Ampombofofo
Basic information
Sample name: Ampombofofo

Reference: S. Megson, P. Mitchell, J. Köhler, C. Marsh, M. Franzen, F. Glaw, and N. D'Cruze. 2009. A comprehensive survey of amphibians and reptiles in the extreme north of Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 2:31-44 [ER 201]
Geography
Country: Madagascar

State: Antsiranana


Coordinate: 12° 5' 53" S, 49° 19' 49" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "20 km north of the town of Antsiranana (Diego Suarez)"
coordinate stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 26.6

CMT: 23.0

MAP: 1379.0

Habitat comments: "large patches of primary western dry forest fringed by primary coastal forest"
"a reliable wet season... followed by a pronounced dry season" of "up to seven months"
MAP figure of 980 mm given in text applies to Antsiranana; climate data are based instead on station 67009 (Antsiranana)

Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,frogs

Sampling methods: drift fences,pitfall traps

Sample size: 242 individuals

Years: 2006, 2007

Sampling comments: pitfall traps plus drift fences only

Metadata
Sample number: 424

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-16 08:54:42

Modified: 2014-04-27 00:49:49

Abundance distribution
21 species
8 singletons
total count 242
geometric series index: 46.8
Fisher's α: 5.522
geometric series k: 0.7846
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6573
Shannon's H: 1.6209
Good's u: 0.9671
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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