Table 1.

Diversity and relative abundance of reptiles and amphibians under coverboards, rocks, or logs or on the soil surface on the ROW and in adjacent forest in Centre County, Pennsylvania, 1998-1999.

SpeciesCoverboardsMiscellaneousTotal
ROWForestROWForest
Toad
E. American toad
(Bufo americanus americanus)
00101
Salamanders
Jefferson salamander
(Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
34018
Redback salamander
(Plethodon cinereus)
31350571
Spotted salamander
(Ambystoma maculatum)
10001
Snakes
E. garter snake
(Thamnopnis sirtalis sirtalis)
70108
E. smooth green snake
(Opheodrys vernalis vernalis)
40105
Mountain earth snake
(Virginia valeriae pulchra)
10001
N. redbelly snake
(Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
2700027
N. ringneck snake
(Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
1104015
Total observations853976137