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Hemidactylus Mabouia (Meshaka 2004, 2011; Kingsland the Tropical House Gecko (H WWW.IRCF.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES &IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 27(2):120–128 • AUG 2020 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES . ChasingPredation Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin:by a Cuban Treefrog On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The( OsteopilusShared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis septentrionalis) and Humans on Grenada: ) and a A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 DomesticRESEARCH ARTICLESCat (Felis catus) on Tropical House . 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 Geckos ............................................. (HemidactylusBrian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevinmabouia M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and) Michaelin Granatosky Central 212 Cuba,CONSERVATION with ALERT a Review of Predators and . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 Vertebrate. The “Dow Jones Index” ofPrey Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................... of Tropical House ............Geckos 225 HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central NettedRafael Dragon Borroto-Páez....................................................................................................... and Denise Reyes Pérez Shannon Plummer 226 Instituto de Geografía Tropical, Calle F No. 302, entre 13 y 15, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba ([email protected]) PROFILE . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234 COMMENTARY n the Cuban Archipelago,. The Turtles the Have CubanBeen Watching Treefrog Me ........................................................................................................................ (Osteopilus and perches; however, few Ericcompetitive Gangloff 238 interactions between Iseptentrionalis, Hylidae)BOOK REVIEW is widely distributed on the main the two species have been described. Herein we report pre- island and on at least. Threatened 15 offshore Amphibians islands, of the World where edited byit S.N.is rela Stuart,- M. Hoffmann,dation J.S.on Chanson, a Tropical N.A. Cox, House Gecko by a Cuban Treefrog tively abundant (EstradaR. 2012; Berridge, Rivalta P. Ramani, andGonzález B.E. Young et .............................................................................................................. al. 2014). (Osteopilus septentrionalis) and Robert a Powell domestic 243 cat (Felis catus). The Cuban Treefrog is native to Cuba, the Cayman Islands, In August 2019, we stayed in a 140-m2 fourth-floor CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 and at least eight Bahamian NATURAL islandsHISTORY (Henderson RESEARCH REPORTS and Powell: Summaries of Publishedapartment Reports in on NaturalCorralillo History .................................(22°58'48"N, 247 80°36'05"W) in north- 2009). It also has been NEWBRIEFS introduced ............................................................................................................................... widely to many Caribbean ern Villa Clara .......................................................Province, Cuba. During 248 our stay, we observed EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 Islands, Costa Rica, FOCUSand the ON U.S. CONSERVATION states of Florida,: A Project Georgia,You Can Support ...............................................................................................and counted at least five Cuban Treefrogs 252 and eight Tropical and Hawaii (Owen et al. 2005; Henderson and Powell 2009; House Geckos (three of them juveniles) in the apartment. Powell et al. 2011, 2013). However, studies of this species During the night, an indoor light attracted nocturnal insects, focus largely on introduced rather than native populations principally lepidopterans. On several occasions, we observed (e.g., Meshaka 1996, 2001; Owen 2005;Front Cover. Smith Shannon 2005; Plummer. Vargas bothBack Cuban Cover. MichaelTreefrogs Kern and Tropical House Geckos forag- Salinas 2006). Totat et velleseque audant mo ingTotat for et insects velleseque in audant the mo living room. Aware of the potential for estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil In Cuba, the Cuban Treefrog occupieserspienimus, bothquos accullabo. natural Ilibus and erspienimus,competitive quos accullabo. interactions, Ilibus we kept cameras handy. At 1900 h anthropogenic habitats, in villages, rural,aut dolor and apicto urban invere peareas, dolum and onaut dolor22 August, apicto invere we pe dolumdetected a Cuban Treefrog (SVL 52 mm) fugiatis maionsequat eumque fugiatis maionsequat eumque often functions as a human commensal.moditia Iterere frequently nonsedis ma sectiatur is con - perchedmoditia erere on nonsedis a curtain ma sectia support.