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HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL &15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 28(1):124–125189 • APR 2021

IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FirstFEATURE Record ARTICLES of the Painted Globular , . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: UperodonOn the Road to Understanding thetaprobanicus Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant(Parker Serpent ...... Joshua 1934) M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: (),A Hypothetical Excursion ...... from District,Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central andGujarat, Western Texas ...... EmilyIndia Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 Dikansh S. Parmar CONSERVATION ALERT Department of Zoology, Goa University, Taleigão Plateau, Goa, ([email protected]) . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of ...... 225

he PaintedHUSBANDRY Globular Frog ( taprobanicus) is of Veer Narmad South University (VNSGU) in Surat Tnative to India,. Captive , Care of the , Central Netted Dragon and ...... , and (21°09'12"N, 72°47'00"E) Shannon (Fig. Plummer 3). After 226 collecting morpho- is most commonPROFILE in southern India and Sri Lanka (Daniels metric data, I released both at the sites where they were 2005). In India, this. Kraig species Adler: A Lifetimehas been Promoting reported Herpetology from ...... West encountered. Photographic Michael vouchers L. Treglia have234 been deposited in Bengal, Bihar, , , , , the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA , ,COMMENTARY , , and Gujarat (VZP1001–2). Dr. R.J. Ranjit Daniels, Care Earth Trust, . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 (Narayana et al. 2017). Painted Globular Frogs occur only in Chennai, India, confirmed the identity of the frogs. isolated pockets BOOKin Dahod, REVIEW , and Anand Districts of The first individual was in a disturbed area with ongoing Gujarat (Asifiqbal 2017;. Threatened Vyas Amphibians and Parasharya of the World 2004)edited by and S.N. haveStuart, M. Hoffmann,construction; J.S. Chanson, the N.A.site Cox, had previously been agricultural land never been recorded fromR. Berridge, Surat P. Ramani,District. and B.E. Young ...... but is now dominated by buildings Robert Powell and 243 paved roads. A previ-

Herein I report CONSERVATION two adult Painted RESEARCH Globular REPORTS: Frogs Summaries (Figs. of Publishedous Conservationrecord from Research Ankleshwar Reports ...... in Bharuch 245 District (Asifiqbal 1 & 2) (SVL 49 mmNATURAL and 52 HISTORY mm, weight RESEARCH 16.2 REPORTS g and 17.6: Summaries g, of Published2017) Reportswas in on Naturalsimilar History habitat, ...... suggesting 247 that these frogs are respectively) encountered NEWBRIEFS during ...... a field survey at 2245 h on 5 tolerant of some...... degree of anthropogenic 248 habitat alteration.  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 November 2019 nearFOCUS plants ON inCONSERVATION a newly built: concrete A Project You structure Can Support ...... However, despite being of Least Concern 252 (LC) on the IUCN in the center of Canal Road in the City Light area of Surat Red List of Threatened Species, Inger et al. (2016) noted that (21.1536°N, 72.8013°E) and at 2016 h on 12 November 2019 residential and commercial development and pollution were near roadside plants opposite the Health Center on the campus ongoing threats. Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus 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. Adult Painted Globular Frogs () from Canal Road in the City Light area of Surat (left) and from the campus of Veer Narmad University in Surat (right). Photographs by Dikansh S. Parmar.

Copyright is held by the authors. Articles in R&A are made available under a 124 Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 2332-4961 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. PARMAR REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 28(1):124–125 • APR 2021

Fig. 2. A Painted Globular Frog (Uperodon taprobanicus) showing the venter and webbing on the hindlimbs. Photograph by Dikansh S. Parmar.

This species has been encountered rarely in Gujarat and was not found during extensive surveys of VNSGU from December 2017 to December 2018 (Parmar and Tank 2019). The new record increases the number of anuran spe- cies known to occur on the university campus to eight. Fig. 3. Map showing the localities where two adult Painted Globular Frogs (Uperodon taprobanicus) were found in Surat, , Gujarat, India. Acknowledgements Vasudev P. Limbachiya and Ranjit Daniels, Care Earth Trust, Inger, R.F., V.A. Gour-Broome, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, A. de Silva, and S. Chennai, India, provided logistical support and Vrajesh D. Dutta. 2016. Uperodon taprobanicus. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T57858A91639191. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1. Patel prepared the map. RLTS.T57858A91639191.en. Narayana, B.L., R. Manchiryala, R.M. Medichetti, and R. Mohan. 2017. Uperodon Literature Cited taprobanicus (Sri Lankan Painted Frog). Herpetological Review 48: 121. Asifiqbal, S.A. 2017. Sri Lankan Bullfrog: Occurrence of Sri Lankan Bullfrog Parmar, D. and S. Tank. 2019. Herpetofauna of Veer Narmad South Gujarat Uperodon taprobanicus in residential areas of Ankleshwar, , University, Surat, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 26: 21–34. Gujarat. Frog Leg #131 in: Zoo’s Print 32(5): 18–19. Vyas, R. and B. Parasharya. 2004. Records of Painted Frog ( pulchra) from Daniels, R.J.R. 2005. Amphibians of Peninsular India. Universities Press (India), Anand and Surat, Gujarat State. Zoos’ Print Journal 19: 1444. https://doi. Hyderabad, India. org/10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1035.1444.

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