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Herpetological Review JOSEPH R See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251879507 Herp_Rev_March_2012_small(1) Data · July 2013 CITATIONS READS 0 1,514 1 author: Animesh Ghose Creative Conservation Alliance 17 PUBLICATIONS 5 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Bangladesh Python Project View project Asian Pangolin Survey Project View project All content following this page was uploaded by Animesh Ghose on 05 June 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. SSAR OFFICERS (2012) President HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW JOSEPH R. MENDELSON, III Zoo Atlanta THE QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE e-mail: [email protected] SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES President-elect ROBERT D. ALDRIDGE Saint Louis University Editor Section Editors Herpetoculture ROBERT W. HANSEN Book Reviews BRAD LOCK e-mail: [email protected] 16333 Deer Path Lane AARON M. BAUER Zoo Atlanta, USA Clovis, California 93619-9735 USA Villanova University, USA e-mail: [email protected] Secretary e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] MARION R. PREEST WULF SCHLEIP The Claremont Colleges Associate Editors Current Research Meckenheim, Germany e-mail: [email protected] MICHAEL F. BENARD JOSHUA M. HALE e-mail: [email protected] Case Western Reserve University, USA Museum Victoria, Australia Treasurer e-mail: [email protected] Natural History Notes KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON JESSE L. BRUNNER JAMES H. HARDING Central Michigan University Washington State University, USA BEN LOWE Michigan State University, USA e-mail: [email protected] University of Minnesota, USA e-mail: [email protected] FÉLIX B. Cruz e-mail: [email protected] INIBIOMA, Río Negro, Argentina CHARLES W. PAINTER Publications Secretary Conservation New Mexico Department of BRECK BARTHOLOMEW ROBERT E. ESPINOZA Priya Nanjappa Game and Fish, USA Salt Lake City, Utah California State University, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Northridge, USA USA e-mail: [email protected] JACKSON D. SHEDD Immediate Past President MICHAEL S. GRACE TNC Dye Creek Preserve, BRIAN CROTHER Florida Institute of Technology, USA Geographic Distribution California, USA Southeastern Louisiana University INDRANEIL DAS e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] KERRY GRIFFIS-KYLE Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Texas Tech University, USA e-mail: [email protected] JOHN D. WILLSON Virginia Polytechnic and State Directors GUNTHER KÖHLER JERRY D. JOHNSON University, USA DAVID CUNDALL (2012) Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum The University of Texas at El Paso, USA e-mail: [email protected] Lehigh University, USA Senckenberg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] TIFFANY DOAN (2014) ' Copy Editors Central Connecticut University, USA PETER V. LINDEMAN ALAN M. RICHMOND RAUL DIAZ KEVIN de QUEIROZ (2012) Edinboro University, USA University of Massachusetts, USA University of Kansas Medical Center, Smithsonian Institution, USA e-mail: [email protected] USA PATRICK GREGORY (2012) DEANNA H. OLSON University of Victoria, CANADA USDA Forestry Science Lab, GUSTAVO J. SCROCCHI KYLE MILLER-HESED TRAVIS LaDUC (2014) Corvallis, Oregon, USA Fundación Miguel Lillo, Argentina University of Maryland, USA e-mail: [email protected] University of Texas at Austin,USA JODI Rowley DANIEL PORTIK ANN PATERSON (2012) Australian Museum, Australia Zoo View University of California, Berkeley, USA Williams Baptist College, USA JAMES B. MURPHY JENNIFER PRAMUK (2014) EMILY N. TAYLOR Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Elizabeth Timpe Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, USA California Polytechnic State University, USA University of Connecticut, USA CAROL SPENCER (2014) USA e-mail: [email protected] University of California, Berkeley, USA Index Editor Nomenclature DENISE WILSON Mayer Trustee JAY M. SAVAGE GEORGE R. PISANI San Diego, California, USA University of Kansas, USA e-mail: [email protected] SSAR EDITORS Journal of Herpetology ERIN MUTHS, Co-Editor SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins www.ssarherps.org GAD PERRY, Co-Editor The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the largest international herpetological Texas Tech University society, is a not-for-profit organization established to advance research, conservation, and education concerning amphibians and reptiles. Founded in 1958, SSAR is widely recognized today as having the Contributions to Herpetology most diverse society-sponsored program of services and publications for herpetologists. Membership KRAIG ADLER, Editor is open to anyone with an interest in herpetology—professionals and serious amateurs alike—who Cornell University