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Table 5. Alligator counts on 
night observations. 
Kiawah and Capers Islands; 
combined day and 
Aquatic Habitat 
KIAWAH ISLAND 
Minimum Number Known Present 
1974-75 
1979 
Sparrow Pond 
2 adults 
2 juveniles 
Canals in developed areas 
no canals present 
2 
Bufflehead Pond 
15 
6 
Pintail Pond 
21 
0 
Egret Pond 
2 
- 
Blue Heron Pond 
14 juveniles 
1 
Canvasback Pond 
- 
15 
Miscellaneous, unnamed 
~20 
~10 
aquatic habitats 
TOTAL 
~64* 
~36* 
Greene Pond 
CAPERS ISLAND 
1 adult. 
Caper’s Lake 
6 juveniles 
15 adults 
South Lagoon 
0 
Salt Marsh 
1 
TOTAL (minimal estimate) 
23 
♦The reduced number observed in 1979 should not be construed as indicative of 
overall reduction in number of alligators, since 1974-75 counts were based on 
maximum observations accumulated over 2 years 
of the Inn-Hotel complex on Kiawah Island, no difference in abundance 
was apparent between observations in 1975 and 1979. Bara (1976) 
reported sighting 12 alligators on Capers Island during a nighttime count 
in August, 1975. 
Freshwater Turtle Studies 
A unique situation permitted a mark-release-recapture study of the 
Pseudemys scripta population occurring in Greene Pond at the south end 
of Capers Island. Because the freshwater habitat is restricted, the turtles 
