TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT iii 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS AND MATERIALS 3 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 



Species Present on the Bitterroot National Forest 6 



Long-toed Salamander 6 



Coeur d'Alene Salamander 8 



Tailed Frog 10 



Western Toad 12 



Pacific Chorus Frog 14 



Bullfrog 16 



Northern Leopard Frog 18 



Spotted Frog 20 



Painted Turtle 22 



Northern Alligator Lizard 24 



Western Skink 26 



Rubber Boa 28 



Racer 30 



Gopher Snake 32 



Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 34 



Common Garter Snake 36 



Western Rattlesnake 38 



Species Potentially Present on the Bitterroot National Forest 39 



Idaho Giant Salamander 39 



Ranger District Information 40 



Stevensville District 40 



Darby District 40 



West Fork District 40 



Sula District 41 



RECOMMENDATIONS 42 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 44 



APPENDIX 1. Sites surveyed during 1995 amphibian and reptile survey 52 



IV 



