Great Basin spadefoot (Spea intermontana) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

Collections Examined

Distribution records for Spea intermontana were compiled from the following sources:

  • Database compiled by Laura Friis (BC Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC), which contains records from Canadian Museum of Nature, Royal British Columbia Museum, Cowan Vertebrate Museum, University of British Columbia, and sight and auditory records submitted to the BC Frog Watch Program or contributed by various researchers, consultants, and private individuals
  • Museum and sight records from appendices in the original (1998) COSEWIC status report for Spea intermontana
  • Database used for the distribution map for S. intermontana in “ Amphibians and Reptiles of British Columbia” (Matsuda et al. 2006), contributed by David Green
  • BC Conservation Data Centre records (mapped records and loose files; received in May 2006)
  • Additional sight records in the MOE database, Penticton, contributed by Orville Dyer
  • Sight records by various researchers and individuals (see Acknowledgements)

The following collections were contacted in May 2006 for specimen records since 1996:

  • Royal BC Museum (Kelly Sendall; 1 new record: RBCM #1956.00)
  • Canadian Museum of Nature (Michèle Steigerwald; no new records)

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