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Table 23.10--The rare aquatic reptiles evaluated included 19 species, of which 8 are Federally listed as threatened or endangered (NatureServe 2000b)

Scientific name	Common name	Federal status a	ABI global rank	Primary habitat b	Secondary habitat b
Clemmys muhlenbergii	Bog Turtle	LT	G3	Ponds	Ponds
Crocodylus acutus	American Crocodile	LE	G2	Ponds	Rivers
Farancia erytrogramma seminola	South Florida Rainbow Snake		G5T1	Streams	Ponds
Graptemys barbouri	Barbour's Map Turtle		G2	Streams	Rivers
Graptemys caglei	Cagle's Map Turtle	C	G3	Streams	Rivers
Graptemys ernsti	Escambia Map Turtle		G2	Rivers	Ponds
Graptemys flavimaculata	Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle	LT	G2	Rivers	Ponds
Graptemys nigrinoda	Black-Knobbed Map Turtle		G3	Streams	Rivers
Graptemys nigrinoda delticola	Delta Map Turtle		G3T2	Streams	Rivers
Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda	Black-Knobbed Map Turtle		G3T3	Streams	Rivers
Graptemys oculifera	Ringed Map Turtle	LT	G2	Rivers	Rivers
Kinosternon hirtipes	Mexican Mud Turtle		G3	Rivers	Ponds
Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi	Big Bend Mud Turtle		G3T3	Rivers	Ponds
Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta	Copperbelly Water Snake	LT	G5T2T3	Streams	Ponds
Nerodia harteri	Brazos Water Snake		G2	Streams	Ponds
Nerodia paucimaculata	Concho Water Snake	LT	G2	Streams	Ponds
Pseudemys alabamensis	Alabama Redbelly Turtle	LE	G1	Rivers	Rivers
Sternotherus depressus	Flattened Musk Turtle	LT	G2	Streams	Rivers
Trachemys gaigeae	Big Bend Slider		G3	Rivers	Rivers

^aFederal status: LE = Listed as endangered; LT = Listed as threatened; PE = Proposed for listing as endangered; PT = Proposed for listing as threatened; C = Candidate for listing.

^bPrimary and secondary habitat do not necessarily imply a constistant order or ranking of importance to the taxonomic group.

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