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Table 5.10--The relationship between forest cover type and reptile occurrence in the South. Data summarized from species accounts presented in Wilson (1995)

Forest Cover Types	Turtles		Lizards		Snakes		Alligators & Crocodiles
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Everglades	8	20	2	10	13	23	1	50
Tropical Hardwoods	5	13	4	20	13	23	1	50
Mangroves	5	13	2	10	3	5	2	100
Longleaf-Slash	2	5	4	20	11	19
Pine-flatwoods	3	7	8	40	23	40
Virginia-Pitch Pine (Xeric Upland Pines)	1	2	5	25	14	25
Longleaf Pine	4	10	15	19	21	37
Loblolly-Shortleaf-Pine	5	12	7	35	20	35
White Pine-Hemlock	4	10	2	10	16	28
Pond Pine	2	5	2	10	4	7
Longleaf-Scrub Oak	2	5	10	50	13	23
Mixed, pine-hardwood (Mesic)	22	54	8	40	37	65
Mixed, Pine-Hardwood (Xeric)	3	7	11	55	15	26
Spruce Fir	0	0	0	0	1	2
Upland Hardwoods (Mesic) - White Oak - Red Oak	9	22	3	15	25	44
Cypress Tupelo	26	63	3	15	12	21	1	50
Bottomland Hardwoods- (Sweetgum-Willow Oak)	33	81	5	25	29	51	1	50
Sweetgum-Yellow Poplar	16	39	1	5	9	16
Bay-Pocosin	9	22	3	15	10	18
Live Oak (Maritime)	1	2	11	55	22	39
Maple-Beech	4	10	1	5	16	28
Cove Hardwoods	0	0	0	0	3	5
Spartina	7	17	0	0	3	5	2	100
Elm-Ash	0	0	0	0	5	9
Oak-Hickory (Xeric Hardwoods)	4	10	3	15	24	42
Aquatic Dependent	37	90	0	0	15	26

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