The Environmental Archaeology Program is pleased to count among its number several affiliate researchers whose work provides important contributions to our research program. Â Dr. Susan deFrance E-mail: sdef@ufl.edu Susan deFrance is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at
She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Washington State University Department
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Black Racer, Racer Basic description Most adult North American Racers are about 20-56 inches (50-142 cm) in total length. This is a long and slender snake with large and prominent eyes. Adults are black or bluish/black with white or whitish markings on the chin an
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
Abstract The following list of non-marine gastropod fauna summarizes the known species and subspecies that are recognized from Mexico and Central America. It is an annotated list of 1789 terminal taxa presented in a hierarchical framework. These include 1491 native species plus 278 native subspecie
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USNM National Museum of Natural History, Washington
VENOMOUS Other common names Copperhead, Southern Copperhead, Highland Moccasin, Chunk Head Basic description The average adult Eastern Copperhead is 22-36 inches long (56-91 cm) in total length. This snake is stout-bodied with a distinctive hourglass pattern of broad light brown and dark brown c
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Fitch, H.S. 1960.
NON-VENOMOUS, NON-NATIVE Other common names Brahminy Blind Snake, Flowerpot Snake Basic description Most adult Brahminy Blindsnakes are about 4.4–6.5 inches (11.2–16.5 cm) in total length. These snakes are small, thin, and shiny silver gray, charcoal gray, or purple. The head and tail both appea
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in Carolina and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. Battling slave catchers and dangerous swamps, they helped establish the first American underground railroad more than a century
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 261-82.
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch a new initiative to “teleport� specimens from museum shelves to the internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public. The oVert project, short
the University of Michigan, the University of Texas, Austin, the University of Washington
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Southern Hognose Snake, Puff Adder, Hissing Adder, Spreading Adder, Blow Viper, Hissing Sand Snake Basic description Most adult southern hog-nosed snakes are about 18-22 inches (45-55 cm) in total length. These are small, stout-bodied snakes with sharply upturned
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
Scientific Publications that have used the Vertebrate Paleontology Collections of the Florida Museum 1908 Sellards, E. H. 1908. Fossils contained in the Florida formations. Florida Geological Survey Annual Report 1:23—25. 1910 Sellards, E. H. 1910. A preliminary paper on the Florida phosphate
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:314—320.
The following is a reverse chronological listing of 395 known publications in which Florida Museum of Natural History paleobotanical and palynological specimens are cited or figured. From 1965 to 1989, most specimens are cited with the prefix IU (collection of Indiana University, Bloomington, India
Washington Geology, 30(3/4): 17-30. Wheeler, E.A. and S. R. Manchester 2002.
