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FEATUREFirst ARTICLES Resighting Since the 1940s of . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: Siebold’sOn the Road to Understanding Watersnake, the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Ferania Giant Serpent ...... Joshuasieboldii M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical(Schlegel Excursion ...... 1837), in Delhi, RobertIndia W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES D.P. Srivastava,. The Texas Horned Sameer Lizard Gautam, in Central and Mohan Western Singh, Texas ...... Umendra Emily Sirohi, Henry, Debanik Jason Brewer, Mukherjee, Krista Mougey, andand Gad Faiyaz Perry 204A. Khudsar . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida Biodiversity Parks ...... Programme, Centre for EnvironmentalBrian J. Camposano, Management Kenneth L. Krysko, of Degraded Kevin M. Ecosystems Enge, Ellen M.(CEMDE), Donlan, and University Michael Granatosky of Delhi, Delhi-11212 0007, India ([email protected] [corresponding author], [email protected], [email protected], CONSERVATION [email protected],ALERT [email protected], [email protected]) . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225
n India, Siebold’sHUSBANDRY Watersnake (Ferania sieboldii), which tion of the species in riparian habitats of Uttar Pradesh, Iuntil recently .(KarnsCaptive Care et of al. the Central2010) Netted was Dragon assigned ...... to the Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Shannon PlummerBihar, West226 Bengal, Nagaland, genus Enhydris, has a disjunct distribution based on rela- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Assam, and Kerala, with tively few reports.PROFILE Recent records document the distribu- older records from Maharashtra and Kerala needing confir- . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Michael L. Treglia 234
COMMENTARY . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238
BOOK REVIEW . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 NEWBRIEFS ...... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... 252
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Fig. 1. Siebold’s Watersnakes (Ferania sieboldii) from Dehli, India. Individuals photographed in July 2016 (top) and in December 2015 (bottom). Photographs by D.P. Srivastava.
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Fig. 2. Map of the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) in Dehli, India, showing the locations (red stars) where Siebold’s Watersnakes (Ferania sieboldii) were encountered in a Phase-II wetland. mation (Sharma 2003; Whitaker and Captain 2004; Karns et Das et al. (1998) assessed F. sieboldii from central and pen- al. 2010). Smith (1943) had recorded the species from Delhi insular India as being of Lower Risk-Near Threatened. Threats but no more recent records existed until 2015. to the species included loss of habitat, pollution, and human In 2015, during routine visual surveys and opportunistic interference. In fact, when reporting the initial July discovery encounters, we recorded three individuals (one adult, total of the species in the YBP, Nandi (2015) quoted F.A. Khudsar length 68 cm, and two juveniles, 18 cm each) on 10 July as saying: “They might not have had the habitat to breed.” (28°44'41.61"N, 77°12'47.26"E) and another individual (28 cm) on 17 December (28°44'43.28"N, 77°12'48.97"E) (Fig. Acknowledgments 1). All were associated with Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) We thank the Delhi Development Authority, Delhi, and in a restored wetland in Phase-II of the Yamuna Biodiversity Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Park (YBP) in Delhi, India (Fig. 2). The presence of juve- Ecosystems, University of Delhi, Delhi, particularly Professor niles indicates that these snakes are reproducing. Snakes were C.R. Babu, for supporting the research and scientific docu- captured, photographed, and released at the original sites of mentation of different aspects of biodiversity in Biodiversity collection. Parks. We also thank Vivek Sharma for confirming the iden- The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a restored mosaic of tification of snakes and providing material for this note, and riparian habitats developed as a collaboration of the Delhi Shri Jaleshwar and the multi-tasking staff of YBP for collect- Development Authority and the Centre for Environmental ing specimens. Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) at the University of Delhi in 457 acres of a highly degraded land- Literature Cited Das, I., R. Karthik, S. Pawar, and B. Rathinasabapathy. 1998. Enhydris seiboldii scape that includes inactive (Phase-I) and active (Phase-II) (Schlegel, 1837), p. 103. In: S. Molur and S. Walker (eds.), Conservation floodplains of the River Yamuna (Niangthianhoi and Khudsar Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshops. Report. 1998. Reptiles 2009, 2015). The restored grasslands and forests now provide of India. Zoo Outreach Organization/CBSG, India, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. habitat for many animals, including Leopards (Panthera par- Karns, D.R., V. Lukoschek, J. Osterhage, J.C. Murphy, and H.K. Voris. 2010. dus), a top predator. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Enhydris clade (Serpentes: Homalopsidae).
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Zootaxa 2452: 18–30 (erratum in Zootaxa 2514: 68). Darter Anhinga melanogaster (Aves: Suliformes: Anhingidae) in the Yamuna Nandi, J. 2015. Green revival-Snakes last seen in 1940s found at Yamuna Bio Park. Biodiversity Park, New Delhi, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7: 8148–8153. Times of India News, 18 July 2016.
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