Ohio Conservation Plan, Revised 2019, for the Plains Gartersnake, Thamnophis radix

Author(s)

Norman Reichenbach, Liberty UniversityFollow

Publication Date

12-2019

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Biology

Abstract

This plan outlines strategies and methods used in an ongoing study initiated in 1999 to restore a self- sustaining population of the Plains Gartersnake (Thamnophis radix) in Ohio. Restoring a self-sustaining population would require increases in the current population to where the ratios of T. radix to T. sirtalis are from 1:1 to 1:12.2 in multiple locations in Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (KPWA). This range of ratios would be similar to what was seen between 1978-80 by Reichenbach and Dalrymple (1986) at one site in KPWA and then more recently (2002 to 2009) by Wynn and Reichenbach (2018) at two sites.

Recommended Citation

Reichenbach, Norman, "Ohio Conservation Plan, Revised 2019, for the Plains Gartersnake, Thamnophis radix" (2019). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 173.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/bio_chem_fac_pubs/173