Filling in the Gaps II: New Illinois Amphibian and Reptile County Records from 2000-2005

摘要

Since the early 1990s, numerous geographic distribution notes and articles have appeared in Herpetological Review regarding new amphibian and reptile county records in Illinois. Larger contributions include Crawford and Meyer (2002), Giazzon (2002), Kuhns and Crawford (2004), Markezich and Beckett (2001), Petzing et al (1998, 2000, 2002), Redmer and Ballard (1995), Tucker (1994), and Wilson (1999). This article is the second in the "Filling in the Gaps" series detailing new amphibian and reptile county records in Illinois. Specimens reported herein are housed in the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) amphibian and reptile collection. County records were verified by checking databases located at the Illinois Natural History Survey and recent issues of Herpetological Review. Databases at the Illinois Natural History Survey contain records of amphibians and reptiles from Illinois in 30 museum and private collections and unvouchered records from herpetologists and other state biologists. Using information from these databases, county-level distribution maps for all 102 species of amphibians and reptiles in Illinois have been developed and are accessible at http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/col-lections/amprep/distribmaps.html. Common names follow Crother et al (2000). All Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordi- Ambystoma texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander). BUREAU CO: SW of Bureau, pond bordered by IL Rt. 26 to the ENE, floodplain forest of Big Bureau Creek to the N, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR to the S (Zone 16: E300519m, N4572434m). 07 May 2002. J. E. Petzing and J. M. Mui. Verified by C. A. Phillips. INHS 18086. Adult found under RR tie on RR embankment at the edge of an ephemeral pond; PERRY CO.: E of Pinckney ville, flooded forest S of IL Rt. 154 and W of Beaucoup Creek (Zone 16: E292190m, N421731 lm). 14 March 2002. J. M. Mui, M. J. Dreslik, J. E. Petzing, and D. B. Shepard. Verified by C. A. Phillips. INHS 18017. Adult male collected under log in floodplain forest.