Eket
Basic information
Sample name: Eket

Reference: L. Luiselli and G. C. Akani. 1999. Habitats of snakes in the rainforests of Eket (Akwa-Ibom State, south-eastern Nigeria). Herpetozoa 11(3/4):99-107 [ER 179]
Geography
Country: Nigeria

State: Akwa-Ibom


Coordinate: 4° 49' N, 7° 58' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 29.0

CMT: 24.5

MAP: 5997.0

Habitat comments: cold month min/max 22/27; warm month min/max 24/34; MAP "more than 3000 mm" in the region, but habitat includes "dry forest"; MAP is based on Udo-Inyang and Edem (2012, Journal of Environment and Earth Science) and applies to Eket
habitats included farmlands and suburbia, dryland rainforest, and swamp (moist lowland) forest

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sampling methods: no design,drift fences,pitfall traps,hand capture,visual

Sample size: 129 individuals

Sampling comments: eclectic methods including visual sightings and drift fences plus pitfall traps

Metadata
Sample number: 392

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-14 13:48:57

Modified: 2014-04-27 03:42:22

Abundance distribution
24 species
3 singletons
total count 129
geometric series index: 37.0
Fisher's α: 8.685
geometric series k: 0.8841
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9340
Shannon's H: 2.9090
Good's u: 0.9773
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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