• Address:
  705 Spear Street
  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding the state status, state rank, and conservation of Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians.

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• Label: #_Field_workers

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Air_Temp

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Common_name

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Date_Entered

• Storage Type: date

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: MM/DD/YYYY

• Label: Ending_time

• Storage Type: time

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: hh:mm

• Label: Info_

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Large_Block

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Latin_name

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Latitude_in_dec__degrees

• Storage Type: decimal

• Label: Longitude_in_dec__degrees

• Storage Type: decimal

• Label: Number_egg_masses

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Number_total

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Num_Field_workers

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Observation_ID

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Other_species

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Other_species__

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Other_species___

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Physical_info

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Site_notes

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Site_notes__

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Site_notes___

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Specific_loc

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Starting_time

• Storage Type: time

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: hh:mm

• Label: SV_value

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Total_time

• Storage Type: int

• Label: Total_value

• Storage Type: int

• Label: County

• Description: county in which animal was identified or collected

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Town

• Description: The town in which sampling occurred

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Block information

• Description: The name of the larger block within which sampling was done

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit: Block

• Label: Date of collection

• Description: The date of the collection

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: YYYY-MM-DD

• Label: Site information

• Description: The site within the block that was being sampled

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Scientific name

• Description: The scientific (Latin) name of the individual captured

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Species List: Amphibian Survey and Monitoring Drift Fence Species Codes
• • Code: Ambystoma maculatum
  • • Definition: ITIS #173590, (Ambystoma maculatum)
  • Code: Pseudacris crucifer
  • • Definition: ITIS #207303, (Pseudacris crucifer)
  • Code: Lithobates sylvaticus
  • • Definition: ITIS #775117, Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
  • Code: Lithobates palustris
  • • Definition: ITIS #775107, Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)
  • Code: Eurycea bislineata
  • • Definition: ITIS #173685, (Eurycea bislineata)
  • Code: Anaxyrus americanus
  • • Definition: ITIS #773511, American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
  • Code: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
  • • Definition: ITIS #173715, Spring Salamander; salamandre pourpre (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)
  • Code: Desmognathus fuscus
  • • Definition: ITIS #173633, Northern Dusky Salamander; Dusky Salamander; salamandre sombre du nord (Desmognathus fuscus)
  • Code: Thamnophis sirtalis
  • • Definition: ITIS #174136, (Thamnophis sirtalis)
  • Code: Notophthalmus viridescens
  • • Definition: ITIS #173615, Eastern Newt; triton vert (Notophthalmus viridescens)
  • Code: Pletodon cinereus
  • • Definition: ITIS #173649, (Plethodon cinereus)
  • Code: Lithobates clamitans
  • • Definition: ITIS #775087, Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
  • Code: Hyla versicolor
  • • Definition: ITIS #173503, Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

• Label: Common name

• Description: The common name for the individual

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Total number captured

• Description: The total number of individuals captured

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: dimensionless
• Precision: 1
• Unit: whole numbers
• Number Type: integer
• Bounds:
• Minimum: 0
• Maximum: 10000

• Label: Snout to vent length

• Description: standard length measurement for amphibians (tip of snout to end of vent)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Total length

• Description: The total length of the specimen

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Physical information

• Description: Physical information about the species

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Specific location

• Description: The specific location of the data collection

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Visit status

• Description: The outcome of the search in terms of species detection

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: General information

• Description: General information about the specific visit

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Weather on search date

• Description: Description of the weather on search date

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Air temperature

• Description: Air temperature at time of data collection

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.01
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: real

• Label: Method of capture

• Description: How the specimen was captured

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Starting time

• Description: The time when the search begain

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: hh:mm
• Unit: hours and minutes

• Label: Ending time

• Description: The time when the search was ended

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: hh:mm
• Unit: Hours and minutes

• Label: Total time

• Description: Total time spent searching on this date

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: minute
• Precision: 1
• Unit: minute
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Names of field workers

• Description: The names of field workers

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Number of field workers

• Description: The number of workers collecting data for this survey (indicator of search intensity)

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: dimensionless
• Precision: 1
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Site notes

• Description: Notes about the site at the time of collection

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Other species observed

• Description: Other species observed during the visit

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Species class

• Description: Common name of the species class, reptile or amphibian

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Species order

• Description: The scientific name of the order of the specimen

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Date entered

• Description: Date the data was originally entered

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: YYYY-MM-DD

• Label: Observation ID

• Description: A unique record identifying the particular observation

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Fence locations
  • Started: 1991-04-01
    
  • Method Description: On Mansfield, drift fences located in the Browns River drainage. Two fences at 1200' (Proctor Maple Research Center) (1) in mixed northern hardwoods, (2) in hemlock stand; 2200' (off CCC road in Underhill State Park) in mixed northern hardwoods; and at 3200' (off Sunset Ridge Trail) in spruce and fir forest. No data collected in 2009.

• Monitoring sites
  • Started: 2008-04-01
    
  • Method Description: At Lye Brook, monitoring restarted with three drift fences located outside of the north and south ends of wilderness area used for monitoring: 860' fence near Lye Brook Falls Access area, 2400' and 2700' fence off Branch Pond Road

• Preparation and sampling
  • Started: 1991-04-01
    
  • Method Description: Drift fence bucket lids removed the day prior to anticipated heavy rain events, with samples collected after rain. Sampling done approximately 3 times per month, April through October.

• Length measurements
  • Started: 1994-04-01
    
  • Method Description: At each drift fence, length measurements were taken only on the first three individuals from each size class and species. Total length of specimens measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the body or tail. Snout-to-vent length also measured as length from tip of snout to vent or cloacal opening.

• Drift fence locations
  • Started: 1993-04-01
    Ended: 2002-10-31
    
  • Method Description: At Lye Brook, drift fences located outside of the north and south ends of wilderness area used for inventory: 860' fence near Lye Brook Falls Access area, 2400' and 2700' fence off Branch Pond Road.

• Drift fence location distinction
  • Started: 1995-04-01
    Ended: 2002-10-31
    
  • Method Description: At Lye Brook, only the lower elevation drift fence (860') was used for inventory, the two upper elevation (2400' and 2700') were used for monitoring

• Started: 1993-04-01
  Ended: 1995-10-31
• Sampling Description: At Lye Brook, 3 drift fences constructed of straight sections of 30-meter lengths of aluminum flashing. 17-liter plastic buckets were placed at the end, with #10 tin cans with funnel tops in the middle. Screen "snake" traps also used.