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MITCHELL, Co-Editor Future Annual Meetings Department of Biology 2008 — Montreal, Canada, 23–28 July (with ASIH, HL) University of Richmond 2009 — Portland, Oregon, 22–27 July (with ASIH, HL) Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA 2010 — Providence, Rhode Island, 7–12 July (with ASIH, HL) 2011 — Minneapolis, Minnesota, 6–11 July (with ASIH, HL) record. First report from Perry County (Daniel and Edmond 2008. specimen (UMMZ 77481) collected from Leesburg, Lake Co. Atlas of Missouri Reptiles and Amphibians for 2007). (Layne et al., op. cit.), was a misidentified Pantherophis guttatus Submitted by RICHARD L. ESSNER, JR. (e-mail: (G. Schneider, pers. comm.). [email protected]) and RALPH W. AXTELL, Department of Bio- Submitted by ROBERT A. O’HORO, Florida Fish and Wild- logical Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illi- life Conservation Commission, 2423 Edwards Drive, Ft. Myers, nois, 62026, USA (e-mail: [email protected]). Florida 33901, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); and KEVIN M. ENGE, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Com- DIPSAS GAIGEAE (Gaige’s Thirst Snake). MÉXICO: mission, 1105 S.W. Williston Road, Gainesville, Florida 32601, MICHOACÁN: Municipality of Aquila: 2.5 km N Maruata, on USA (e-mail: [email protected]). road to Pomaro (18.174679°N, 103.204734°W; WGS 84), 32 m elev. UTA Digital Collection 1084. 0.8 km E Maruata, on Hwy LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM ARCIFERA (Jalisco 200 (18.162361°N, 103.202725°W; WGS 84), 17 m. elev. UTA Milksnake). MÉXICO: MÉXICO: Municipality of Tejupilco, Digital Collection 1083. 15 August 2005. Daniel Grubb and Jason (18.51314°N, 100.25347°W; NAD27 México), 1800 m elev. 14 M. Jones. Verified by Jonathan A. Campbell. First records for the April 2001. Octavio Vilchis. Verified by Óscar Sánchez. IBH state and a range extension of ca. 60 km S from previously known 15741. First record for Tejupilco and a 49.5 km range extension records in southern Colima (Kofron 1982. J. Herpetol. 16:270– W from the closest known locality at Sultepequito, México (Casas 286). The snakes were AOR at night in tropical deciduous forest. and Aguilar 1998. Biol. Soc. Herpetol. Mex. 8:22–24). The record Submitted by JACOBO REYES-VELASCO, Centro also fills the distributional gap on the southcentral portion of the Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Carretera Mexican Plateau that was depicted by Williams (1988. Systemat- a Nogales Km. 15.5. Las Agujas, Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, ics and Natural History of the American Milk Snake, Lampropeltis México (e-mail: [email protected]); CHRISTOPH I. triangulum. 2nd revised ed. Milwaukee Pub. Mus., Milwaukee, 176 GRÜNWALD, 450 Jolina Way, Encinitas, California 92024, USA pp.). The snake was found in pine-oak forest (Quercus elliptica (e-mail: [email protected]); and JASON M. JONES, and Pinus oocarpa). 16310 Avenida Florencia, Poway, California 92064, USA (e-mail: Submitted by FELIPE RODRÍGUEZ-ROMERO, OCTAVIO [email protected]). MONROY-VILCHIS, and OSWALDO HERNÁNDEZ- GALLEGOS, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Investigación en ECHINANTHERA AFFINIS (Günther’s Forest Snake). BRA- Recursos Bióticos–CIRB, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de ZIL: CEARÁ: Ubajara (03.8404722°S, 40.9076389°W; 896 m México, Instituto Literario # 100, 50000, Toluca, Estado de México, elev.). 02 Jul 2007. D. Loebmann. Ubajara (03.8475278°S, México (e-mail: [email protected]). 40.8890833°W; 884 m elev.). 05 Sep 2007. H. Klein. Coleção Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil (IBSP 76363–76364). Veri- LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM SYSPILA (Red Milksnake). fied by M. Trefaut Rodrigues. The species was known from the USA: ARKANSAS: PULASKI CO.: 34.791535°N, 92.487877°W; states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, WGS84, 195 m elev. 29 March 2007. UALR HPC 0001. Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, and Bahia (Di- 34.475527°N, 92.342141°W, WGS84, 165 m elev. 03 April 2007. Bernardo and De Lema 1988. Acta Biol. Leopol. 10[2]:223–252; UALR HPC 0002. Verified by M. V. Plummer. New county records Argôlo 1998. Herpetol. Rev. 29:176). These new records repre- (Trauth et al. 2004. Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas. Uni- sent an isolated population in the rain forests of Ibiapaba’s plateau versity of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 421 pp.). and also are the first records for Ceará state. Extends distribution Allocation to L. t. syspila based upon features of distinctive col- ca. 1230 km N from Vitória da Conquista, Bahia state, Brazil oration and markings (Conant and Collins 1998. A Field Guide to (Argôlo, op. cit.). Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Submitted by DANIEL LOEBMANN, Departamento de 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 616 pp.). Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UALR HPC 0001 was captured under a piece of discarded carpet Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-970, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil; within a utility right-of-way adjacent to a mixed hardwood woodlot. e-mail: [email protected]. It is currently housed as a live specimen within the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Biology Department and will be preserved LAMPROPELTIS CALLIGASTER OCCIPITOLINEATA as an alcohol specimen upon its death. The adjacent area from (South Florida Mole Kingsnake). USA: FLORIDA: CHARLOTTE which UALR HPC 0001 was captured is currently undergoing CO.: 4.4 km NE of intersection of Graham Road and County Road development as a gated housing community. Urban sprawl in Little 74 (26.9711389°N, 81.6781667°W). 07 March 2008. Robert A. Rock might pose a threat to the habitat for L.t. syspila at this par- O’Horo. Adult male (825 mm SVL) collected alive on an unpaved ticular locality. road at 1215 h in an area of dry prairie habitat surrounded by agri- UALR HPC 0002 was captured at a private residence within a cultural fields. Verified by Kenneth L. Krysko. Florida Museum mixed hardwood forest and was photographed and released at the of Natural History photo voucher (UF 152523). New county record. capture site. An additional individual was sighted 15 August 2007 Extends range ca. 22 km SE of the nearest record from DeSoto at the same location as UALR HPC 0002. Co. (UF 152370). Vouchers of this subspecies also exist from Submitted by DARRELL R. HEATH, DAVID W. CLARK, Brevard and Okeechobee counties (Layne et al. 1986. Florida Sci. and KRYSTIAN A. SAMEK, Department of Biology, Univer- 49:171–175), and we have reports unsupported by vouchers from sity of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA nearby Glades, Indian River, and Osceola counties. A purported (e-mail: [email protected]).