- At 2100 h, a young Tropical sidered as a pest and can attain highma derrovitaeindoor voluptam, densities as quos (e.g., Housetur ma derrovitaeGecko voluptam,(SVL 45 as mm) emerged from behind a picture personal observation of 4–6 individualsaccullabo. in a 2-m2 bathroom). frame (Fig. 1A). The gecko approached the frog (Figs. 1B–C), Cuban Treefrogs are voracious predators with a documented apparently without detecting a possible predator or lacking generalist diet that is highly plastic, consisting primarily of the experience to avoid the threat. When the gecko touched invertebrates, but small vertebrates such as frogs, lizards, and the frog, it immediately turned and captured and swallowed snakes are not uncommon (Meshaka 1996, 2001, 2011; the gecko. This happened so quickly that we captured this Owen 2005; Glorioso et al. 2012) and cannibalism has been event with only the tip of the gecko’s tail protruding from reported (Meshaka 2001; Kaiser et al. 2016; Borroto-Páez the frog’s mouth (Fig. 1D). A moment later, ingestion was and Reyes 2019b). complete (Fig. 1E). Seven species of geckos have been introduced to Cuba, Previous records of Osteopilus septentionalis preying on four of which are house geckos in the genus Hemidactylus. Hemidactylus mabouia (Meshaka 2004, 2011; Kingsland The Tropical House Gecko (H. mabouia) is the most abun- 2007; Voirin 2016) all occurred in Florida. To the best of our dant and widely distributed species in both urban and rural knowledge, no comparable predator-prey events have been areas. It also functions as a human commensal (Borroto-Páez reported in the native range of the Cuban Treefrog. However, et al. 2015); sharing with the Cuban Treefrog walls, lights, because the two principals are both human commensals and Copyright © 2020. Rafael Borroto-Páez. All rights reserved. 120 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 BORROTO-PÁEZ AND REYES PÉREZ IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(2):120–128 • AUG 2020 Fig. 1. A Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) preying on a young Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia). (A) The gecko approaches the curtain support after leaving its refuge under the picture frame in the lower left corner. (B) The gecko climbs onto the curtain support and (C) contacts the Cuban Treefrog, triggering the predation event. (D) An instant later, the Cuban Treefrog has ingested the gecko, with only the tip of its tail protruding from of the frog’s mouth (arrow). (E) Ingestion is complete. Photographs by Rafael Borroto-Páez. Table 1. A list of predators of Tropical House Geckos (Hemidactylus mabouia), updating lists in Nogueira et al. (2013) and Pedroso-Santos et al. (2019). Additions are marked with an asterisk (*). Predator Location Reference(s) Arthropoda (Insecta, Arachnida, Myriapoda) Eciton Army Ants (Eciton burchellii) (Formicidae) Brazil Sazima (2015b)* Unidentified ctenid spider (Ctenidae) Brazil Lanschi and Ferreira (2012) Unidentified lycosid spider (Lycosidae) Brazil Koski et al. (2013) Hermit Spider (Nephilengys cruentata) (Nephilidae) Brazil Diniz (2011) Brick-red Pink-toed Spider (Avicularia variegata) (Theraphosidae) Brazil Queiroz-Almedia et al. (2019)* Amazonian Scorpion (Tityus metuendus) (Buthidae) Brazil Albuquerque (2012)* Unidentified camel spider (Solifugae) Africa Loveridge (1947)* Unidentified myriapod (centipede?) Brazil Pessoa (2017)* Chordata: Vertebrata (Amphibia) Granulated Toad (Rhinella major) (Bufonidae) Brazil Pedroso-Santos et al. (2019) Venezuelan Snouted Treefrog (Scinax x-signatus) (Hylidae) Brazil Zachi-Silva and Borges-Nojosa (2017) Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) (Hylidae) Cuba This paper* Florida Meshaka et al. (2004)*; Meshaka (2011)*; Kingsland (2007)*; Voirin (2016)* (continued) 121 BORROTO-PÁEZ AND REYES PÉREZ IRCF REPTILES
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