Summary of Amphibian Community Monitoring at Congaree National Park, 2010
Byrne MW, Smrekar BD, Moore MN, Harris CS, Blankley BA. 2011. Summary of Amphibian Community Monitoring at Congaree National Park, 2010. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2011/167. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewarship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report summarizes data collected with the Draft SECN Amphibian Community Monitoring Protocol at Congaree National Park in 2010. Data were collected at 31 spatially-balanced random locations at the Park with two techniques: automated recording devices and visual-encounter surveys. 1,132 amphibians, half of which were larva, in 24 species, genera, or order, and 58 reptiles and reptile signs in 18 species, genera, order, or sign, were detected. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of six new species/sub-species to the Park’s official species list: two amphibians, Eurycea quadridigitata (dwarf salamander) and Rana clamitans clamitans (bronze frog), and four reptiles, Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (black rat snake), Elaphe alleghaniensis (Eastern rat snake or yellow rat snake), Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (red-bellied water snake), and Trachemys scripta scripta (yellow-bellied slider). No non-native amphibians or reptiles were detected.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrne, Micheael; Smrekar, Briana; Moore, Marylou; Harris, Casey; Blankley, Brent
- Date of Issue
- 2011-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewarship and Science
- Units
- CONG , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Amphibian, Amphibian Monitoring, automated recording device, Congaree National Park, Monitoring, Reptile, Visual Encounter Survey