II. Tracking and Trapping Reptiles and Amphibians

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II. Tracking and Trapping Reptiles and Amphibians
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A. Searching

• 1. For Amphibians and Reptiles nothing works
  better than plain old leg work.
• a. Walking, flipping logs and rocks, looking
  in holes and hollow trees, etc.
• 2. Dip netting can work well for Amphibians
• a. Randomly scoop water and muck from the
  banks

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• 3. Sound is another good species indicator.

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B. Trapping

• 1. Several types of live traps can be made to
  capture Reptiles and Amphibians.
• a. Cover boards are boards place in the field
  to provide shelter for animals.
• 1. Lift to check periodically

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• b. Pitfall traps are holes with a glass,
  plastic, or metal jar in them.
• 1. Animal falls in and cant climb smooth
  sides
• 2. Should be placed on trails
• 3. Partially cover the hole to protect the
  organism

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• c. Funnel traps are cone shaped openings
  leading to a containment area.
• 1. Animal finds way in but has difficulty
  finding way out.

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• c. Drift fences are similar to pitfall traps
• 1. Fabric fences are placed in the field
  along trails.
• 2. Animals follow fence-line and fall into
  large buried buckets on edges

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Non-identifiers

• 1. Sheds can indicate the presence of a Reptile
  but hard to tell species.
• 2. Frogs can be detected through plop counts
• a. Walk banks and listen for frogs jumping
  into water.
• b. Record plops per distance

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