Fort Riley Military Reservation
Basic information
Sample name: Fort Riley Military Reservation

Reference: W. H. Busby and J. R. Parmelee. 1996. Historical changes in a herpetofaunal assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 135(1):81-91 [ER 173]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Kansas

Coordinate: 39° 6' N, 97° 49' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Fort Riley

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Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 12.7

WMT: 26.6

CMT: -1.8

MAP: 810.0

Habitat comments: "native tallgrass prairie"
MAP stated in text; temperature data based on Coiner et al. (2010, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5021)

Methods
Life forms: lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders

Sampling methods: no design, hoop nets, drift fences, funnel traps, auditory, hand capture

Sample size: 3523 individuals

Years: 1993

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: "a variety of methods" were used, including artificial shelters, drift fences, funnel traps, opportunistic surveys, aural surveys, and hoop nets

Metadata
Sample no: 384

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-14 12:05:13

Modified: 2014-04-27 04:02:39

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
3 singletons
total count 3523
geometric series index: 47.0
Fisher's α: 6.137
geometric series k: 0.8412
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8877
Shannon's H: 2.5667
Good's u: 0.9991
Register
Acris crepitans 236
Anaxyrus woodhousii 437
"Bufo woodhousii"
Gastrophryne olivacea 206
Hyla chrysoscelis 37
Pseudacris triseriata 713
Lithobates blairi 353
"Rana blairi"
Lithobates catesbeianus 142
"Rana catesbeiana"
Spea bombifrons 3
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus 105
"Cnemidophorus sexlineatus"
Crotaphytus collaris 97
Eumeces obsoletus 197
Ophisaurus attenuatus 10
Phrynosoma cornutum 3
Scincella lateralis 7
Agkistrodon contortix 12
Coluber constrictor 29
Diadophis punctatus 617
Elaphe emoryi 28
Elaphe obsoleta 16
Heterodon nasicus 2
Lampropeltis calligaster 1
Lampropeltis getula 4
Lampropeltis triangulum 35
Nerodia sipedon 4
Pituophis catenifer 3
Storeria dekayi 3
Tantilla gracilis 39
Tantilla nigriceps 1
Thamnophis sirtalis 11
Thamnophis proximus 1
Tropidoclonion lineatum 18
Apalone spinifera 10
Apalone mutica 9
Chelydra serpentina 7
Chrysemys picta 19
Graptemys ouachitensis 14
Terrapene ornata 25
Trachemys scripta 52
Ambystoma tigrinum 17