Specific Herpetofauna monitoring: Key, endemic and conservation status species occurences in Rincón La Ceniza and La Escalonada, Añelo, Neuquén, Argentina, 2025,

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Description

This dataset includes biodiversity information collected by the consultant Geólogos Asociados S.A. The survey campaign was conducted as part of the implementation actions of a Biodiversity Action Plan prepared by Total Austral to develop on-site. A Biodiversity Action Plan is a document that the company Total Austral designs for every operational site they have operations in. The document list actions to implement on-site for biodiversity restoration, conservation, and monitoring. The objective of the BAP is to diminish impacts on biodiversity that may come from the company activities. In this case, the survey was an herpetofauna monitoring survey conducted in both La Escalonada and Rincón La Ceniza. Although the survey was conducted for the whole ensemble in both sites, the dataset only informs key, endemic and conservation status especies. This explains why there may be little occurences in some sites.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 19 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Niemetz S, Gómez Arismendi M S (2026). Specific Herpetofauna monitoring: Key, endemic and conservation status species occurences in Rincón La Ceniza and La Escalonada, Añelo, Neuquén, Argentina, 2025,. Version 1.4. TotalEnergies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=rzca-hf-spe-2025&v=1.4

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is TotalEnergies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6fe39f59-9585-4a74-814e-0191ac04742d. TotalEnergies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Observation

Contacts

Sara Niemetz

Originator

Geólogos Asociados S.A

Capital Federal

María Sol Gómez Arismendi

Metadata Provider ●
Originator ●
Point Of Contact

TotalEnergies, Total Austral

Capital Federal

Steve Dickinson

Point Of Contact

Group Biodiversity Specialist

Total Energies

Geographic Coverage

The surveys were conducted in the sorroundings of both Rincón La Ceniza and La Escalonada operational sites from the oil and gas company Total Austral.

Bounding Coordinates	South West [-37.927, -69.335], North East [-37.621, -69.177]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves, Reptilia, Mammalia
Order	Cetartiodactyla, Rheiformes, Rodentia, Charadriiformes, Passeriformes, Squamata, Cathartiformes
Family	Scolopacidae, Rheidae, Caviidae, Camelidae, Liolaemidae, Charadriidae, Cathartidae, Tyrannidae, Chinchillidae, Teiidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date	2025-02-10 / 2025-02-16

Start Date / End Date	2024-12-14 / 2024-12-18

Project Data

The project includes specific herpetofauna monitoring campaigns developing as part of TotalEnergies´ 2025 Biodiversity Action Plan on all their Neuquén operational sites : Aguada Pichana Este, Rincón La Ceniza y La Escalonada. The aim of the campaigns is to collect reliable scientific information on the most sensitive species of the herpetofauna ensamble in the areas, in order to be able to define further conservations actions for these species on the short and long term and check on their populations´ stability through time.

Title	Specific herpetofauna monitoring: key, endemic and conservation status species ocurrences in Añelo, Neuquén, Argentina, 2025
Identifier	1a8dc1d3-8fb4-474b-a16e-b4c9a59c28ac

The personnel involved in the project:

Sara Niemetz

Sampling Methods

Rincón La Ceniza: The survey was made by defining transects for direct observation of individuals. 8 transects were defined arranged along the 4 environmental units: 4 transects for the plateau (ME) 1 transect for the sandstone outcrops 3 transects for the alluvial lowland 1 transect for the Carranza stream The transects were 500 m long and 50 m wide and were traversed by foot. The observations spots were distributed the following way: 4 spots in Unit 1 1 in Unit 3 1 in Unit 4 La Escalonada The survey was made by defining transects for direct observation of individuals. 9 transects were defined arranged along the 4 environmental units: 2 for Unit 1 3 for Unit 2 3 for Unit 3 1 for Unit 4 The observations spots were distributed the following way: 1 in Unit 1 1 in Unit 2

Study Extent	In Rincón La Ceniza the survey covered 4 environmental units from the site sorroundings: plateu, sandstone outcrops, alluvial lowland and Carranza stream. Additionally, 6 observations spots were surveyed, doing observation and species identification for 15 minutes In La Escalonada the survey covered 4 environmental units from the site sorroundings: basalt plateau (Unit 1), alluvial lowland (Unit 2), plateau with eolic deposits (Unit 3), and sandstone outcrops (Unit 4) Additionally, 2 observations spots were added to the survey, doing observation and species identification for 15 minutes.

Study Extent

In Rincón La Ceniza the survey covered 4 environmental units from the site sorroundings: plateu, sandstone outcrops, alluvial lowland and Carranza stream. Additionally, 6 observations spots were surveyed, doing observation and species identification for 15 minutes In La Escalonada the survey covered 4 environmental units from the site sorroundings: basalt plateau (Unit 1), alluvial lowland (Unit 2), plateau with eolic deposits (Unit 3), and sandstone outcrops (Unit 4) Additionally, 2 observations spots were added to the survey, doing observation and species identification for 15 minutes.

Method step description:

The steps followed during the survey were: 1) Habitat description and characterization 2) Brief characterization of floristic associated elements 3) Systematic herpetofauna survey through 500 m length and 50 m width transects and direct observation of specimens. There were 8 transects in total and 5 observation spots along the 4 environmental units already descripted. 4) Mapping of environments that fulfill endemic and conservation category status species´ habitat requirements. 5) Field validation of the mapped environments Validación en campo de los ambientes cartografiados; 6) Georeferencing of notable ecological attributes

Additional Metadata

Introduction
Alternative Identifiers	6fe39f59-9585-4a74-814e-0191ac04742d
	https://ipt.mincyt.gob.ar/resource?r=rzca-hf-spe-2025