AMPHIBIAN SUMMARY

    
During 2000, 297 monitoring events (total stops among all routes times the number of dates monitored) occurred as part of the seasonal project during the months of June through September. A total of 19 individuals participated in the monitoring network resulting in the detection of 17 species of frogs (Table 1).
     
Table 1. Frog species detected and rank based on frequency of occurrence
during the 2000 season. Based on 525 “detection events” (a).

Rank

Frog Species

% Occurrence

1

Oak toad, Bufo quericus

17.1

2

Southern toad, Bufo terrestris

10.3

3

Florida cricket frog, Pseduacris nigrita verrucosa

9.0

4

Green treefrog, Hyla cinerea

8.8

5

Squirrel treefrog, Hyla squirella

7.6

6

Greenhouse frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris

6.3

7

Narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis

5.7

 

8

Pinewoods treefrog, Hyla femoralis

4.8

9

Pig frog, Rana grylio

3.8

10

Barking treefrog, Hyla gratiosa

3.4

11

Cuban treefrog, Hyla septentrionalis

3.2

12

Florida chorus frog, Pseduacris nigrita verrucosa

2.9

13

Southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala

2.5

14

Little grass frog, Limnaoedus ocularis

0.6

15

Eastern spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus holbrooki

0.4

16

Bull frog, Rana catesbeiana

0.2

17

Giant toad, Bufo marinus

0.2

18

none detected

13.1

a=Any time a species was detected or not detected at any given stop or date.