Cfreptiles & Amphibians

WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 22(4):145–149 • DEC 2015 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES . ChasingFrogs Bullsnakes (Pituophis cateniferin sayi )the in Wisconsin: Genus Fejervarya On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: (Anura:A Hypothetical Dicroglossidae) Excursion ............................................................................................................................ of the NazipurRobert W. Henderson 198 Area, RESEARCHPatnitala ARTICLES Upazila, Naogaon District . 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 .............................................in NorthwesternBrian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M.Bangladesh Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 CONSERVATION ALERTFaysal Ahmad and Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More ThanDepartment Mammals of ...................................................................................................................................................................... Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh ([email protected]) 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...........................................................................................................................................Photographs by the senior author 225 HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 PROFILE angladesh, located. Kraig at the Adler: junction A Lifetime Promoting of the Herpetology Indo-Himalayan ................................................................................................ however, we follow Frost Michael (2015)L. Treglia 234in retaining the name Band Indo-Chinese Subregions (Stanford 1991) and part Fejervarya for all species. COMMENTARY of the Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al. 2000), . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 has a rich biota. Hasan et al. (2014) recorded 71 species of Methods amphibians, includingBOOK nine REVIEW species in the genus Fejervarya. Our study site (Fig. 1) was at Nazipur Area, Patnitala Upazila, . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Frogs in this genus, variouslyR. Berridge, referred P. Ramani, to and asB.E. Terrestrial Young .............................................................................................................. Frogs, Naogaon District (25°2’42.23”N, Robert Powell 88°45’4.47”E; 243 elevation 24 Cricket Frogs, or Wart Frogs, are assigned to the family m asl). We conducted surveys in known Fjervarya habitats along Dicroglossidae, subfamily CONSERVATION Dicroglossinae, RESEARCH REPORTS:and include Summaries 39 of Publishedponds, Conservation rivers, Research canals, Reports temporary ................................. pools, 245 paddy fields, and wet NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 currently recognized NEWBRIEFS species of ...................................................................................................................................................................................... small to medium-sized frogs grasslands. We spent 27 nights from 1930–1130 248 h searching for distributed widely overEDITORIAL southern INFORMATION and southeastern ..................................................................................................................................................... Asia (Frost amphibians in June–September 2013 and 251 collected one representa- 2015). These frogs areFOCUS characterized ON CONSERVATION by the: presenceA Project You of Can the Support ...............................................................................................tive specimen of each species to compare 252 morphometric data with “Fejervarya line” on both sides of the belly and the absence previously published reports by Borthakur et al. (2007; for F. nepal- of a rictal gland at the mouth commissure. In earlier publica- ensis, F. pierrei, and F. teraiensis), Howlader (2011a; for F. asmati), tions, most species were referred to Rana limnocharis, a species and Kurniawan et al. (2011; for F. cancrivora). Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern as then defined with a wide range extendingTotat et velleseque from audant Pakistan mo to TotatBased et velleseque on morphological audant mo and morphometric descriptions in the China, Japan, and Indonesia. After estibusreassignment inveliquo velique to the rerchil genus sourcesestibus inveliquo listed abovevelique rerchiland supplemented by those in Dubois (1975, erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus,1984), Schleich quos accullabo. and IlibusKästle (2002), Islam et al. (2008), Howlader Fejervarya, the name F. limnocharisaut was dolor restricted apicto invere tope dolumpopula - aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum tions in Indonesia and Malaysia (Duboisfugiatis maionsequat and Ohler eumque 2000; (2011b),fugiatis maionsequat and Hasan eumque et al. (2014), we used eleven parameters for Veith et al. 2001). moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur speciesmoditia erere identification: nonsedis ma sectia SVL- (snout-vent length), HL (head length), ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as The slight morphological differencesaccullabo. among the species HW (head width), SL (snout length), IN (internarial distance), EN in this genus have generated some confusion; consequently, (distance from front of eyes to nostril), NS (nostril-snout length), various species have been collectively identified as belong- EL (eye length), TL (tibial length), finger formula, and tubercle ing to the Fejervarya limnocharis complex (e.g., Islam et al. arrangements. We used digital calipers to take measurements of 2008). However, biochemical and molecular phylogenetic the representative individual of each species after confirmation of analyses clearly illustrate the presence of several cryptic spe- identity. cies in the genus from the South Asian Region (Toda et al. 1998; Kurabayashi et al. 2005; Djong et al. 2007; Hasan Results et al. 2012). Kuramoto et al. (2007) described four cryptic During our surveys, we encountered five species in the genus species from the Western Ghats of India, and Howlader Fejervarya. All measurements are in mm. (1) Nepal Cricket Frog (2011a) discovered two previously unknown species in (Fejervarya nepalensis [Dubois 1975]); Fig. 2. Adult female: SVL Bangladesh (Fejervarya frithii from Jessore and F. asmati from 38.5; HL 11.5; HW 10.2; SL 6.00; IN 3.2; EN 3.00; NS 2.4; Chittagong). Note, however, Howlader (2011b) subsequently EL 5.00; TL 17.00. Small frogs with a distinct narrow middor- recognized distinct South Asian and Southeast Asian morphs sal line (MDL), sometimes absent. Skin fringe indistinct on outer and assigned several species to the genus Zakerana. Herein, side of 5th toe. Right finger length (RFL) 2<1<4<3. Body tubercles Copyright © 2015. Faysal Ahmad. All rights reserved. 145 AHMAD AND ALAM IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 22(4):145–149 • DEC 2015 Fig. 1. Location of the study area in the Nazipur Area of Bangladesh. 146 AHMAD AND ALAM IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 22(4):145–149 • DEC 2015 oblong, arranged in longitudinal folds; snout jutting over lower jaw. among bushes and grasses along the bank of a stream. (4) Asmat’s Collected from the bank of a small pond covered with grasses. (2) Cricket Frog (Fejervarya asmati Howlader 2011); Fig. 5. Adult Pierre’s Cricket Frog (Fejervarya pierrei [Dubois 1975]); Fig. female: SVL 31.5; HL 11.6; HW 10.6; SL 5.2; IN 3.1; EN 3.8; 3. Adult male: SVL 40.00; HL 13.8; HW 12.00; SL 5.8; IN 2.2; NS 2.1; EL 4.5; TL 16.3. Small frogs also with distinct narrow EN 3.00; NS 3.2; EL5.6; TL 17.00. Small frogs with a distinct middorsal lines (MDL). Right finger length (RFL) 2<4<1< 3. wide middorsal line (MDL) extending from tip of snout to vent. Tips of fingers bluntly rounded and fingers lacking dermal ridges. Skin fringe not present on outer side of 5th toe. Right finger length Sub-articular tubercles prominent, rounded, single tubercle per (RFL) 2=4<1<3 (1st finger longer than 2nd and 4th). Throat dark digit; two distinct capsule-shaped palmar tubercles; supernumer- laterally and pale medially in male. Body tubercles oblong, arranged ary tubercles absent. Nostrils much closer to snout tip than eyes. in rows; snout tip markedly jutting over lower jaw. Collected from Collected from an open area adjacent to a canal. (5) Mangrove the edge of a temporary pool. (3) Terai Cricket Frog (Fejervarya Frog (Fejervarya cancrivora [Gravenhorst 1829]); Fig. 6. Adult teraiensis [Dubois 1984]); Fig. 4. Adult male: SVL 50.00; HL female: SVL 69.00;

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