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  <dc:contributor>Erika M. Nowak</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Trevor B. Persons</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2006</dc:date>
  <dc:description>As part of the National Park Service Inventory and&#13;
Monitoring Program in the Mojave Network, we conducted an&#13;
inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Death Valley National&#13;
Park in 2002-04. Objectives for this inventory were to: 1)&#13;
Inventory and document the occurrence of reptile and amphibian&#13;
species occurring at DEVA, primarily within priority&#13;
sampling areas, with the goal of documenting at least 90%&#13;
of the species present; 2) document (through collection or&#13;
museum specimen and literature review) one voucher specimen&#13;
for each species identified; 3) provide a GIS-referenced&#13;
list of sensitive species that are federally or state listed, rare,&#13;
or worthy of special consideration that occur within priority&#13;
sampling locations; 4) describe park-wide distribution of&#13;
federally- or state-listed, rare, or special concern species; 5)&#13;
enter all species data into the National Park Service NPSpecies&#13;
database; and 6) provide all deliverables as outlined in the&#13;
Mojave Network Biological Inventory Study Plan. Methods&#13;
included daytime and nighttime visual encounter surveys, road&#13;
driving, and pitfall trapping. Survey effort was concentrated&#13;
in predetermined priority sampling areas, as well as in areas&#13;
with a high potential for detecting undocumented species. We&#13;
recorded 37 species during our surveys, including two species&#13;
new to the park. During literature review and museum specimen&#13;
database searches, we recorded three additional species&#13;
from DEVA, elevating the documented species list to 40 (four&#13;
amphibians and 36 reptiles). Based on our surveys, as well&#13;
as literature and museum specimen review, we estimate an&#13;
overall inventory completeness of 92% for Death Valley and&#13;
an inventory completeness of 73% for amphibians and 95%&#13;
for reptiles.&#13;
Key Words: Amphibians, reptiles, Death Valley National&#13;
Park, Inyo County, San Bernardino County, Esmeralda&#13;
County, Nye County, California, Nevada, Mojave Desert,&#13;
Great Basin Desert, inventory, NPSpecies.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr20061233</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:title>Inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Death Valley National Park</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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