wish to join with us to advance the goals of the Society. All members of the SSAR are entitled to vote by mail ballot for Society officers, which allows over- Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology seas members to participate in determining the Society's activities; also, many international members AARON M. BAUER, Editor attend the annual meetings and serve on editorial boards and committees. Villanova University All members and institutions receive the Society’s primary technical publication, the Journal of Herpetology, and its news-journal, Herpetological Review; both are published four times per year. Members also receive pre-publication discounts Herpetological Circulars on other Society publications, which are advertised in Herpetological Review. JOHN J. MORIARTY, Editor To join SSAR or to renew your membership, please visit the secure online ZenScientist website via this link: Shoreview, Minnesota Catalogue of American Amphibians http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/membership.php and Reptiles ANDREW H. PRICE, Editor Future Annual Meetings Texas Natural History Collections 2012 — Vancouver, British Columbia, 8–14 August (with World Congress of Herpetology) 2013 — Albuquerque, New Mexico, 10–15 July (JMIH with ASIH, HL, and AES) Herpetological Conservation JOSEPH C. MITCHELL, Editor Mitchell Ecological Research Services 1 ABOUT OUR COVER: Protobothrops trungkhanhensis Most of the widely distributed pit- new population of P. cornutus, a species otherwise known only vipers of Indochina and southern from a handful of localities in western and central Vietnam. The China have karst inclusions within new species is a dwarf form of Protobothrops (maximum size is their ranges, although these areas are 733 mm TL), and its muted colors are typical of the karst-inhab- mostly covered by forest in granite- iting species of Asian pitvipers. With other recent discoveries basalt massifs. A number of narrowly (Orlov et al. 2009, op. cit.; Yang et al. 2011. Zootaxa 2936:59–68), distributed species of Trimeresurus the number of karst-associated pitvipers species now stands at senso lato appear to be highly adapted seven. to karst habitats: Viridovipera truong- Northeastern Vietnam exhibits high levels of endemism sonensis, Cryptelytrops honsonensis, C. across various taxonomic groups, including a unique population venustus, C. kanburiensis, Tricerato- of gibbons, undescribed species of frogs (Theloderma), a new lepidophis sieversorum, Protobothrops cat-eyed snake (Boiga), and a new gecko (Goniurosaurus huu- cornutus, and Zhaoermia mangshanensis. Unique characteris- liensis), among others. tics of karst, such as an extreme surface irregularity, deep caves, The cover subject, the adult male holotype of Protobothrops ravines, and shelf-like laminations, along with low ambient light trungkhanhensis (Trungkhanh Pitviper) was discovered in Sep- conditions, appear to have influenced morphology and behavior tember 2008 in Trung Khanh Nature Reserve, Cao Bang province, of the karst-associated pitviper species. Although basking is rare northeastern Vietnam, at an elevation of 600 m. The cover image in the largely nocturnal green forest pitvipers, most grey-brown was recorded at night by Nikolai Orlov, using a Nikon D700 DSLR karst pitvipers periodically bask in sunny spots. Karst pitvipers and a Nikkor 105mm AF-2 micro lens, with lighting provided by have dark spots and “tiger” bands that provide excellent camou- two Nikon SB900 speedlights. Orlov is a senior research scientist flage among stony outcrops, lichens, and leaf litter. These snakes in the Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian have a rough integument that may facilitate mobility in rocks, Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia; http://www.zin. although on leaf litter they are sluggish and clumsy (Orlov et al. ru/labs/herplab/index.html). V ORLO 2010. Karst pitvipers: natural history and morphological correla- Orlov has been thoroughly rd tions. Abstracts book, Biology of the Vipers, 3 Conference, pp. engaged in field explorations OLAI K NI 13–14, Pisa, Italy). throughout Asia, resulting in Y B O a number of new discoveries T On the basis of this information, a team of Russian and HO Vietnamese herpetologists—Nikolai L. Orlov, Sergei A. Ryabov, and numerous publications. P Nguyen Thien Tao)—initiated field work in 2008, targeting He has also had a long-stand- hitherto unexplored karst regions of northeastern Vietnam and ing interest in developing bordering southeastern China. Their efforts yielded a new karst- methods of captive breeding associated pitviper, Protobothrops trungkhanhensis (Orlov et al. of rare and endangered am- 2009. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16[1]:69–82), as well as a phibians and reptiles.
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