THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE OAK RIDGE AREA

摘要

The herpetofauna of the Oak Ridge area was investigated (a) to ascertain the kinds of amphibians and reptiles (herptiles) occurring in the area, (b) to evaluate habitat preferences of the herptiles, (c) to evaluate the suitability of the various species populations for ecological investigations, and (d) to prepare a reference collection of herptiles of the area.nCollecting was performed by (a) prowling about the various kinds of habitats by day and by night and collecting by hand, (b) walking transects by day and by night and collecting by hand, (c) trapping with hardware-cloth drift fences and funnel traps in terrestrial habitats, (d) using dipnet, funnel traps, and hoop nets in aquatic habitats, and (e) driving roads by day and by night. The most productive method of collecting in terrestrial habitats and streams was hand collecting;in fluvial and pond habitats it was with dipnet, funnel trap, and hoop net.