Locality
Everglades National Park, About 1.5 miles south of US 41, on the east side of the L-67 ext. canal levee
Location
Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
National Ownership
National Park Service
Local Ownership
Everglades
Infestation Status
Positive
Reporter
Skip Snow , Everglades National Park
Observation Date
May 07, 2009
Date Entered
May 11, 2009
Date Updated
December 21, 2011
Herbarium
Florida Museum of Natural History Herpetology Collection
Herbarium Record
Record ID:UF 165921
Reference
Skip Snow, National Park Service, personal communication
Verification Method
Voucher Photographs
Identification Credibility
Verified
Comments
Observed at 10:20 hrs in a loose coil with the head and forward 1/3 or so of the body in shade, and the rest of the body in full sun. Very warm out, with air temp in upper 80s. Caught and killed by SFWMD employee R. Hill. Hill and Snow examined the carcass on May 8th. She had 59 large oviductal eggs. All fertile, with very small embryos. Stomach was empty, and a moderate amount of fecal material was collected from the lower GI tract, however nothing was immediately identifiable. Contents retained for further examination.
