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Habitat loss and degradation is one of the greatest threats to amphibian and reptile populations and occurs from a variety of sources, including urban/suburban development, aquatic habitat alteration from water withdrawals and stream diversions, water pollution, and off-road vehicle use in terrestrial habitats. Declines in both population levels and species diversity have been attributed to habitat loss and degradation. Development can negatively affect habitat by destroying sites or degrading their quality, and by creating barriers or hazardous zones (e.g., a road) between important habitat features. Loss and degradation of habitat can disrupt population connectivity, diminishing the rate of dispersal and recolonization, such that local populations are unable to persist through natural catastrophes or population fluctuations.
Many studies have reported high rates of amphibian and reptile mortality on roads. Amphibian populations are most susceptible to high rates of road-kill when migrating en masse between habitat patches. Reduced anuran (order in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads) density and population abundance, lower probabilities of occurrence, and adverse population genetic effects have been attributed to roads. Reptiles, such as snakes, sometimes prefer sunning on warm, smooth surfaces such as roads. A year-long study in a Texas wildlife management area found road traffic affected reptiles extensively in the fall and spring and amphibians in the spring and summer. In the spring, 83% of amphibians observed were found dead on the road (Coleman et al. 2008). Road mortality in Arizona is also high during the summer rain (monsoon) period, when amphibians are drawn to breeding sites and some snake breeding movements are also high.
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