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Post Date: 06.11.15

Field work in SE Oklahoma – April

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Field work by the Siler Lab and sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation continued in April 2015, with visits to the following sites (see photos here).  A summary of the animals collected at each site are visible below (Table 1).

April 10-12: McGee Creek WMA, Stringtown WMA, Hugo WMA (Jessa Watters, Elyse Freitas, Rachel Flanagan, Dylan Lindauer, Matt DeRuyter)

April 17-19: Cookson Hills WMA and vicinity of Salisaw, OK (Cameron Siler and OU Spring Herpetology Course)

April 24-26: Robbers Cave WMA, James Collins WMA (Jessa Watters, Nick Huron, Rachel Flanagan).

 

 

Table 1:

WMA Sampling Period Species Name Qty.
Hugo April 10–12 Ambystoma opacum 1
Hugo April 10–12 Pseudemys concinna (shell & bones) 1
Hugo April 10–12 Scincella lateralis 1
McGee Creek April 10–12 Lithobates catesbeianus (tadpoles) 5
McGee Creek April 10–12 Lithobates clamitans 7
McGee Creek April 10–12 Lithobates sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 17
McGee Creek April 10–12 Hylidae (unidentified tadpoles) 6
McGee Creek April 10–12 Acris blanchardi 4
McGee Creek April 10–12 Anaxyrus sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 52
McGee Creek April 10–12 Notopthalmus viridescens 11
McGee Creek April 10–12 Sceloprus consubrinus 2
McGee Creek April 10–12 Terrapene carolina 2
McGee Creek April 10–12 Lithobates clamitans 3
Stringtown April 10–12 Lithobates catesbeianus (tadpoles) 7
Stringtown April 10–12 Acris blanchardi 5
Stringtown April 10–12 Hylidae (unidentified tadpoles) 34
Stringtown April 10–12 Notopthalmus viridescens 2
Stringtown April 10–12 Kinosternon subrubrum 1
Stringtown April 10–12 Sternotherus ordoratus 3
Stringtown April 10–12 Trachemys scripta 4
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Lithobates catesbeiana 8
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Lithobates catesbeiana (tadpoles) 28
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Acris crepitans 7
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Anaxyrus woodhousii 8
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Unidentified tadpoles 26
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Ambystoma sp. 9
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Eurycea longicauda 39
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Eurycea lucifuga 6
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Eurycea tyrenensis 17
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Plethodon albagula 25
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Plethodon angusticlavius 7
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Notopthalmus viridescens 30
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Unidentified salamander larvae 12
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Unidentified salamander egg mass 2
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Sceloporus consubrinus 6
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Scincella lateralis 1
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Kinosternon subrubrum 1
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Carphophis vermis 1
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Diadophis punctatus 9
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Nerodia erythrogaster 1
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Coluber constrictor 1
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Tantilla nigriceps 2
Cookson Hills April 17–19 Virginia striatula 2
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Lithobates catesbeianus 6
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Lithobates catesbeianus (tadpoles) 40
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Lithobates clamitans 2
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Lithobates sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 4
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Acris blanchardi 4
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Hylidae (unidentified tadpoles) 13
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Anaxyrus americanus 1
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Anaxyrus sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 22
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Notopthalmus viridescens 17
Robbers Cave April 24–26 Kinosternon subrubrum 1
James Collins April 24–26 Lithobates catesbeianus (tadpoles) 5
James Collins April 24–26 Lithobates sphenocephalus 1
James Collins April 24–26 Lithobates sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 14
James Collins April 24–26 Acris blanchardi 13
James Collins April 24–26 Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor 13
James Collins April 24–26 Anaxyrus sp. (unidentified tadpoles) 15
James Collins April 24–26 Notopthalmus viridescens 7
James Collins April 24–26 Kinosternon subrubrum 1
James Collins April 24–26 Trachemys scripta 9
James Collins April 24–26 Nerodia erythrogaster 1