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WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 23(2):104–107 • AUG 2016 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES . ChasingNesting Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer Behavior sayi) in Wisconsin: of Introduced On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: BrownA Hypothetical Excursion Basilisks ............................................................................................................................ (Basiliscus vittatusRobert W. Henderson 198 ) RESEARCH ARTICLESin Southern Florida . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1,2 3 .............................................Brian J.James Camposano, T. StroudKenneth L. Krysko, and Kevin Sean M. Enge,T. Giery Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1Department of Biological Science, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, Florida 33199 ([email protected]) CONSERVATION ALERT 2Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Coral Gables, Florida 33156 . 3DepartmentWorld’s of Mammals Biological in Crisis Science, ............................................................................................................................................................. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7617 ([email protected]) 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 Photographs by the senior author. HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 PROFILE lorida is a hotspot. Kraig for Adler: non-native A Lifetime Promoting reptiles Herpetology and ................................................................................................amphib- of the latter first confirmed Michael L. by Treglia their 234 unique vocalizations Fians, which account for about 39% of all herpetofaunal audible during nocturnal surveys). Additionally, the follow- species reported inCOMMENTARY the state (56 of 198 species [Krysko et ing native lizard species have been observed: Green Anoles (A. The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 al. 2011], with 47 of them classified as reproductively estab- carolinensis), which are phenotypically indistinguishable from lished [Meshaka etBOOK al. 2011]). REVIEW Florida’s subtropical climate Cuban Green Anoles (A. porcatus; Camposano 2011) that also . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, and port access provide opportunitiesR. Berridge, P. Ramani, for and the B.E. Youngestablishment .............................................................................................................. of have been recorded in the Robert region Powell using243 molecular methods non-native herpetofauna, usually as a consequence of release (Kolbe et al. 2007), Reef Geckos (Sphaerodactylus notatus), or escape following importationCONSERVATION for RESEARCH the pet REPORTS:trade or asSummaries inci- of Publishedand Conservation Southeastern Research ReportsFive-lined ................................. Skinks ( 245Plestiodon inexpectatus). dental stowaways in NATURALthe plant-nursery HISTORY RESEARCH trade (Engeman REPORTS: etSummaries al. of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 2011). Although extensive EDITORIAL efforts INFORMATION have been ..................................................................................................................................................... made to docu- Brown Basilisk ecology and 251 distribution ment the presence andFOCUS distribution ON CONSERVATION of all alien: A Projectherpetofauna You Can Support ...............................................................................................in southern Florida 252 in Florida (i.e., Krysko et al. 2011), major gaps in knowledge Basiliscus vittatus (Corytophanidae; Figs. 1 and 2) are native about the natural history of many species remain. Particularly to Central and South America (Central Mexico to Colombia; important are details concerning reproductive behavior and Powell et al. 2016), where they inhabit tropical and subtropi- ecology, which may ultimately determineFront Cover. Shannonthe success Plummer. and cal forestsBack Cover. across Michael a Kernwide gradient of disturbance (Krysko et Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo impact of many introduced species.estibus Herein inveliquo wevelique document rerchil al.estibus 2006). inveliquo Outside velique rerchil of their native range, Brown Basilisks are the nesting behavior (nest site selectionerspienimus, and quos oviposition) accullabo. Ilibus of erspienimus,widely distributed quos accullabo. Ilibusthroughout southern Florida after an ini- aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum a wild female Brown Basilisk (Basiliscusfugiatis maionsequatvittatus) ateumque Fairchild tialfugiatis introduction maionsequat eumque to Miami-Dade County in 1976 (Wilson Tropical Botanical Gardens, Coralmoditia Gables erere Florida,nonsedis ma andsectiatur the andmoditia Porras erere nonsedis 1983), ma sectia although- an animal importer reported ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as incubation and hatching details of theaccullabo. entire clutch. purposefully releasing Basliscus vittatus — incorrectly labeled Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens is a ca. 40-hectare as B. basiliscus at the time (Greene et al. 2012) — in 1964 landscaped garden hosting ca. 4,100 pantropical plant spe- (King and Krakauer 1966). Basiliscus vittatus is a popular and cies. Unintentionally, the garden also supports a diverse non- affordable species in the pet trade, and like most other estab- native lizard community that includes Cuban Brown Anoles lished non-native lizards in southern Florida, that is the likely (Anolis sagrei), Puerto Rican Crested Anoles (A. cristatellus), venue through which initial colonizers were established (either Hispaniolan Bark Anoles (A. distichus), Cuban Knight Anoles via escapes or intentional release). Currently, in addition to (A. equestris), Brown Basilisks (Basiliscus vittatus), Green Miami-Dade County, B. vittatus populations can be found in Iguanas (Iguana iguana), Peters’s Rock Agamas (Agama pic- Broward, Collier, Palm Beach, St. Lucie (Krysko et al. 2006), ticauda), Common House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus), Glades (Crutchfield and Enge 2008), and Indian River (Rand Mediterranean House Geckos (H. turcicus), Indo-Pacific et al. 2008) counties (Krysko et al. 2011; Meshaka, 2011). House Geckos (H. garnotti), and Tropical House Geckos However, both natural range expansion and new satellite (H. mabouia; Stroud 2014). Northern Curly-tailed Lizards population establishment still is occurring; the first established (Leiocephalus carinatus) and Tokay Geckos (Gekko gecko) also population in the Florida Keys was recently described from are present but extremely rare and seldom seen (the presence Key Largo, Monroe County (Greene et al. 2012). Copyright © 2016. James T. Stroud. All rights reserved. 104 STROUD AND GIERY IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 23(2):104–107 • AUG 2016 Fig 1. Adult male Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) on rocks at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Coral Gables Florida. Note the enlarged triangular head crest that differentiates mature males from females (see Fig. 2). Fig 2. Adult female Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) on the branch of a Buttonwood Tree (Conocarpus erectus), at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Coral Gables Florida. Females have a hood-like lobe on the neck behind the head. 105 STROUD AND GIERY IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 23(2):104–107 • AUG 2016 Basiliscus vittatus is the only corytophanid presently estab- (Avicennia germinans), Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera), lished in Florida; although occasional individual Plumed Brazilian Canopy Palms (Attalea oleifera), Mauritian Blue Basilisks (B. plumifrons) have been collected, that species Latan Palms (Latania loddigesii), Réunion Red Latan Palms apparently has failed to establish any reproductively active (L. lontaroides), Bermuda Palmettos (Sabal bermudana), and populations (Bartlett and Bartlett 1999; Krysko et al. 2006; Jamaican Mountain Cabbage Palms (Roystonea altissima). On Meshaka 2011). Brown Basilisks are medium-sized lizards closer inspection, the lizard was in the process of depositing (SVL ca. 115 mm females, 134 mm males; Savage 2002) that eggs (Fig. 4). We retreated
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