Field work in SE Oklahoma – March
The Siler Lab has completed two trips to Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in SE Oklahoma in March, 2015; one with only 4 members of the Siler Lab and the second with members of Dr. Siler’s OU Herpetology course. Check out the summary statistics below (Table 1) and the amazing compilation video created by a student in the Herpetology course. The Siler Lab continues work in SE Oklahoma with two trips in April and two in May. Stay tuned for more updates to follow!
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- Red Slough WMA
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- Red Slough WMA
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- Red Slough WMA
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- Dipnetting in culvert ponds
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- Dipnetting in culvert ponds
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- Seining in the slough
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- Seining in the slough
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- Catching a hatchling red eared slider
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- Crayfish snake!
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- Bleaching and drying out the traps
Table 1:
| WMA | County | Sampling Period | Species Name | Qty. |
| Pine Creek | McCurtain | March 20–22 | Lithobates sp. (unidentified tadpoles) | 21 |
| Pine Creek | McCurtain | March 20–22 | Pseudacris crucifer | 1 |
| Hugo | Choctaw | March 20–22 | Plestiodon fasciatus | 1 |
| Hugo | Pushmataha | March 20–22 | Storeria dekayi | 1 |
| Hugo | Pushmataha | March 20–22 | Lithobates catesbeianus | 2 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Ambystoma opacum | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Ambystoma sp. (unidentified larvae) | 11 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Acris blanchardi | 21 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Hyla cinerea | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Lithobates clamitans | 3 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Lithobates catesbeianus | 40 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Lithobates sp. (unidentified tadpoles) | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Anolis carolinensis | 2 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Sceloporus consubrinus | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Scincella lateralis | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Nerodia erythrogaster | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Regina grahami | 2 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Terrapene sp. (shell only) | 1 |
| Red Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Trachemys scripta | 2 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Acris blanchardi | 3 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Hyla cinerea | 21 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Lithobates catesbeianus | 2 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Lithobates sphenocephalus | 4 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Agkistrodon piscivorus | 3 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Nerodia fasciata | 5 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Nerodia rhombifer | 1 |
| Grassy Slough | McCurtain | March 27–29 | Plestiodon fasciatus | 1 |