BUMLIBRARY 88051389 HerpetofaunaInventoryofBureauofLandManagementsites in Douglas,Franklin,Grant,Lincoln,Klickitat, Washington 1998 SummaryofWorkCompletedin1998 Submittedby LisaA.Hallock WashingtonDepartmentofNaturalHeritageProgram DepartmentofNaturalResources POBox47061 Olympia,Washington98504-7016 Incoordinationwith: BureauofLandManagement SpokaneDistrictOffice 1103N.Fancher Spokane,Washington988212-1275 QL 653 .W2 H344 1999 January15,1999 &n^- id?-'- ^ 2. HerpetofaunaInventoryofBureauofLandManagementsites in Douglas,Franklin,Grant,Lincoln,Klickitat, Washington 1998 SummaryofWorkCompletedin1998 Submittedby LisaA.Hallock WashingtoDneDpeapratrmtemnetnotfoNfaNtautruarlaRleHseoruirtcaegseProgram A <£> cy<£. POBox47061 $<*2&^>&'<jC Olympia,Washington98504-7016 rcT<V BureIanucooofrLdainnadtMioannwaigteh:ment <S£^Jc^Q'^•<.xxs SpokaneDistrictOffice <y <^ 1103N.Fancher Spokane,Washington988212-1275 January15,1999 I 1 I ExecutiveSummary AmphibianandreptilesurveyswereconductedonBLMPublicLandsaspartofastatewide projectdocumentingthedistributionandhabitatsofWashington'samphibiansandreptiles.The focusoftheBLMinventorywastocreateaspecieslistforeachsiteandtodeterminerelative abundance.Thisinformationwillbeusedtoestablishabaselineforfuturemonitoring.Thiswas thefirstamphibianandreptileinventoryconductedontheseproperties. SurveystookplacefromAprilthroughSeptemberatsiteslocatedinAdams,Douglas,Franklin, Grant,LincolnandKlickitatcounties.MostsitesarelocatedintheColumbiaBasinEcoregionin thesteppevegetationzonesofWashington.ThehabitatattheRockCreeksite (KlickitatCounty),isintheOregonoak-ponderosapinevegetationzone. Avarietyofsurvey areas,typicalofthehabitatsfoundateachsite,werechosenforthesurveys.Areasoutsideofthe BLMpropertyboundarywerealsosurveyedifitseemedtheareawouldcontributetothe understandingoftheherpetofaunaontheBLMpropertiesand/orifthoseareasprovidedeasier accessorbettersurveyconditions. Fivesurveymethodswereused.Visualencountersurveyswereconductedduringtheday.They involvedwalkingthrough habitatssearchingonthesurfaceandundersurfacedebrisforanimals. Visualencountersurveyswerealsousedinaquatichabitatstosearchforeggs,larvaeandadult animals.Adipnetwasusedtocapturelarvalamphibiansinaquatichabitats. Roadsurveyswere conducted,bothduringthedayandatnight,forsnakesandanurans.Callsurveyswereconducted forbreedinganurans.Aquaticfunneltrapswereusedatsomesitestocaptureaquaticamphibian larvae.Methodswerechosentooptimizedetectionofeachspeciesatasite. Twohundredsixty-sixanimalswererecordedandmappedduringthe1998fieldseason.This includedsevenamphibianandtwelvereptilespecies.Recordsincludetheamphibiansand reptilesthatwerefoundduringsitesurveysandalsothosefoundwhiledrivingtoandfromthe surveysites.Informationpertainingtolifehistory,weather,habitat,microhabitatandlocation wascollectedforeachanimalfound.Pointlocationsweregeneratedforeachanimalusing UTMs.ThisinformationwasenteredintoExcelspreadsheetsanddistributionmapswere generatedusingGIS. Informationcollectedduringthesesurveyswillbeusedinthestate-wideprojectdocumentingthe amphibiansandreptilesofWashingtonState. TableofContents Page TableofContents 1 ListofTables 2 ListofMaps 2 ListofPhotographs 2 Introduction 3 SamplingMethods 5 Results 7 Discussion 10 Acknowledgments 12 LiteratureCited 13 PersonalCommunications 14 Appendices A.SurveySiteLocation 15 B.Standardizeddatasheets 16 C.Four-letterspeciescodeusedondatasheetsandmaps 17 D.RangemapsofAmphibiansandReptilesfrom1998BLMInventory 18 E. BLM InventoryDataSpreadsheets 19 ListofTables Table1.TheamphibiansandreptilesoftheColumbiaBasinEcoregion 3 Table2.Surveydatesfor1998Inventory 7 Table3. AmphibianandreptilespeciesdetectedintheRockCreekarea 7 Table4. AmphibianandreptilespeciesdetectedintheDouglasCreekarea 8 Table5.AmphibianandreptilespeciesdetectedintheWilsonCreekarea 8 Table6. AmphibianandreptilespeciesdetectedintheSaddleMountainarea 9 Table7. AmphibianandreptilespeciesdetectedintheJuniperDunesarea 9 ListofMaps Map1. StudySites 15 Map2. DistributionofspeciesfoundintheRockCreekarea 18 Map3. DistributionofspeciesfoundintheDouglasCreekarea 18 Map4. DistributionofspeciesfoundintheWilsonCreekarea 18 Map5. DistributionofspeciesfoundintheSaddleMountainarea 18 Map6. DistributionofspeciesfoundintheJuniperDunesarea 18