…
Walking through palmetto trees in Charlotte County, Florida.
Getty ImagesFlorida Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 39 Species
Everglades National Park is home to a number of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Some of the best known of these are the Florida Panther, American Crocodile, American Alligator, West Indian Manatee, Wood Stork, and Snail Kite.
Florida now lists 39 species as endangered or threatened. Most of the species might be found in Everglades National Park. These species are all listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. These species include 8 plants, 6 invertebrates, 3 fish, 9 reptiles, 10 birds and 3 mammals.
The plants, not pictured here, include Blodgett's silverbush, Pineland sandmat, Garber's sandmat, Cape Sable thoroughwort, Florida prairieclover, Twospike crabgrass, Everglades bully, and the Florida bristle fern.
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle resting on towels after being rescued from the cold waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata floats under water. Maldives Indian Ocean coral reef.
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Green leather sea turtle gazing sea grass
Eastern Indigo Snake
Eastern indigo snakes frequent flatwoods, hammocks, dry glades, stream bottoms, cane fields, riparian thickets, and high ground with well-drained, sandy soils.
Gopher Tortoise
Gopher Tortoise - front view
American Crocodile
American Crocodile Basking
American Alligator
Getty ImagesThis alligator was just hanging out when I came by in a canoe.
West Indian Manatee
Florida Panther
Getty ImagesWalking through palmetto trees in Charlotte County, Florida.
Florida Bonneted Bat
common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) a small bat has strayed into the room and climbs on a white curtain, closeup with copy space, selected focus, narrow depth of field
Florida Leafwing Butterfly
Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly with wings closed. Adults play dead when handled to escape predators.
Ceraunus Blue Butterfly
A small, blue butterfly in the Rio Grande Valley
Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak Butterfly
Mallow Scrub-hairstreak Butterfly
Stock Island Tree Snail
Photographed by acclaimed wildlife photographer and writer, Dr. William J. Weber.Liguus Tree Snails (Liguus Fasciatus). Photographed by acclaimed wildlife photographer and writer, Dr. William J. Weber.
Miami-Blue Butterfly
Blue Morpho Butterfly Red Peregrina Flowers Fairchild Garden Coral Gables Florida Also known as Emperor butterfly Morpho peleides
Florida Leafwing Butterfly
Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly with wings closed. Adults play dead when handled to escape predators.
Largetooth Sawfish
Largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) is considered critically endangered
Smalltooth Sawfish
Yellow Warbler
A Yellow Warbler sings its song on a summer morning in South-central, Alaska.
Roseate Tern
Bird in flight - Roseate Tern
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Near-threatened Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Punta Gorda, Florida.
Wood Stork
Two Wood Storks in the wild be the water's edge at St. Augustine, Florida
Kirtland's Warbler
A Kirtland's Warbler singing for a mate in a jack pine during spring bird migration.
Piping Plover
Piping Plover
Red Knot in Flight
Red Knot in Flight
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
A Seaside Sparrow perched in the marsh grasses in the early morning sunlight with a smooth green and blue background.
Everglades Snail Kite
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) eating an apple snail - Panama
Nassau Grouper
Nassau Grouper from side on coral seascape
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Photo by Arthur A. Allen, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
