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Eutropis Trivittata a Hypothetical Excursion WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSIRCF REPTILES • VOL15, &NO AMPHIBIANS 4 • DEC 2008 189 • 25(1):26–28 • APR 2018 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES . Chasing BullsnakesNew (Pituophis catenifer Localities sayi) in Wisconsin: for Indian On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Three-banded. The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis Skinks,) and Humans on Grenada: Eutropis trivittata A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH (HardwickeARTICLES & Gray 1827) . 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 (Squamata: ............................................. BrianMabuyidae), J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, in Ellen M. CentralDonlan, and Michael Granatosky India212 CONSERVATION ALERTKhan Ashaharraza1 and Mandeep Kaur2 . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 1 Research. More Administrator, Than Mammals ...............................................................................................................................Indian Herpetological Society, Pune – 411009, Maharashtra, India....................................... ([email protected]) 223 . The2Guru “Dow Gobind Jones Index” Singh of IndraprasthaBiodiversity ............................................................................................................................... University, New Delhi – 110078, India ([email protected])............ 225 HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 he Indian Three-bandedPROFILE Skink (Eutropis trivittata; Fig. years (2013–2016), we found nine E. trivittata in natural hab- T1) is endemic to .southernKraig Adler: AAsia Lifetime (Smith Promoting 1935; Herpetology Tikadar ................................................................................................ and itat. Live individuals were Michael caught L. Treglia in 234 the wild and examined Sharma 1992). The species was described by Hardwicke and for morphometric and morphological data, photographed, COMMENTARY Gray (1827) based on specimens collected from Dum Dum and released immediately. To confirm identification, we ref- . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 (22°37’12”N, 88°25’12”E), West Bengal, India. Recently, erenced material from the collection of the Bombay Natural it has been reportedBOOK from REVIEW Araku, Vishakhapatnam District, History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, collected from Ratnagiri . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Andhra Pradesh, India R.(Seetharamaraju Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. et Young al. 2011),.............................................................................................................. and (BNHS 1098) and Selam (BNHS Robert Powell 1451). 243 We compiled data Chikane (2011) commented on its distribution on the Kaas and constructed the map in Arc GIS Version 10.2.1. Plateau in the Satara CONSERVATIONDistrict, Maharashtra. RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published ConservationDuring Researchthe present Reports .................................study, we recorded 245 four live individu- NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 While conducting NEWBRIEFS extensive ............................................................................................................................... fieldwork on skinks in the als from Uttamsara,....................................................... Pohra-Malkhed Reserve248 Forest, Amravati Vidarbha Region of MaharashtraEDITORIAL INFORMATION State during ............................................................................................................................... three seasonal District (20°55’22”N 77°46’1”E),...................... including 251 one from Vairat FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 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. An adult Indian Three-banded Skink (Eutropis trivittata) from Amravati, Maharashtra. Photograph by Khan Ashaharraza. Copyright © 2018. Khan Ashaharraza. All rights reserved. 26 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 ASHAHARRAZA AND KAUR IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 25(1):26–28 • APR 2018 (21°23’2”N 77°15’11”E) at ~1,150 m asl in the Melghat Eutropis trivittata was known previously from locali- Tiger Reserve. Another individual was taken in Khamgaon, ties in western Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, and Buldhana District (20°42’30”N, 76°33’58”E). We sighted Andhra Pradesh (Smith 1935; Tikadar and Sharma 1992; two individuals in the Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Seetharamaraju et al. 2011). Champian and Seth (2005) Yavatmal District (19°53’49”N, 78°27’37”E), found a road- indicated that the forests throughout those areas range from kill in Pauni, Bhandara District (20°47’30”N, 79°38’0”E), tropical semi-evergreen forest to tropical moist deciduous for- and acquired a photographic record from the Tadoba- est. However, the localities documented in the present study Andhari Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur District (20°12’17.5”N, are located on the northeastern belt of the Deccan Plateau 79°23’53.5”E). (Gajbhiye and Mandal 2000), where the forest type is south- Fig. 2. Map of peninsular India showing locality records for the Indian Three-banded Skink (Eutropis trivittata). New records reported herein are: (1) Khamgaon, (2) Vairat, (3) Amravati, (4) Tipeshwar, (5) Chandrapur, and (6) Pauni. 27 ASHAHARRAZA AND KAUR IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 25(1):26–28 • APR 2018 ern dry mixed deciduous forest (Champian and Seth 2005). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai) allowed us to The presence of the species in these areas suggests that E. study materials in the collection of the BNHS, and Sushil trivittata can occur in habitats that include variable elements Chikane provided literature. The Principal Chief Conservator of arid to semiarid ecosystems. of Forests and the Forest Department of Maharashtra granted Floral diversity in the areas inhabited by skinks included: permission to conduct surveys. Kiran Bawaskar (National Gum Arabic Tree (Vachellia nilotica), Teak (Tectona gran- Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur) dis), Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma), Arjun Tree encouraged biodiversity assessment studies in Khamgaon and (Terminalia arjuna), and invasive Lantana (Lantana camara). acknowledges Viju Khandagare for collecting specimens in Sympatric skinks included Golden Skinks (Eutropis cari- Khamgaon, Buldhana District. Manoj Bind provided equip- nata), Bronze Skinks (E. macularia), Lined Writhing ment for photographic documentation. Sandeep Belkhede, Skinks (Lygosoma lineata), and Dotted Writhing Skinks Ajay Verma, Madhao Vaidya, Dinesh Khate, Shubham (L. punctata). Other reptiles observed during surveys were Sayanke, and Mukesh Malwe assisted us during field surveys. Graceful Leaf-toed Geckos (Hemidactylus gracilis), Spiny- headed Fan-throated Lizards (Sitana spinaecephalus), Indian Literature Cited Baby, T.G., S.C. Goel, and S. Raghupathi Rami Reddy. 1976. A comparative study Smooth Snakes (Coronella brachyura), and Stout Sandsnakes of arginase activity in lizards. Physiological Zoology 49: 286–291. (Psammophis longifrons). Champion, H.G. and S.K. Seth. 2005. A Revised Survey of Forest Types of India. Converting forests to agriculture and pastures poses a Government Press of India, New Delhi. major threat to this species. Also, mortality on roads could Chikane, S. 2011. Notes on the habitat, natural history and distribution of the Three-lined Grass Skink, Eutropis trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) (Sauria: have a deleterious effect on local populations. Scincidae) in Kaas, Northern Western Ghats, India. Sauria 33(4): 75–78. The herpetofauna of the Vidarbha Region in central Chopra, R.N. 1964. Notes on some lizards of Poona. Journal of the University of India is poorly documented. Our report helps to under- Poona, Science & Technology 28: 39–42. Daniels, J.C. 2002. The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Oxford University stand the distribution of E. trivittata in Maharashtra State. Press, New York. Previously documented from Nasik, Pune, Satara, and
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