Habitat Selection by a Threatened Desert Amphibian

We captured Chiricahua leopard frogs and fitted them with radio transmitters during summer 2014 on the Ladder Ranch, New Mexico, USA. We relocated frogs with radio telemetry and quantified habitat variables at the frog's location, within a 1m-diameter circle centered on the frog. We used a random number generator to determine a random compass bearing (1-360), and walked 5m on that bearing and performed a second habitat quantification at that random location.