Date of Award
2002
Degree Name
Biological Sciences
College
College of Science
Type of Degree
M.S.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Thomas K. Pauley
Second Advisor
Suzanne Strait
Third Advisor
Charles Somerville
Abstract
Blanchard’s Cricket Frogs, Acris crepitans blanchardi, historically occurred in Clay, Mason, Putnam, and Wayne counties of West Virginia. It has been since 1948 that a specimen was collected from these counties or any other in this state. The first objective of this study was to gather natural history information on A. c. blanchardi based on a population in Lawrence County, Ohio. The second objective of this study was to determine if A. c. blanchardi has been extirpated from West Virginia. The third objective was to determine differences between historical, potential, and current population sites based on vegetation sampling, predators, water chemistry, and environmental parameters including ultraviolet light penetration, relative humidity and air, soil, and water temperatures
Subject(s)
Acris crepitans blanchardi - West Virginia.
Frogs - West Virginia.
Hylidae.
Recommended Citation
Dickson, Nancy J., "The Natural History and Possible Extirpation of Blanchard's Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi, in West Virginia" (2002). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 565.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/565
