AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION ISSUES IN SOUTH CAROLINA: EXOTICS PLANNING HIGH PRIORITY SPECIES/HABITATS
CUBAN TREEFROG BRAHMINY BLIND SNAKE TEXAS HORNED LIZARD CUBAN BROWN ANOLE SAVANNAH MONITOR GREEN IGUANA BOA CONSTRICTOR BURMESE PYTHON MEDITERRANEAN GECKO NILE MONITOR
CONSERVATION ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STRATEGY 50 SPECIES S. C. AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED
FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES FLATWOODS SALAMANDER LOGGERHEAD TURTLE GREEN TURTLE KEMPS RIDLEY HAWKSBILL LEATHERBACK TURTLE BOG TURTLE ALLIGATOR FT FT FT FE FE FE FT/SA SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICALLY DOES NOT HAVE A STATE THREATENED DESIGNATION … THE DESIGNATIONS UNDER OUR STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ARE: STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES IN NEED OF MANANGEMENT STATE LISTED SPECIES CAROLINA GOPHER FROG WEBSTER’S SALAMANDER DWARF SIREN PINE BARRENS TREEFROG SE SE ST ST GOPHER TORTOISE SOUTHERN COAL SKINK SPOTTED TURTLE SE ST ST WE USE STATE THREATENED OFTEN BECAUSE IT’S IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL DESIGNATIONS
WHY THESE SPECIES? BELIEVED TO BE DECLINING PERIPHERAL TAXONOMIC ISSUES RARE DATA DEFICIENT HARVEST/TAKE HABITAT RESTRICTED
CONSERVATION ACTIONS INVENTORY AND RESEARCH: Basic Survey, Life History, Ecology, Limiting Factors MONITORING MANAGEMENT: Habitat Management, Species Management, Regulatory EDUCATION HABITAT PROTECTION
AMPHIBIAN DECLINES: HABITAT LOSS CLIMATE CHANGE INVASIVE SPECIES DISEASE/PATHOGENS AMPHIBIANS = BAIT
Kilograms 2003 EBAY Amphibian Biomass 3. 1 Tons
HOUSE BILL H. 3121 FRESHWATER TURTLE HARVEST
FLATWOODS SALAMANDER DIRK STEVENSON FEDERALLY THREATENED STATE ENDANGERED
CAROLINA GOPHER FROG STATE ENDANGERED
GOPHER TORTOISE STATE ENDANGERED USFWS RECENTLY PETITIONED TO LIST AS FEDERALLY ENDANGERED FIRE SUPPRESSED PERIODIC GROWING SEASON FIRE
State Endangered in SC Declining Range-wide Habitat Loss* Take Identified through planning as a Species in Need of Conservation LONG LIFE DELAYED REPRODUCTION HIGH EGG/JUVENILE MORTALITY We know a fair amount about the Distribution of the gopher tortoise In SC, and we’ve protected Significant tortoise habitat and populations. We don’t know much about the life History/demography of the tortoise In SC.
PINE BARRENS TREEFROG STATE THREATENED WEBSTER’S SALAMANDER STATE ENDANGERED
MALE PATCHNOSE SALAMANDER NEW TO SCIENCE! FEMALE THIS SPECIES WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN GEORGIA, RIGHT ACROSS THE STATE LINE FROM BRASSTOWN CREEK HERITAGE PRESERVE. TO DATE IT IS ONLY KNOWN FROM A FEW SITES IN GEORGIA AND BRASSTOWN CREEK HP IN SC.
EASTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE WADE KALINOWSKY REPORTED TO BE DECLINING RANGEWIDE TARGETED TAKE –HIDES, VENOM INCIDENTAL TAKE HABITAT LOSS COMPLEX LIFE HISTORY LONGLEAF PINE SPECIES
IF WE CAN CONSERVE RATTLESNAKES, SHARKS, BEARS AND OTHER SPECIES THAT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO THREATEN HUMAN LIFE … WE CAN CONSERVE ANYTHING!
GO FORTH … FIND THEM, CATCH THEM, PHOTOGRAPH THEM, RECORD THEM IF YOU CAN … AND MOST LET SOMEONE … ME, MARK, WHIT, KRISTA ETC. KNOW! I HAVE A WEB-BASED HERP DATABASE IN DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE USED TO STORE RECORDS BY SITE WITH PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION …
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