Herpetofaunal Diversity of the Four Holes Swamp, South Carolina

摘要

The report provides a list of species of the amphibians and reptiles in the FourHoles Swamp with notes on the geographical relations, life histories, ecological distributions, and relative abundances that serve as a basis for future studies of the effects of environmental change. It also introduces some published and unpublished information on population trends of amphibians and reptiles in two protected areas for which long-term data are available. These areas were managed differently, and comparisons of outcomes may bear on questions about the appropriate degree of intervention for conservation lands and the optimal scale for the conservation of herpetofaunal diversity.