Table 1 Species specific habitat preference and mortality density in mortalities ha−1, and number in parentheses. Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 13 and 14 August and 14 October 2015
From: Fire-associated reptile mortality in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa
Habitat preference | Species | Density of mortalities ha−1 (and count) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fire A | Fire B | Fire C | ||
Strictly fossorial | Cape centipede-eater (Aparallactus capensis, A. Smith 1849) | 0 (0) | 0.39 (1) | 2.5 (2) |
De Coster's garter snake (Elapsoidea sundevallii decosteri, Boulenger 1888) | 0.39 (1) | 0 (0) | 1.25 (1) | |
Eastern purple-glossed snake (Amblyodipsas m. microphthalma, Bianconi 1850) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.25 (1) | |
Maputaland legless skink (Acontias auranticus parietalis, Broadley 1990) | 0.39 (1) | 0.77 (2) | 0 (0) | |
Jan's shovel-snout (Prosymna janii, Bianconi 1862) | 0.39 (1) | 0 (0) | 3.75 (3) | |
Zululand dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes arenicolus, Peters 1854) | 0.39 (1) | 0 (0) | 7.5 (6) | |
Fossorial | Eastern sand skink (Trachylepis depressa, Peters 1854) | 0.39 (1) | 1.92 (5) | 25 (20) |
Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink (Panaspis wahlbergi, A. Smith 1849) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.5 (2) | |
Surface-living | Common house snake (Boaedon capensis, Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.25 (1) |
Yellow-throated plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularus, Wiegmann 1828) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.25 (1) | |
Short-snouted grass snake (Psammophis brevirostris, Peters 1881) | 0.39 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Generalist | Rhombic egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra, Linnaeus 1758) | 0 (0) | 0.39 (1) | 0 (0) |
Southern African python (Python natalensis, A. Smith 1840) | 0 (0) | 0.39 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Arboreal | Cape dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus capensis, Smith 1849) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.25 (1) |
Total density of mortalities ha−1 (and count) | 2.31 (6) | 4.23 (11) | 46.25 (37) | |
Area of the burn scar (ha) | 300 | 180 | 300 | |
Area surveyed within the burn scar (ha) | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.8 | |