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This data set represents small animal-vehicle collision road hotspots on roadways in upland habitats presented at a statewide coarse-scale. The analysis used Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) species-habitat predictive models to identify and rank the likelihood of the presence of representative small animal upland species. Results were presented using a buffered, one-mile, road-segment base layer. The following 9 representative species predictive models: Florida mouse, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, stern indigo snake, Florida pine snake, Southern hognose snake, Florida gopher frog, Flatwoods salamander, Striped newt, Tiger salamander. Gopher tortoise (an affinity +/- model was used for coarse validation). The predictive models rank potential habitat suitability on a continuous scale from 0 to 1, with one representing the highest probability. For detailed information on the analysis, please see this report: https://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/agol/pdf/Animal_Vehicle_Collisions/Small_Animal_Uplands_Road_Hotspots_Model.pdf |