摘要：

Amphibians and reptiles were sampled at eight sites in five different habitats in the sandhills of South Carolina. Four sites were sampled on the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge and four on the adjacent Sand Hills State Forest. Species richness, species diversity, community evenness, and capture rate were measured at each site. Habitats sampled included longleaf pine/turkey oak sandhills, riparian forest, two permanent ponds, one temporary pond and a pocosin wetland. Species diversity was greatest for riparian forest, temporary pond, and pocosin wetland sites. Capture rates were greater at three refuge sites. Capture rates were also greater on the refuge for data from all four sites combined. Thirteen species of snakes were documented on the refuge by nocturnal road collecting. 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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