AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
 OF THE KATHARINE ORDWAY PRESERVE-SWISHER
 MEMORIAL SANCTUARY, PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA


 Richard Franz'



 The five accompanying papers present information from several recent
studies on amphibians and reptiles conducted on the Katharine Ordway Preserve-
Swisher Memorial Sanctuary (=Preserve), located about 5 km SE of Melrose,
Putnam County, Florida. Three of these papers represent theses that were
originally submitted to the University of Florida's Department of Wildlife and
Range Sciences (LaClaire 1992; Smith 1992; Timmerman 1989). The results of
initial efforts at the Preserve are contained in 31 reports and published papers,
which provide baseline herpetological information for future studies (Table 1).
 The herpetological list, developed over a 10-year period (1983-1993),
includes 27 amphibians and 46 reptiles (Appendix 1). Its formulation represents
the efforts of many colleagues, including Ray E. Ashton, Jr., Michael Blouin,
Russell Burke, Bert Charest, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., Douglas Eifler, Kevin Enge,
Linda V. LaClaire, Paul E. Moler, Scott Pitts, Jan Ryser, Lora L. Smith, Karl
Studenroth, James Stuart, John Thorbjarnarson, Kent Vliet, and Walter W.
Timmerman. Amphibians and reptiles, scavenged from roads or accidentally
killed in pitfall or funnel traps, were preserved as vouchers and placed in the
herpetological collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History and the
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The common and
scientific names used in this text follow Conant and Collins (1991).
 The list was developed from direct observations and from animals found
during specific studies or caught in pitfall, wire funnel, and Iverson turtle traps.
Traps, set in terrestrial habitats, usually were in association with constructed drift
fences or set along natural barriers such as fallen trees. Traps produced more than
20,000 captures of 57 species caught over 150,000 trap days (one trap=one trap set



SThe author is an Associate in Ecology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P.O. Box I17800, Gainesville FL
32611-7800, U.SA.

FRANZ, R. 1995. An introduction to the amphibians and reptiles of the Katharine Ordway Preserve-
Swisher Memorial Sanctuary, Putnam County, Florida. Bull. Florida Mus. Nat. Hist 38, Pt. 1:1-10.