Road kills of amphibians in different land use areas fromSharavathi river basin, central Western Ghats, India

Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri, Amit S. Yadav, Gururaja K V

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Abstract

A survey of amphibian mortality on roads was carried out in the Sharavathi river basinin the central Western Ghats. Road kills in three different land use areas: agricultural fields,water bodies and forests were recorded for four days along three 100m stretches in each typeof area. One-hundred-and-forty-four individuals belonging to two orders, eight families, 11genera and 13 species were recorded in the survey. Kills/km observed were: in forest 55,agricultural fields 38 and water bodies 27, for an overall average of 40 kills/km. Kill speciescompositions varied significantly between land use areas, but not overall kill rates.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)549-552
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Threatened Taxa
Volume1
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26-11-2009

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