Apalachicola Reserve, Florida

Endangered Species

The West Indian manatee, the Indiana bat and the gray bat are listed as endangered species and have been found within the reserve. Twenty of the reserve's birds are listed as endangered, threatened or species of special concern by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.

The Georgia blind salamander is a species of special concern, as well as the American alligator, the gopher frog, the gopher tortoise, Barbour's map turtle and the alligator snapping turtle. Three sea turtles, the Atlantic ridley, the green and the leatherback, are listed as endangered, and the Atlantic loggerhead turtle and the eastern indigo snake are both listed as threatened species. Reserve fish listed as species of special concern include Atlantic sturgeon, Bluestripe shiner and shoal bass. More than 100 of the Basin's 1500 plant species are listed as either endangered or threatened.

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