RESURRECTED RECORDS

“NEW” REPTILE OCCURRENCE RECORDS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA

Authors

  • Bradley E. Carlson Department of Biology, Wabash College
  • William S. Parker Department of Sciences and Mathematics, Mississippi University for Women

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/jnah.vi1.11917

Abstract

Current and historic records of species occurrences in particular localities enable researchers to monitor changes in species distribution and abundance. While current fauna can be documented with sufficient effort, missing historical records represent data that can never again be obtained. It is with this importance in mind that we report for the first time records of eight reptile species in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA, that were documented in 1964, though no vouchered specimens persist. These species include: Sternotherus odoratus, Terrapene carolina carolina, Chrysemys picta marginata, Apalone spinifera spinifera, Thamnophis sauritus sauritus, Storeria dekayi wrightorum, Lampropeltis calligaster, Lampropeltis triangulum. We also provide a list of the 23 currently documented reptile species that occur (or have occurred recently) in Montgomery County.

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Published

2016-07-05

Issue

2016: Journal of North American Herpetology

Section

Articles

License

Copyright is held by the authors.   Articles in JNAH are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

How to Cite

Carlson, B. E., & Parker, W. S. (2016). RESURRECTED RECORDS: “NEW” REPTILE OCCURRENCE RECORDS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA. Journal of North American Herpetology, 1, 19-22. https://doi.org/10.17161/jnah.vi1.11917