KHS Herp Counts
Upcoming Herp Counts:
About KHS Herp Counts:
Since 1989 the Kansas Herpetology Society has sponsored, facilitated, and published the results of their Herpetofaunal Counts. The initial herp counts were held in Morris, Sumner, Kiowa, and Allen counties (Collins, J. T. 1989. First Kansas Herp Counts Held in 1989. KHS Newsletter No. 77).
The KHS Herp Counts were initially designed, compiled, and authored by Joseph T. Collins to take place every March, April, and May. In 1993 KHS Editor Eric Rundquist joined as a compiler and co-author and ultimately assumed sole authorship in 1994. In 2002, Editor Travis W. Taggart expanded the counts so that they may be conducted at any time of the year and began publishing them individually under the submitting author.
Several Herp Counts have been conducted continuously for 20+ years, yielding a wealth of data. Herp Counts were initially confined to April and May, but can now be conducted at any time of the year.
If you would like to have your herp count event advertised above, please send all pertinent information (date/time and location of the count, etc.) to the KHS Editor (daren.riedle@ksoutdoors.com).
Published KHS Herp Counts:
| Year | County(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Morris, Sumner, Kiowa, Allen | KHSN 77 |
| 1990 | Hodgeman, Sumner, Ellis, Russell, Cowley, Chase, Barber, Kiowa, McPherson | KHSN 81 |
| 1991 | Clay, Sumner, Anderson, Jefferson, Geary, Cowley, Johnson, Ellis, Kiowa, Sheridan, Butler | KHSN 85 |
| 1992 | Ellis, Russell, Cowley, Sumner, Douglas, Pottawatomie, Johnson, Leavenworth, Kiowa | KHSN 89 |
| 1993 | Ellis, Russell, Cowley, Sumner, Douglas, Pottawatomie, Johnson, Leavenworth, Kiowa | KHSN 94 |
| 1994 | Bourbon, Crawford, Linn, Linn, Sumner, Douglas, Johnson, Butler, Chase, Lyon, Shawnee, Cherokee, Woodson, Ellis, Russell, Montgomery, Rush, Osage, Kiowa, Clark, Cowley, Pratt, Barton | KHSN 97 |
| 1994 | Cowley, Sedgwick (counts left out of prior issue) | KHSN 98 |
| 1995 | Douglas, Bourbon, Anderson, Sumner, Shawnee, Douglas, Osage, Wabaunsee, Jefferson, Linn, Cowley | KHSN 101 |
| 1996 | Johnson, Miami, Crawford, Neosho, Barber, Miami, Stevens, Osage, Lyon, Coffey, Sumner, Chautauqua, Barton, Cowley, Shawnee, Bourbon, Linn, Cherokee, Graham, Douglas, Montgomery, Butler, Grant, Morton, Wabaunsee, Stafford, Haskell, Ford, Anderson, Morris, Cheyenne, Elk, Osage, Sedgwick, Neosho | KHSN 104 |
| 1997 | Miami, Shawnee, Linn, Cowley, Chase, Douglas, Trego, Pratt, Barber, Graham | KHSN 108 |
| 1998 | Cherokee, Barber, Cowley, Sumner, Douglas, Barton, Linn, McPherson, Shawnee, Osage, Doniphan, Atchison, Wabaunsee, Wyandotte, Ellis, Butler, Sedgwick, Franklin, Brown, Pawnee, | KHSN 112 |
| 1999 | Cherokee (published individually) | KHSN 117 |
| 1999-2000 | Barber, Cowley, Sumner, Osage Ellsworth, Meade, Harper, Butler/Greenwood | KHSN 122 |
| 2001 | Cowley, Barber, Linn, Logan, Hamilton | KHSN 125 |
| 2002 | Osage, Shawnee, SUmner | JKH 3 |
| 2003 | Coffey, Cowley, Douglas, Logan, Osage, Riley, Shawnee, Sumner, Shawnee | JKH 7 |
| 2004 | Cherokee, Cowley, Ellsworth, Linn, Osage, Sumner, Shawnee, Wilson | JKH 11 |
| 2005 | Chase, Cherokee, Douglas, Cowley, Franklin, Johnson, Lyon, Linn, Sumner | JKH 15 |
| 2006 | Barber, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth, Riley, Shawnee, Trego, Sumner, Kiowa | JKH 19 |
| 2007 | Cowley, Ellis, Jefferson, Linn, Reno, Russell, Shawnee, Sumner, Wabaunsee, Wyandotte | JKH 23 |
| 2008 | Cowley, Marshall, Riley, Shawnee, Sumner, Wabaunsee | JKH 27 |
| 2009 | Atchison, Jefferson, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Riley, SUmner | JKH 31 |
| 2010 | Anderson, Barton, Cowley, Leavenworth, Riley, Osage, Russell, Shawnee, Sumner, Woodson | JKH 35 |
| 2011 | Leavenworth, Riley | JKH 39 |
| 2013 | Chautauqua, Harvey, Sedgwick, Comanche | Collinsorum 2(3) |
| 2015 | Riley | Collinsorum 4(1) |
| 2017 | Barton, Clark, Ellis | Collinsorum 6(2-3) |
| 2018 | Riley | Collinsorum 7(1) |