HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL & AMPHIBIANS15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 28(2):189 350–351 • AUG 2021 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATUREHeterospecific ARTICLES Amplexus Between a . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: MaleOn the RoadPaddy to Understanding the Frog, Ecology and Conservation Fejervarya of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... multistriata Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: (HallowellA Hypothetical Excursion1861) ............................................................................................................................ (Anura: Dicroglossidae),Robert W. Henderson 198 and RESEARCH ARTICLES a Male. The TexasBanded Horned Lizard in Central andBullfrog, Western Texas ....................... Emily Kaloula Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey,pulchra and Gad Perry 204 Gray . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1831 (Anura: ............................................. BrianMicrohylidae), J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen from M. Donlan, and MichaelHong Granatosky 212 Kong CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...............................................................................................................................Ho Yuen Yeung .............................. 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 . TheKadoorie “Dow Jones Conservation Index” of Biodiversity China, Kadoorie ............................................................................................................................... Farm and Botanic Garden, Tai Po, Hong Kong ([email protected])............ 225 HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 he Banded BullfrogPROFILE (Kaloula pulchra) is a large microhylid Heterospecific amplexus has been documented in vari- T(male SVL 55–77. Kraig mm, Adler: femaleA Lifetime SVL Promoting 56–76 Herpetology mm) ................................................................................................ (Fei et al. ous anuran species worldwide, Michael L. including Treglia 234 instances between 2012). Males have a black throat and usually call during and different orders (Howell 2017; Macat et al. 2019), families after rainfall. TheCOMMENTARY species is widely distributed in Asia, where (Reilly et al. 2016; Shahrudin 2018; Groffen et al. 2019; . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 it ranges from northeastern India east through Bangladesh, Lalremsanga 2020), genera (Shahrudin 2016; Groffen et Myanmar, and BOOKThailand REVIEW to southern China, and south to al. 2019), and species (Muansanga et al. 2021) that overlap Singapore and the .islandsThreatened of Amphibians Sumatra, of theBorneo, World edited Sulawesi, by S.N. Stuart, and M. Hoffmann,spatially J.S. and Chanson, temporally N.A. Cox, in breeding habitat. However, no some of the PhilippinesR. (the Berridge, island P. Ramani, populations and B.E. Young are .............................................................................................................. introduced) records document heterospecific Robert Powellamplexus 243 in Hong Kong. (Fei et al. 2012; Frost CONSERVATION 2021). The PaddyRESEARCH Frog REPORTS: (Fejervarya Summaries mul- of Published ConservationAt 2319 Researchh on 8Reports May ................................. 2021, I observed 245 a male Fejervarya tistriata), a medium-sized NATURAL dicroglossid HISTORY RESEARCH (male SVL REPORTS 38–42: Summariesmm, of Publishedmultistriata Reports on engagedNatural History in ................................. axillary amplexus 247 with a male female SVL 43–49 NEWBRIEFS mm), occurs ............................................................................................................................... in subtropical and tropical Kaloula pulchra....................................................... at Shek Pik, Lantau 248 Island, Hong Kong EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 China and the range FOCUS presumably ON CONSERVATION also includes: A Projectpopulations You Can Supportin ...............................................................................................(22°13'42.1"N, 113°53'27.6"E; elev. 252 61 m asl) (Fig. 1). adjacent Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, and isolated Males of both species were calling along with male Spot- records from Mizoram, India (Djong et al. 2011; Fei et al. legged Treefrogs (Polypedates megacephalus). The strange pair 2012; Frost 2021). Breeding in both species is triggered by was perched in an overflow pool with a concrete base covered monsoon rains, and both typicallyFront use Cover. seasonal Shannon rain Plummer. pools or by leafBack litter. Cover. Air Michael temperature Kern and relative humidity at the site ponds as breeding habitat (Fei et al.Totat 2012). et velleseque audant mo wereTotat 29 et ºCvelleseque and audant73% ,mo respectively. The belly and chin of the 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. Amplexus between a male Paddy Frog (Fejervarya multistriata) and a male Banded Bullfrog(Kaloula pulchra) at Shek Pik, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Photographs by the author. Copyright is held by the authors. Articles in R&A are made available under a 350 Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 2332-4961 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. YEUNG REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 28(2): 350–351 • AUG 2021 Paddy Frog were flattened and in contact with the dorsum of Groffen, J., Y. Yang, A. Borzée, and Y. Jang. 2019. Interspecific amplexus between Glandirana tientaiensis (Chang, 1933) and Odorrana schmackeri (Boettger, the Banded Bullfrog. The latter emitted an advertisement call 1892) at the Fuchun River, eastern China. Herpetology Notes 12: 41–42. once during amplexus. The pair was still in amplexus when Howell, H. 2017. Lithobates sphenocephalus (Southern Leopard Frog) and we left the area after 15 minutes of observation. Ambystoma Maculatum (Spotted Salamander). Interspecific amplexus. Herpetological Review 48: 609. Previous studies have revealed that the similarity in Lalremsanga, H.T. 2020. Interspecific amplexus between two sympatric species, body size between frog species could contribute to the lack Amnirana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870) and Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, of specific discrimination (Yu and Lu 2013). However, the 1856) at Tuitun stream, Mizoram, India. Herpetology Notes 13: 433–434. Lengagne, T. 2008. Traffic noise affects communication behaviour in a breeding observed pair in amplexus varied in size. Heterospecific anuran, Hyla arborea. Biological Conservation 141: 2023–2031. https://doi. amplexus between males is less frequently reported than org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.017. between males and females (Mollov et al. 2010). During Macat, Z., M. Rindos, D. Mihalca, and D. Jablonski. 2019. Amplexus between two different orders of amphibians recorded in Romania. North-Western Journal anuran courtship, male frogs emit species-specific advertise- of Zoology 15: 112–113. ment calls to attract females (Wells 2010), and differences Mollov, I.A., G.S. Popgeorgiev, B.Y. Naumov, N.D. Tzankov, and A.Y. Stoyanov. in pitch and call characteristics in those advertisement calls 2010. Cases of abnormal amplexus in anurans (Amphibia: Anura) from Bulgaria and Greece. 4: 121–125. dramatically reduce the likelihood of interspecific mating. Biharean Biologist Muansanga L., L.V. Hlondo, L. Biakzuala, G.Z. Hmar, and H.T. Lalremsanga. However, studies have revealed that the advertisement call of 2021. Interspecific amplexus between two rhacophorids (Anura: male frogs can be interrupted and altered by anthropogenic Rhacophoridae), Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois, 1897) and P. braueri (Vogt, 1911), at the Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary, Mizoram, India. Herpetology Notes noise pollution (Lengagne 2008) or distorted by the calls of 14: 585–587. other species (Wong et al. 2009). Reilly, S.B., A.L. Stubbs, J.A. McGuire, U, Arifin, E. Arida, and D.T. Iskandar. 2016. Papurana elberti and Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian Common Toad). Interspecific Amplexus. Herpetological Review 47: 114. Acknowledgements Shahrudin, S. 2016. Interspecific amplexus between male Rhacophorus prominanus This study was supported by the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic and female Polypedates leucomystax from Peninsular Malaysia. Herpetological Garden, Hong Kong. Bulletin 135: 30–31. Shahrudin, S. 2018. Interfamilial amplexus between a male Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst 1829)(Anura: Rhacophoridae) and a female Leptobrachium hen- Literature Cited