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WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 20(4):197–198 • DEC 2013 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCED SPECIES FEATURE ARTICLES . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 The. The Shared History Red-Banded of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans onButterfly Grenada: Lizard, A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCHLeiolepis ARTICLES rubritaeniata Mertens 1961 . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 (Sauria:. The Knight Leiolepididae), Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida A Newly Documented .............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 CONSERVATIONNonindigenous ALERT Species in Florida . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More ThanKenneth Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... L. Krysko1, Kevin M. Enge2, and Claudia A. MacKenzie-Krysko1 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 1Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA ([email protected]) 2Florida Fish andHUSBANDRY Wildlife Conservation Commission, 1105 SW Williston Road, Gainesville, Florida 32601, USA (e-mail: [email protected]) . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 PROFILE he Red-Banded Butterfly Lizard, play their colorful lateral patterns to enhance visual percep- . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime PromotingLeiolepis Herpetology rubritae ................................................................................................- Michael L. Treglia 234 Tniata Mertens 1961, is indigenous to eastern Thailand, tion and communication (Hartmann et al. 2012). Leiolepis adjacent central andCOMMENTARY southern Laos, and southern central rubritaeniata is edificarian, but naturally inhabits open, flat, . Vietnam (Peters 1971,The Stuart Turtles Have 1999, Been Watching Darevsky Me ........................................................................................................................ and Nguyen sandy areas within tropical Ericlowland Gangloff rainforests238 (Grismer and 2004, Hartmann etBOOK al. 2012). REVIEW This diurnal species is charac- Grismer 2010, Hartmann et al. 2012). This species con- terized by a highly reduced. Threatened dorsal Amphibians pattern of the Worldin males edited by(Grismer S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,structs J.S.an Chanson, underground N.A. Cox, burrow with two exits, and when R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243 et al. 2008, Hartmann et al. 2012). The expandable lateral disturbed, it retreats into its burrow and seals the opening markings are reduced CONSERVATION to the proximate RESEARCH post-axillary REPORTS: region;Summaries of Publishedwith Conservation loose sand Research (Hartmann Reports ................................. et al. 2012). 245 posterior lateral two-thirds NATURAL of HISTORY the flanks RESEARCH are plain REPORTS reddish-: Summaries of Published On Reports 25 onMay Natural 2012, History .................................Shane Slaughter 247 collected a Leiolepis NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 orange up to the groin; EDITORIAL a lesser INFORMATION degree of dark ..................................................................................................................................................... lateral barring rubritaeniata (UF-Herpetology 167804) 251 on Val Mar Drive, and the edges of dorsal FOCUS spots ON are CONSERVATION fused in some: A Projectplaces; You except Can Support ...............................................................................................Fort Myers, ca. 0.2 km northwest of252 State Road 867, Lee for a light yellowish post- and subocular stripe, little to no County, Florida (26.56259oN, 81.91038oW, datum WGS84, color pattern exists on the side of the head; and especially in elev. 2 m) (Fig. 1). This lizard was captured while cornered at older lizards, only a polygonal net-like pattern made of the the juncture of two walls. On 12 July 2012, Melissa Councell borders of faded ocelli exists (GrismerFront et Cover. al. 2008, Shannon Hartmann Plummer. photographedBack Cover. Michael a L. Kern rubritaeniata (photographic voucher Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo et al. 2012). The lateral color patternestibus ofinveliquo males velique is anrerchil easily UF-Herpetologyestibus inveliquo velique 167182)rerchil at State Road 867 and Bayside observed character used to diagnoseerspienimus, species quos (Peters accullabo. 1971,Ilibus erspienimus,Drive, Fort quos accullabo.Myers (26.56383Ilibus oN, 81.90671oW) (Fig. 2). This aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum Hartmann et al. 2012). Males havefugiatis the maionsequat ability eumque to flatten lizardfugiatis was maionsequat observed eumque basking on pavement alongside the road. their bodies by expanding their ribmoditia cages, erere nonsedisin order ma sectiaturto dis - Onmoditia 7 erereSeptember nonsedis ma 2013 sectia- at 1115 h, we observed a juvenile L. ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo. Fig. 2. Red-Banded Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata (in situ; UF-Herpetology photo- graphic voucher 167182), found at State Road 867 & Bayside Fig. 1. Red-Banded Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata (UF- Drive, Fort Myers, Lee County, Herpetology 167804), found on Val Mar Drive, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, on 12 July 2012. Florida, on 25 May 2012. Photographs by Shane Slaughter. Photograph by Keith Councell. Copyright © 2013. Kenneth L. Krysko. All rights reserved. 197 INTRODUCED SPECIES IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 20(4):197–198 • DEC 2013 rubritaeniata on Bayside Drive, ca. 0.1 km northwest of State Acknowledgments Road 867 (26.564303oN, 81.907604oW). This lizard was We thank Wolfgang Böhme for species confirmation; Louis observed on a well-manicured lawn, and when approached A. Somma for geographic distributions and assistance with from a vehicle, it quickly retreated into its burrow approxi- references; Shane Slaughter and Keith and Melissa Councell mately 1 m away. At 1140 h, we observed an adult L. rubri- for depositing vouchers in the FLMNH; and Gad Perry, taeniata at State Road 867 and Peck Avenue (26.5631oN, Robert Powell, and an anonymous reviewer for helpful com- 81.907355oW) (Fig. 3). This lizard was observed on a well- ments on this paper. manicured lawn at the entrance to its burrow, and when approached on foot, it quickly retreated underground. At Literature Cited 1148 h, we returned to this site and photographed this lizard Colautti, R.I. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. A neutral terminology to define ‘invasive’ species. Diversity and Distributions 10:135–141. from our vehicle while it basked at its burrow entrance (pho- Darevsky, I.S. and V.S. Nguyen. 2004. Geographic distribution: Leiolepis reevesii tographic voucher UF-Herpetology 171120). These observa- rubritaeniata. Herpetological Review 35:288. tions span a distance of 0.4 km, but the available habitat in Grismer, J.L. and L.L. Grismer. 2010. Who’s your mommy? Identifying mater- the neighborhood is much more extensive. nal ancestors of asexual species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the description of a new endemic species of asexual Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from southern All Leiolepis rubritaeniata were observed in a highly Vietnam. Zootaxa 2433:47–61. developed residential area in open areas receiving direct sun- Grismer, L.L., T. Neang, T. Chav, P.L. Wood, Jr., J.R. Oaks, J. Holden, J.L. light. This microhabitat is similar to that of its only known Grismer, T.R. Szutz., and T.M. Youmans. 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in northwestern Cardamom introduced congener, the Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis belliana Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery Hardwicke and Gray 1827), in Florida (Krysko and Enge of three new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56:161–175. 2005). Leiolepis rubritaeniata appears to be quite wary of Hartmann, T., S. Sothanin, M. Handschuh, and W. Böhme. 2012. The taxonomic status of the Red-banded Butterfly Lizard Mertens 1961, with distributional pedestrians, but like other cautious lizard species (i.e., Leiolepis and natural history notes. Russian Journal
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