Amphibian and Reptile Search 



On April 3 and 5, 1981, five different Coeur d'Alene salamanders were 

 observed at two sites in the vicinity of 1980 sightings- -under moss on cliffs 

 near the U.S. Highway 2 retaining wall above the proposed tail tunnel outlet. 

 Two specimens, collected in 1980, were deposited with Montana State 

 University in Bozeman. 



Small Mammal Trapping 



Table 9 presents a summary of the results of 1981 small mammal trapping. 



Table 9. Kootenai Falls small mammal trapping results, 

 August 1981. 



Floodplain 

 Grass land 



Riparian Trees Total 

 and Shrubs 1981 



Total number of captures 



Total number of species 



Total biomass (grams) 



Captures per species: 



Masked Shrew 

 ( Sorex cinereus ) 



Yellow pine Chipmunk 

 ( Eutamias amoenus ) 



Deer Mouse 



( Peromyscus maniculatus ) 



Long-tailed Vole 

 (Microtus longicaudus ) 



Meadow Jumping Mouse 

 ( Zapus princeps ) 



Flying Squirrel 

 ( Glaucomys sabrinus ) 



577 



21 



15 

 4 



ill 



12 



40 



6 



888 



33 



26 



