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Figure 1. Map showing the locations of the sampling sites on the Katharine Ordway Preserve-Swisher
Memorial Sanctuary. 02 = Breezeway Pond; 12 = Fennell Homestead; 19 = Polecat Flats; 20 = Dry Pond;
21 = Hammock south of Enslow Lake; 22 = McCloud Homestead; 23 = Sandhill northeast of Single Shot
Pond; 31 = Harry Prairie; 32 = Timmons' Creek; 33 = Mill Creek ford. The dots represent xeric sites; the
squares are mesic sites.



presence of hemipenes in males), and whether injuries or unusual scale patterns
were present. Each snake was given a unique identification number by clipping or
branding ventral and subcaudal scales (Lang 1992). Scale clips, injuries, and
unusual scale patterns were drawn on a standardized data form for cross-reference.
Snakes were released the following day in the vicinity of where they were trapped.
 In 1990, the same areas were sampled using the same general techniques
except that all sites were not sampled simultaneously. In addition, 30 traps were set
in closed xeric hammock habitat in the vicinity of Breezeway Pond (Ordway
Preserve location site 02, Fig. 1). This protocol resulted in a total sampling period
of 4,490 trap nights. Traps were placed in the exact same position as in 1989. The
dates that the sites were sampled were as follows: Site 02, 5 April-1 June; Site 12,