With pitfall traps, you can have a lot of by catch / not just herps. Small mammals will fall into these traps. We ran a series of pitfalls for a biological monitoring project. In addition to herps we caught a variety of mice, voles and shrews. The traps had to be checked daily and in order to ensure the survival of the small mammals they had to be provisioned with appropriate food and bedding. If you decide to go with pitfalls, be ready for the commitment they entail.

-Alice

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