NPS Klamath Network: initial surveys for amphibians and reptiles at Crater Lake National Park 2003
Bury RB and Wegner W. 2005. NPS Klamath Network: initial surveys for amphibians and reptiles at Crater Lake National Park 2003. USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center. Corvallis, OR
"Amphibian declines have been documented throughout western North America and include several species (e.g., Cascades frog and California red-legged frog) in the Klamath region. Status and trends for reptiles are even less well known than for amphibians. For example, the Western pond turtle may also be in decline in parts of the region yet there are no inventories (except for a separate study at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California). The bullfrog is a non-native species that is now common throughout the West and this frog may have detrimental effects on native frogs and the Western pond turtle. In many cases, we lack basic information on distribution and abundance of resident species of herpetofauna in units of the National Park Service (NPS). An analysis by the NPS led to an early decision for network parks to conduct aquatic and terrestrial inventories for herpetofauna."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bury, R; Wegner, Willow
- Date of Issue
- 2005-05
- Publisher
- USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
- Units
- CRLA , KLMN
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Amphibia (Amphibians), Ascaphus truei (Coastal Tailed Frog), Cascades Frog), Distribution (Biodiversity), Herpetofauna, Inventory, Inventory And Monitoring, KLMN Other Inventory, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Rana cascadae (Cascades Frog, Reptilia (Reptiles), Taxa Links To References