摘要：

Amphibians and reptiles were sampled in eight different sites and four different habitats in the sandhills of South Carolina to examine the effect of different forestry management practices on herpetofaunal diversity. The treatments at the four sites on the Sand Hills State Forest were fragmentation, clear cutting, selective cutting, and stump removal. The four sites on the adjacent Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge represent control sites. Paired comparisons between comparable habitats were made between the state forest and the refuge. Species richness, species diversity, community evenness, and capture rate were measured at each site. Species richness was comparable in two of four habitats sampled. Species diversity was significantly greater for two sites on the state forest and one site on the refuge. Capture rates were significantly greater for three refuge sites. Capture rates were also significantly greater on the refuge for data from all four sites combined. A comparison of pre-treatment and post-treatment data at a clearcut site showed that species richness, species diversity and community evenness were lower after the clearcut. Species richness and number of captures of salamanders were lower on the state forest.

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