Hastings Natural History Reservation

10 Feb, 05 AM - 10 Feb, 09 AM

We would like to explore the Herps on the Hastings Reserve. There will be a focus on salamanders. Thus, we would like to catch newts and (hopefully) tiger salamanders in the ponds, and we would like to explore the oak and coniferous woodland for Ensatina (eg., poison oak hill, or up near the Arnold cabin). Any reptiles or amphibians we catch will be examined on site and replaced. All rolled logs and rocks will be carefully replaced. The exception to the above is that Dr. Kuchta would like to scan all Ensatina (~15?) with a spectrophotometer, and would like to take a small piece of the tail tip for DNA. This fits into his current NSF-funded research with B. Sinervo. Ensatina will be scanned back at the van, but will be replaced where found (GPS coordinates and orange tape will be used to mark locations).

Visit #2465 @Hastings Natural History Reservation

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Under Project # 1970 | Class

UCSC Herpetology class visit (Instructor: B. Sinervo)

research_scientist - University of California, Santa Cruz

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 3 Faculty Feb 10, 2004 (1 days)
Group of 10 Undergraduate Student Feb 10, 2004 (1 days)
Shawn Kuchta Feb 10, 2004 (1 days)

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Day Use Only 14 Feb 10 (4 hours)