Everglades

The IUCN lists the American crocodile as vulnerable, and is a federally threatened, flagship species and ecological indicator within the Florida Everglades World Heritage Site.

Much later, it was also discovered in the Everglades in Florida.

Python invasion has been particularly extensive, notably across South Florida, where a large number of pythons can now be found in the Florida Everglades.

Sandhill cranes occur in pastures, open prairies and freshwater wetlands in peninsular Florida from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp.

One study in the Everglades showed a large majority of kills (33 of 39) were fawns.

This belief persisted into the 21st century even as flamingo sightings started to become more and more frequent, although at least one bird banded as a chick in the Yucatán Peninsula was recorded in 2012 in Everglades National Park.

Marsh rabbits are common throughout their range, except for in the Everglades, where the invasive Burmese python has reduced their numbers, and the lower Florida Keys, where the subspecies known as the Lower Keys marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) is threatened by rising sea levels and human development of the land.

In the Everglades region of Florida the population is now stable and possibly slowly rising.

silvicola - Found in the vicinity of Crystal River and in the Everglades, this variety has leaflets 12 to 17 cm long and 10 to 15 mm wide.