Scolopendra Gigantea, on Three Species of Bats in a Venezuelan Cave

WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSIRCF REPTILES • VOL15, N O& 4 AMPHIBIANS • DEC 2008 189 • 24(2):127 • AUG 2017

IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES Predation. Chasing Bullsnakes by (Pituophis ancatenifer sayi )Amazonian in Wisconsin: Giant Centipede 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: (ScolopendraA Hypothetical Excursion ...... gigantea) on a Baker’sRobert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCHCat-eyed ARTICLES Snake (Leptodeira bakeri) . 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 ...... BrianGerard J. Camposano, van KennethBuurt L. Krysko,and HaroenKevin M. Enge, Dilrosun Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1Kaya Oy Sprock, 18, Curaçao ([email protected]) CONSERVATION ALERT 2Bosweg 7a, Julianadorp, Curaçao . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

HUSBANDRY n Aruba on 2 January 2017, Dr. H. Dilrosun observed out northern South America and some continental islands, . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 Oan Amazonian Giant Centipede (Scolopendra gigan- can reach lengths to 30 cm (Shelley and Kiser 2000). They tea), about 18 cm PROFILEin length, attack a Baker’s Cat-eyed Snake are known to consume a variety of invertebrate prey and small . (Leptodeira bakeri). TheseKraig Adler: centipedes, A Lifetime Promoting which Herpetology occur ...... through- vertebrates, including frogs, Michael lizards,L. Treglia snakes,234 birds, and mam- COMMENTARY mals; large individuals are known to climb cave ceilings and . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... catch bats (Molinari et al. Eric2005). Gangloff Baker’s238 Cat-eyed Snakes, BOOK REVIEW locally known as “Santanero,” occur on Aruba and in north- . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,eastern J.S. Venezuela Chanson, N.A. (Mijares-Urrutia Cox, et al. 1995). The snake R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... died about half an hour after Robert initially Powell 243 observed, after which the centipede began to eat it.  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247  NEWBRIEFS ...... Literature Cited 248  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... Mijares-Urrutia, A., A.L. Markezich, and A. Arends 252 R. 1995. Hallazgo de Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven (Serpentes: Colubridae) en la Peninsula de Paraguaná, noro- este de Venezuela; con comentarios diagnósticos y biológicos. Caribbean Journal of Science 31: 77–82. Molinari, J., E.E. Gutiérrez, A.A. de Ascenção, J.M. Nassar, A. Arends, and R.J. Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Márquez.Back Cover. 2005. Michael Predation Kern by Giant Centipedes, Scolopendra gigantea, on three species of bats in a Venezuelan cave. Caribbean Journal of Science 41: 340–346. Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo Shelley, R.M. and S.B. Kiser. 2000. Neotype designation and a diagnostic account Fig. 1. A Baker’s Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeiraestibus bakeri inveliquo) attacked, velique killed,rerchil and estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus,for the quos centipede, accullabo. Scolopendra Ilibus gigantea L. 1758, with an account of S. gala- eaten by an Amazonian Giant Centipede (Scolopendraaut dolor apicto gigantea invere pe) on dolum Aruba. aut dolorpagoensis apicto Bollmaninvere pe dolum1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae). Photograph by Dr. H. Dilrosun. fugiatis maionsequat eumque fugiatisTropical maionsequat Zoology 13:eumque 159–170. moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo.