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Local Florida Wildlife

Speckled Swimming Crab showing key identification features in Florida habitat

Speckled Swimming Crab

Crab

Rim Rock Crowned Snake curled on limestone and leaf litter

Rim Rock Crowned Snake

Snake

Carpenter Frog resting on green moss beside dark water

Carpenter Frog

Frog and Toad

Florida Leafwing perched with wings closed like a dry brown leaf

Florida Leafwing

Butterfly and Moth

Male Wood Duck swimming on calm water

Wood Duck

Waterbird

Adult King Rail walking through bright green Florida marsh grass

King Rail

Waterbird

Peninsula Mole Skink moving through dry Florida leaf litter

Peninsula Mole Skink

Lizard

Florida Flagfish showing an olive body and dark side blotch

Florida Flagfish

Freshwater Fish

Miami Blue Butterfly perched on a small flower in South Florida

Miami Blue Butterfly

Butterfly and Moth

Sora walking among green marsh reeds

Sora

Waterbird

Pale Eastern Harvest Mouse showing a slender body and long tail

Eastern Harvest Mouse

Small Mammal

Florida Bog Frog resting on wet sandy ground beside vegetation

Florida Bog Frog

Frog and Toad

Dark Bluespotted Sunfish covered with bright blue-green spots

Bluespotted Sunfish

Freshwater Fish

Florida Trapdoor Spider showing a glossy body and powerful legs

Florida Trapdoor Spider

Spider

Virginia Rail standing beside marsh vegetation

Virginia Rail

Waterbird

Short-Tailed Snake coiled on sandy leaf litter in Florida scrub

Short-Tailed Snake

Snake

Ornate Chorus Frog showing a dark eye stripe and bold body pattern

Ornate Chorus Frog

Frog and Toad

Schaus' Swallowtail spread across green tropical foliage

Schaus' Swallowtail

Butterfly and Moth

Calico Crab showing red-ringed spots on a cream oval shell

Calico Crab

Crab

Male Eastern Towhee perched in dense woodland cover

Eastern Towhee

Songbird

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