Summary

Description

The purpose of this effort was. to perform a herpetological survey of two portions Conte NWR West Mt. WMA of the former lands of Champion International Inc., in Essex County, Vermont. The goals of the survey were to locate any rare, threatened, or endangered reptiles or amphibians, perform general herpetological surveys at selected sites, and note any communal amphibian breeding sites and vernal pools located during the survey. The author reports on all reptiles and amphibians herptiles located in the study Tables 14 paying particular attention to those with a Vermont State Heritage rank of S3 or lower andor a global rank of G4 or lower. All communal breeding sites and vernal pools are scored based on productivity and diversity, shown on maps Figures 1 through 4 and briefly described. Results of surveys of the nearby and selected sites are shown in Tables 5 through 23. Those species reported in interviews but not located during the survey are shown in Table 24.