ABSTRACT
Nearly all of the native amphibians of South Florida and three widely established exotic species are listed in Table 17.1. Of the native species, most occur throughout the southeastern states, although many are secretive and seldom seen. Only the pig frog is restricted to the extreme southeast, although its range includes all of Florida. Several native species occur in southern Florida as distinctive varieties of species that are widely common in the eastern United States. Examples include the peninsula newt, a subspecies of the common newt of the eastern United States, and the Everglades dwarf siren, an eel-like salamander that lives in dense tangles of floating aquatic vegetation.
