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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FEATURE ARTICLES .CubanChasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis Blue catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: Anole (Anolis allisoni) On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Copulation. The Shared History of Treeboas (InterruptedCorallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: by Another Male A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 1 2 RESEARCH ARTICLESRafael Borroto-Páez and Denise Reyes Pérez . The Texas Horned1Sociedad in CubanaCentral and de Western Zoología, Texas AP ...... 11900, La EmilyHabana, Henry, Jason ([email protected])Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole2 Instituto(Anolis equestris de Geografía) in Florida Tropical, Calle F entre 13 y 15, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 he Cuban Blue Anole. More Than (Anolis Mammals allisoni ...... Barbour 1928), is almost ubiquitous in...... residential gardens, 223 buildings, and cul- . Tan abundant speciesThe with“Dow Jones a wide Index” distribution of Biodiversity ...... across much tivated areas. In Ategorrieta (22...... °56’20”N, 225 80°56’58”W), 2 of Cuba — absentHUSBANDRY only in the extreme west in Pinar del Rio km W of Marti, we observed a male interrupting a pair of Province and the western. Captive part Care of of Artemisa the Central Netted Province Dragon ...... (Rodriguez- anoles in copulation. At Shannonabout Plummer 0940 226h on 6 August 2014, we Schettino 2013). ThisPROFILE also occurs along the Caribbean observed a pair of mating A. allisoni with the male holding the coast on the Islas de. Kraigla Adler:Bahia A Lifetime (), Promoting Herpetology Isla Cozumel ...... female and remaining essentially Michael L. Treglia motionless 234 for 10–15 min-

(Mexico), and the COMMENTARYoffshore islands of Belize (Henderson and utes (Fig. 1A). Another male left a perpendicular wall about 3 Powell 2009). It also has. The been Turtles introduced Have Been Watching in MeFlorida ...... (Krysko et m away and approached the Eric copulating Gangloff 238 pair, moving in inter- al. 2015). The species often functions as a human commensal vals interrupted by pauses of several seconds (Fig. 1B). Once and frequently is encounteredBOOK REVIEW in buildings and gardens. Despite it was within 25 cm (Fig. 1C), the “intruder” attacked and bit . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, its abundance, its ecologyR. Berridge,and reproductive P. Ramani, and B.E. behavior Young ...... has not the copulating male twice Robert(Fig. Powell 1D–E), 243 causing it to release been thoroughly studied. Ruibal (1967) described courtship, the female. All three subsequently left, all moving in Silva-Lee (1982) determined CONSERVATION that maximum RESEARCH reproductive REPORTS: Summaries activ- of Publisheddifferent Conservation directions. Research Reports ...... 245  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 ity occurred during theNEWBRIEFS rainy season, ...... and Kwet (1995) observed Although we...... considered the male 248 in copula to be the resi- several females in a singleEDITORIAL male’s INFORMATION territory...... dent and the attacking male...... an “intruder,” 251 we could not con-  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION In the coastal region near the towns of :Marti, A Project Matanzas You Can Support ...... firm that. However, the fact that the 252 “intruder” came from a Province, and Corralillo, Villa Clara Province, A. allisoni is distance of more than 3 m lends some supports to the supposi-

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Fig. 1. A pair of Cuban Blue Anoles (Anolis allisoni) in copula (A) approached by a presumptive “intruder” (B–C) that attacks and bites the “resident” male (D–E), effectively interrupting mating.

Copyright © 2019. Rafael Borroto-Páez. All rights reserved. 115 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 BORROTO-PÁEZ AND REYES PÉREZ IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 26(2):115–116 • AUG 2019 tion that it was not the resident. Both males were of comparable Literature Cited size, with the “resident” only slightly larger. When we described Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and the event to local residents, they indicated that this sometimes Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Krysko, K.L., C.A. MacKenzie-Krysko, L.L. Connor, Y.U. Alfonso, and L.P. happens, suggesting that this is not a rare occurrence. Nunez. 2015. The Cuban Blue Anole, Anolis allisoni Barbour 1928 Parmerlee et al. (1992) described similar behavior in an (: ), a new nonnative lizard introduced to Florida. introduced population of in the Dominican Reptiles & Amphibians 22: 128–131. Kwet, A. 1995. Amphibien und reptilian auf Kuba. Die Aquarien- und Terrarien Republic, but the males involved were less aggressive. Zeitschrift (DATZ) 48: 662–665. Implications of such aggressive intraspecific male-male behav- Parmerlee, J.S., Jr., R. Powell, D.D. Smith, and A. Lathrop. 1992. Unusual behav- ior are unknown but a complex behavior with an apparently ior in the Cuban Green Anole, Anolis porcatus (Sauria: Polychridae). Bulletin high energetic cost is presumably related to the defense and of the Chicago Herpetological Society 27: 118. Rodríguez Schettino, L., C.A. Mancina, and V. Rivalta. 2013. Reptiles of potential usurpation of territories and resident females. Cuba: Checklist and geographic distributions. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 144: 1–96. Acknowledgement Ruibal, R. 1967. Evolution and behavior in West Indian Anoles, pp 116–140. In: W.W. Milstead (ed.), Lizard Ecology. A Symposium. University of Missouri We thank Boris A. Fabres, Environmental Protection in the Press, Columbia, Missouri. Caribbean (EPIC), for reviewing an early version of the man- Silva Lee, A. 1984. Chipojo, Bayoyas y Camaleones. Editorial Científico Técnica, La uscript and providing useful suggestion that improved it. Habana, Cuba.

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