Las Vegas Wash: What is being done?: Research: Reptile Survey

Reptile Survey

Reptile Survey Summary

05/09/2001 thru 10/03/2003

2003 Data
Species	Number of Captures*
	Arrays										Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Desert Common Night Lizard	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Desert Iguana	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Desert Spiny Lizard	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	4	14
Great Basin Collared Lizard	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Long-Nosed Leopard Lizard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Red Coachwip	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Side-Blotched Lizard	2	4	7	4	5	4	12	4	6	0	48
Western Banded Gecko	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	7	5	0	19
Western Blind Snake	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Western Whiptail Lizard	8	31	14	18	4	20	5	13	16	13	142
Zebra-Tailed Lizard	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals for 2003	11	39	23	23	11	29	20	29	30	18	233
11 Distinct reptile species captured in 2003

2002 Data
Species	Number of Captures*
	Arrays										Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Desert Horned Lizard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Desert Iguana	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Desert Spiny Lizard	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Red Coachwip	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Side-Blotched Lizard	1	1	3	3	4	6	0	0	0	0	18
Western Banded Gecko	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6
Western Whiptail Lizard	12	13	3	12	4	14	0	0	0	0	58
Zebra-Tailed Lizard	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals for 2002	16	18	12	16	8	26	0	0	0	0	96
8 Distinct reptile species captured in 2002

2001 Data
Species	Number of Captures*
	Arrays										Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Common Kingsnake	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Desert Common Night Lizard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Desert Horned Lizard	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Desert Iguana	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Desert Spiny Lizard	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Great Basin Gopher Snake	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Long-Nosed Leopard Lizard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Side-Blotched Lizard	3	6	8	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	25
Western Banded Gecko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Western Blind Snake	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Western Whiptail Lizard	13	14	25	17	6	21	0	0	0	0	96
Zebra-Tailed Lizard	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals for 2001	22	25	36	25	9	25	0	0	0	0	142
12 Distinct reptile species captured in 2001

Grand Totals
Grand Total Captures	49	82	71	64	28	80	20	29	30	18	471
14 Distinct reptile species captured A total of 15 species were identified during the study. Sidewinder tracks were observed at Array 5 in 2001, but as the species was not actually captured, it does not appear in capture totals. * Includes recaptures