WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSIRCF REPTILES • VOL15, &NO AMPHIBIANS 4 • DEC 2008 189 • 27(1):87–88 • APR 2020
IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY
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FEATURE ARTICLES An Observation. Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin:of Nocturnal Activity in a On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Central-Italian. The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus Asp grenadensis) and( HumansVipera on Grenada: aspis francisciredi) A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 1 2 RESEARCH ARTICLES Riccardo G. Mattea and Steven J. R. Allain . The Texas Horned Lizard1Via Guglielmoin Central and Oberdan Western Texas21, Terni, ...... 05100, Emily Italy Henry, ([email protected]) Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis211 Trafalgarequestris) in Way, Florida Braintree, Essex, CM7 9UX, UK ([email protected]) ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212
CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 oads can have major. More effects Than Mammals on wildlife ...... that include mor- Asps have been found...... to be active until 223 1840 h (Meek 2013), Rtality, changes in. The behaviour, “Dow Jones Index” habitat of Biodiversity degradation ...... and leading us to believe that this...... is the 225latest record of activity fragmentation, variousHUSBANDRY forms of pollution, and the formation reported for this species. Although the carcass could have been of anthropological barriers. Captive (DinettiCare of the Central 2000; Netted Shine Dragon et ...... al. 2004). there for hours, RGM noticedShannon Plummer that 226some muscles were still Reptiles and amphibians are particularly susceptible to road twitching, suggesting that the animal was a very recent kill. PROFILE mortality; for example,. Kraig a Adler:study A Lifetime conducted Promoting Herpetologyin southwestern ...... The area in question Michael is dominatedL. Treglia 234 by agricultural land Poland reported 190 dead Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) in just and deciduous mixed woodlands with many bodies of water 10 months of dataCOMMENTARY collection on a 1,800-m stretch of road creating a habitat mosaic. The climate is temperate, with hot, . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 (Ciesiołkiewicz et al. 2006). humid summers and cold winters. In recent years, warmer The Central ItalianBOOK AspREVIEW (Vipera aspis francisciredi) is a temperatures have been recorded in the peninsula even during sturdy, medium-sized. Threatenedviper that Amphibians can reach of the World lengths edited by of S.N. about Stuart, M. Hoffmann,autumn; J.S. onChanson, the N.A.day Cox, of our observation the maximum tem- R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243 60 cm (Speybroeck et al. 2016). These snakes, which are the perature was 24 °C and the minimum 10 °C with no precipi- most commonly encountered CONSERVATION and widely RESEARCH distributed REPORTS: venom Summaries- of Publishedtation Conservation (3Bmeteo Research 2019). Reports ...... Snakes move 245 in order to find food, ous species on the Italian NATURAL Peninsula HISTORY (Fiacchini RESEARCH 2009),REPORTS exploit: Summaries of Publishedpotential Reports mates, on Natural to History thermoregulate, ...... 247 or to reach an area of NEWBRIEFS ...... 248 a wide range of habitats EDITORIAL that include INFORMATION rocky ...... hillsides, moun- suitable habitat, a refuge, or...... a hibernaculum 251 (Madsen 1984; tains (to elevations ofFOCUS about ON 3,000 CONSERVATION m), scrubland,: A Project and You otherCan Support ...... Meek 2013, 2015, 2016; Rugiero et 252al. 2018). The relatively xeric situations (Speybroeck et al. 2016). The Central Italian high temperature could explain why the snake was still active Asp is diurnal throughout most of the year, hunting prey such during the evening. However, movements typically take place as birds, small mammals, and lizards (Speybroeck et al. 2016). during the day when a snake can more readily thermoregu- Throughout their range, road-killedFront aspCover. vipers Shannon are Plummer. encoun- late. BackChanges Cover. Michael in climate Kern might be affecting the activity and Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo tered regularly (Meek 2009). At 2130estibus h on inveliquo 12 October velique rerchil 2018, behaviorestibus inveliquo of these velique snakesrerchil across Europe (Luiselli et al. 2018) RGM found a female V. a. francisciredierspienimus, dead quoson theaccullabo. road Ilibus (Fig. erspienimus,and more quos research accullabo. Ilibus is desperately needed to understand the aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum 1) in Colli sul Velino, Lazio (ca. 250fugiatis m maionsequatasl). Central-Italian eumque effectsfugiatis of maionsequat climatic eumque change on V. aspis. moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo.
Fig. 1. A Central-Italian Asp (Vipera aspis francisciredi) found dead on the road in Colli sul Velino, Umbria, Italy. Photograph by Riccardo G. Mattea.
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Literature Cited Meek, R. 2009. Patterns of reptile road-kills in the Vendée region of western France. Herpetological Journal 19: 135–142. 3Bmeteo. 2019. Storico Colli Sul Velino.
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