Acadia National Park amphibian and reptile inventory: March-September 2001
Brotherton DK, Behler JL, Cook RP, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo. 2004. Acadia National Park amphibian and reptile inventory: March-September 2001. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/007. National Park Service. Woodstock, Vermont
From the summary: "Under a National Park Service/Wildlife Conservation Society Cooperative Agreement, an inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Acadia National Park in Maine was conducted from March through September 2001. Seven standardized sampling methods were employed; anuran call counts, egg-mass counts, time-constrained search, coverboards, turtle trapping, minnow trapping, and drift fence arrays. In addition, animals encountered outside of standardized surveys (temporally or spatially) were recorded as incidental encounters. The method that documented the most species was incidental encounters, which recorded all 18 species found during this inventory. Nine species were recorded during wetland time-constrained search, eight with minnow trapping, seven during woodland/old field time-constrained search, six by anuran call counts, five species each using coverboard and stream surveys, four species using drift fencing and pitfall traps, three during egg-mass counts, and two species in the course of turtle trapping. All 18 species were documented in wetland habitats, followed by 17 on roads, 14 in uplands, nine in streams, and seven in tidal habitats. Of the 281 localities (120 standardized sampling sites plus 161 incidental encounter locations) at which amphibians or reptiles were recorded, 44% (123) were wetlands, 34% (96) were roads, 15% (41) were uplands, 6% (18) were streams, and <1% (three) were tidal habitats."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brotherton, David; Behler, John; Cook, Robert; Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo
- Date of Issue
- 2004-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- American toad (Bufo americanus), Amphibians (Amphibia), Aunt Betty Pond, Bar Island, Bass Harbor Marsh, Beaver Dam Pond, Beech Hill Road, Big Heath, Big Heath Pond, Blackwoods, Blackwoods wetland, Breeding, Brewer Mountain Marsh, Bubble Pond, Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), Cadillac Mountain, Campground, Carroll Homestead, cemetery, Checklist, common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), Distribution, Duck Brook Bridge, Duck Brook Road, Duck Pond, Duck Pond Stream, Dudley Pond, Eagle Lake, Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), Eastern Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), Echo Lake, Entrance Station Pond, Fawn Pond, Fernald Point, four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum), Frogs & Toads (Anura), Geronimo Pond, Gilmore Meadow, Gorge Trail Stream, gravel pit, Great Meadow, green frog (Rana clamitans), Hadlock Stream, Half Moon Pond, Halfway Marsh, Heath Brook, Hio Road, Hodgdon Pond, Islands, Isle Au Haut, Jordan Pond, Jordan Pond Trail, Kebo Street, Kief Pond, Little Precipice Beaver Pond, Little Turtle Pond, Long Pond, Long Pond Fire Road, Long Pond Trail, Lower Hadlock Pond, Lower Precipice Beaver Pond, Lurvey Brook, Lurvey Pond, Mars Field, Merchants Cove, milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), Mill Reservoir, Mount Desert Island, Muck Pond, North Breakneck Pond, Northeast Creek, Oak Hill Road, Owens Stone Barn, Park Loop Road, pickerel frog (Rana palustris), Population, Reproduction, Reptiles (Reptilia), Richardson's Brook, ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus), Ripples Pond, Round Pond, Salamanders (Caudata), Sand Beach Wetland, Sargent Drive, Schoodic Peninsula, Schooner Head Wetland, Seal Cove Pond, Seawall Pond, Shark Point, smooth green snake (Liochlorophis vernalis), Snakes (Serpentes), Somes Pond, South Breakneck Pond, South Tarn Trail, Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer), Sunken Heath, The Bowl, The Tarn, Two Moose Pond, two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata), Upper Hadlock Pond, Upper Precipice Beaver Pond, Valley Cove Pond, Western Head, Western Mountain, Western Trail, Witch Hole Pond, Wood frog (Rana sylvatica)