Herpetological Review 39(2), 2008 241 ISSN 0018-084X The Official News-Journal of the Herpetological Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Review Volume 39, Number 2 June 2008

POINTS OF VIEW Toe Clipping of Anurans for Mark-Recapture Studies: Acceptable if Justified ...... by K. M. PARRIS AND M. A. MCCARTHY 148

Toe Clipping of Anurans for Mark-Recapture Studies: Acceptable if Justified. That’s What We Said! ... by A. D. PHILLOTT AND COLLEAGUES 149

ARTICLES Oophagy and Larval Cannibalism without Polyphenism in Tadpoles of the Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) ...... by S. FOX 151

Spring Peepers and Pitcher Plants: A Case of Commensalism? ...... by R. W. RUSSELL 154 Body-flip and Immobility Behavior in Regal Horned Lizards: A Gape-limiting Defense Selectively Displayed Toward One of Two Snake Predators ...... by W. C. SHERBROOKE AND C. J. MAY 156 Predation on Caecilians (Caecilia orientalis) by Barred Hawks (Leucopternis princeps) Depends on Rainfall ...... by H. F. GREENEY, R. A. GELIS, AND W. C. FUNK 162

Ecology and Behavior of Polypedates leucomystax (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Northeast Thailand ...... by J. A. SHERIDAN 165

High Densities of a “Rare” Skink ...... by H. HEATWOLE AND B. L. STUART 169

TECHNIQUES Bromeliad Patch Sampling Technique for Canopy Herpetofauna in Neotropical Forests ...... by S. F. MCCRACKEN AND M. R. J. FORSTNER 170 Efficacy of PIT Tags for Tracking the Terrestrial Anurans Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica ...... by S. M. BLOMQUIST, J. D. ZYDLEWSKI, AND M. L. HUNTER, JR. 174

A Minimally Invasive Method for Obtaining Venom from Helodermatid Lizards ...... by H. F. KWOK AND C. IVANYI 179 Analysis and Comparison of Three Capture Methods for the Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) ...... by R. L. FOSTER, A. M. MCMILLAN, A. R. BREISCH, K. ROBLEE, AND D. SCHRANZ 181 Relative Efficacy of Three Different Baits for Trapping Pond-dwelling Turtles in East-central Kansas ...... by R. B. THOMAS, I. M. HALL, AND W. J. HOUSE 186

A Simple Pitfall Trap for Sampling Nesting Diamondback Terrapins ...... by J. A. BORDEN AND G. J. LANGFORD 188

Use of Traditional Turtle Marking to Obtain DNA for Population Studies ...... by P. J. DAWES, C. S. SINCLAIR, AND R. A. SEIGEL 190

AMPHIBIAN CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Captive Acris crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard’s Cricket Frog) Collected from Ohio, Missouri, and Michigan, USA ...... by K. C. ZIPPEL AND C. TABAKA 192 Occurrence of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) in the U.S. Midwest ...... by S. L. STEINER AND R. M. LEHTINEN 193 Low Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Across Rana sylvatica Populations in Southeastern Michigan, USA ...... by A. J. ZELLMER, C. L. RICHARDS, AND L. M. MARTENS 196

Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibian Populations in Denmark ..... by R. SCALERA, M. J. ADAMS, AND S. K. GALVAN 199 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Not Detected in Oophaga pumilio on Bastimentos Island, Panama ...... by C. L. RICHARDS, A. J. ZELLMER, AND L. M. MARTENS 200 Results of Amphibian Chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Sampling in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA ...... by T. CHESTNUT, J. E. JOHNSON, AND R. S. WAGNER 202

NEWSNOTES ...... 129 MEETINGS ...... 130

CURRENT RESEARCH ...... 130 ZOO VIEW ...... 133

NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ...... 205 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION ...... 231 BOOK REVIEWS ...... 247