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Road Kill Project One of my research interest in is Road Ecology, mainly how roads affect wildlife mortality. One must look at roadkill in two different categories: "(1) traffic, road, and landscape influences, and (2) species behavior and ecology" (Forman & Sperling 2003). All gps coordinates are entered into a GIS program and hot spots for road mortality are found. Hopefully, if these roadkill hot spots are significant enough, animal crossing tunnels could be proposed, such as the one in Vermont for amphibians and 3.4 million dollar "eco-passage" that was built by Lake Jackson, Florida. |
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Grey Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus N27° 21.493' W098° 40.232' Elevation: 575 ft - Hwy 16 |
Checkered Garter Snake Thamnophis m. marcianus N28° 07.971' W098° 33.717' Elevation: 451 ft Road 624 - McMullen County, TX Date: May 26, 2006 |
Texas Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus erebennus N28° 14.309' W098° 29.133' FM Road 1962 - McMullen County, TX Date: October 15, 2004 |
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Bobcat Lynx rufus N28° 16.310' W098° 33.272' Elevation: 159 ft Hwy 16 - McMullen County, TX Date: October 15, 2005 |
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus McMullen County, TX |
Mexican Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum annulata Choke Canyon State Park Date: October 16, 2004 McMullen County, TX |
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Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii N29° 22.012' W095° 38.483' Elevation: 40 ft Road 762 - Fort Bend County, TX Date: August 5, 2006 |
Western Mud Snake Farancia abacura N29° 22.474' W095° 32.342' Elevation:50 ft Rd 42 - Brazoria County,TX Date: May 23,2006 |
Texas Coral Snake Micrurus tener N29° 21.147' W095° 34.037' Elevation: 44ft Rd 42 - Brazoria County, TX Date: July 18, 2006 |
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Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma N29° 22.689' W095° 38.504' Elevation: 91 ft Rd 762 Fort Bend County, TX Date: July 18, 2006 |
Texas Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus erebennus N28° 15.922' W099° 02.866' La Salle County, TX Date: October 17, 2004 |
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Tyler County Date: September 17, 2004 According to Janie Munoz's field notebook the locality data: "From Martin Dies Jr. SP we took US 190 W and went 3.4 miles South on FM 92 then traveled 12.3 miles and turned West on FM 1013 we then traveled another 3.2 miles and went North on FM 2992. Then we went 8.7 miles and turned west on FM 1716 until 7.1 miles later, we find a dead Timber Rattlesnake in the middle of the road." This species is listed as "threatened" by the state of Texas. |
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Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata McMullen County, TX - Date: November 21, 2004 |
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Rd 163 - Val Verde County, TX Date: August 14, 2004 |
Western Coachwhip Masticophis f. testaceus Rd 1024 - Val Verde County, TX Date: August 13, 2004 |
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Emory's Rat Snake Pantherophis emoryi N30° 13.162' W100° 30.694' Hwy 55 Edward County, TX Date: May 6, 2005 |
Sonoran Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer affinis N29° 58.141' W103° 34.498' Hwy 118 Brewster County, TX Date: May 8, 2005 |
Mountain Patchnose Snake Salvadora g. grahamiae N30° 10.3851' W103° 35.066' Hwy 118 Brewster County, TX Date: May 8, 2005 |
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Texas Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus N29° 59.786' W103° 34.292' Hwy 118 Brewster County, TX Date: May 8, 2005 |
Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis f. flagellum Chambers County, TX - Date: April 29, 2004 |
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Chambers County, TX - Date: April 29, 2004 |
