Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Keywords
conservation, habitat structure, movement, radiotelemetry, space use, spatial ecology
Abstract
We radiotracked Red-bellied Mudsnakes (Farancia abacura) from April to October 2018 in a small isolated wetland pond in Central Arkansas, USA. Individual F. abacura were aquatic, fossorial, and moved within small, well-defined home ranges confined to the pond basin of a wetland system. Individual home ranges of radio-tracked F. abacura overlapped extensively. Activity and home range size of F. abacura increased following heavy precipitation in August and September. Use of space by F. abacura in a small isolated wetland pond in central Arkansas was strikingly different from a previous study in an expansive wetland in southeastern Missouri.
Recommended Citation
Plummer, Michael V., Caleb S. O’Neal, Steven M. Cooper, and Ryan Stork. "Red-bellied Mudsnake (Farancia abacura) home ranges increase with precipitation in an isolated wetland." Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15, no. 1 (2020): 160-168.
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© 2020. Michael V. Plummer. Copyright of articles in Herpetological Conservation and Biology remain with the first author. Authors are free to archive their manuscript on personal or institutional websites, as well as in manuscript repositories.
