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(Manouria Emys) and a Malaysian Giant Turtle WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSIRCF REPTILES • VOL15, &NO AMPHIBIANS 4 • DEC 2008 189 • 27(1):89–90 • APR 2020 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES Only. Chasing in Bullsnakes Captivity? (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: An Interaction between On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Two Threatened. The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis Chelonians,) and Humans on Grenada: an Asian Giant A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 TortoiseRESEARCH ARTICLES (Manouria emys) and a Malaysian . 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 Giant ............................................. TurtleBrian J. Camposano, Kenneth (Orlitia L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellenborneensis M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky )212 CONSERVATION ALERT Matthew Mo . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More Than MammalsP.O. ...............................................................................................................................Box A290, Sydney South, NSW 1232, Australia ([email protected])....................................... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 Photographs by the author HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 PROFILE n 9 November .2019,Kraig Adler: I observed A Lifetime Promoting an interesting Herpetology ................................................................................................ interac- the pond edged by a waterfall Michael L.and Treglia rock 234 boulders. A Malaysian Otion between two chelonians at a private zoological facil- Giant Turtle emerged from below the water surface within ity in Bali, Indonesia.COMMENTARY These animals were being maintained centimeters of the tortoise (Fig. 2A) and proceeded to push . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 in a large outdoor enclosure with a naturalistic pond and the tortoise against the edge of the pond with its head, neck, adequate understoreyBOOK and REVIEW mid-storey vegetation. The Asian and front limbs (Fig. 2B), during which the tortoise was . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Giant Tortoise or AsianR. Berridge,Brown P. Ramani,Tortoise and B.E. ( ManouriaYoung .............................................................................................................. emys; occasionally fully submerged. Robert This Powell continued243 for at least 10 Fig. 1A) is a critically endangered species found in Indonesia, minutes until the turtle became more intrusive, attempting to Malaysia, Myanmar, CONSERVATION Thailand, RESEARCH Vietnam, REPORTS: India, Summaries and of Publishedclimb Conservation on top Research of the Reports tortoise. ................................. On several 245 occasions, the turtle NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 Bangladesh (Kundu et al. 2018; Platt et al. 2018; Choudhury placed its front limbs on top of the tortoise’s carapace and NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 et al. 2019). The Malaysian EDITORIAL Giant INFORMATION Turtle or ............................................................................................................................... Bornean River head, fully submerging the tortoise...................... (Fig. 251 2C). This continued Turtle (Orlitia borneensis FOCUS; ONFig. CONSERVATION 1B) is an endangered: A Project You fresh Can Support- ...............................................................................................for at least 15 minutes, during which 252 the turtle also placed its water species found in Indonesia and Malaysia (Asian Turtle head on the carapace of the tortoise (Fig. 2D). The interac- Trade Working Group 2000; Knotkova et al. 2005). tion concluded when the tortoise managed to move along the The interaction occurred around midday when ambi- edge of the pond away from the turtle. ent temperatures were about 32 °C.Front An Cover.Asian Shannon Giant Plummer. Tortoise IBack do Cover.not know Michael whetherKern the observed behavior represented Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo had retreated to the pond inhabitedestibus by inveliquo a Malaysian velique rerchil Giant aggressionestibus inveliquo or velique play rerchil behavior. Although the natural range of Turtle. After some time, the tortoiseerspienimus, ventured quos to accullabo. a section Ilibus of erspienimus,both species quos accullabo. overlap, Ilibus such an interaction would be unlikely aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque fugiatis maionsequat eumque moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo. Fig. 1. An Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys) seeking refuge from ambient heat in a pond (A) and a Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis) breach- ing the surface of the water (B) at a private zoological facility in Bali, Indonesia. Copyright © 2020. Matthew Mo. All rights reserved. 89 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 MO IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(1):89–90 • APR 2020 Fig. 2. Interactions between a Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis) and an Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys). The turtle emerged from the water (A) and pushed the tortoise against the edge of the pond (B). The turtle placing its front limb over the tortoise, submerging its head (C). The turtle placing its head on the tortoise’s carapace (D). unless both animals were confined to the same enclosure. sion published in 2019). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T12774A152052098. <https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1. Nevertheless, the observed behavior was of interest in that it RLTS.T12774A152052098.en>. occurred over an extended period and could have resulted in Knotkova, Z., S. Mazanek, M. Hovorka, M. Sloboda, and Z. Knotek. 2005. the tortoise drowning. Haematology and plasma chemistry of Bornean River Turtles suffering from shell necrosis and haemogregarine parasites. Veterinary Medicine Czech 50: 421–426. Literature Cited Kundu, S., V. Kumar, B.A. Laskar, K. Tyagi, and K. Chandra. 2018. Morphology Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Orlitia borneensis (errata ver- and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lin- sion published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: eages or plastron anomalies. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3: 166–170. e.T15509A97374368. <https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS. Platt, S., K. Platt, K.M. Myo, M.M. Soe, and T. Rainwater. 2018. Distribution T15509A4698687.en>. records and conservation status of the Burmese Black Giant Tortoise Choudhury, B.C., M. Cota, T. McCormack, K. Platt, I. Das, M.F. Ahmed, (Manouria emys phayrei Blyth 1853) in western Myanmar. Herpetology Notes R.J. Timmins, S. Rahman, and S. Singh. 2019. Manouria emys (errata ver- 11: 847–852. 90.
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