Coverboards and visual encounter surveys are used to measure reptile diversity. Reptiles represent an understudied and ecologically important component of wildlife diversity in the Great Basin and reptile home ranges, in sharp contrast with bats, are typically small in area (often less than one hectare) and reptiles, as ectotherms, may be particularly sensitive to changes in thermal regimes on a microsite scale. This means that reptiles are likely to serve as useful indicators of the effects of PJ treatments on small-bodied, dispersal-limited wildlife.