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Population estimates for the Toiyabe population of the Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris), 2004–10

Open-File Report 2013-1036
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 8) and the Nevada Natural Heritage Program
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131036

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Abstract

The Toiyabe population of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris, hereafter "Toiyabe frogs") is a geographically isolated population located in central Nevada (fig. 1). The Toiyabe population is part of the Great Basin Distinct Population Segment of Columbia spotted frogs, and is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2011). The cluster of breeding sites in central Nevada represents the southernmost extremity of the Columbia spotted frogs' known range (Funk and others, 2008). Toiyabe frogs are known to occur in seven drainages in Nye County, Nevada: Reese River, Cow Canyon Creek, Ledbetter Canyon Creek, Cloverdale Creek, Stewart Creek, Illinois Creek, and Indian Valley Creek. Most of the Toiyabe frog population resides in the Reese River, Indian Valley Creek, and Cloverdale Creek drainages (fig. 1; Nevada Department of Wildlife, 2003). Approximately 90 percent of the Toiyabe frogs' habitat is on public land. Most of the public land habitat (95 percent) is managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), while the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages the remainder. Additional Toiyabe frog habitat is under Yomba Shoshone Tribal management and in private ownership (Nevada Department of Wildlife, 2003). The BLM, USFS, Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), Nevada Natural Heritage Program (NNHP), Nye County, and U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have monitored the Toiyabe population since 2004 using mark and recapture surveys (Nevada Department of Wildlife, 2004). The USFWS contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to produce population estimates using these data.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Population estimates for the Toiyabe population of the Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris), 2004–10
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2013-1036
DOI 10.3133/ofr20131036
Year Published 2013
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Description iv, 32 p.
Country United States
State Nevada
Other Geospatial Humboldt-toiyabe National Forest
Datum North American Datum of 1983
Projection Iambert Conformal Conic Projection
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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