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MITCHELL, Co-Editor Future Annual Meetings Department of Biology 2008 — Montreal, Canada, 23–28 July (with ASIH, HL) University of Richmond 2009 — Portland, Oregon, 22–27 July (with ASIH, HL) Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA 2010 — Providence, Rhode Island, 7–12 July (with ASIH, HL) 2011 — Minneapolis, Minnesota, 6–11 July (with ASIH, HL) declining in this recently discovered population. Herpetological Review, 2008, 39(2), 244–245. Submitted by J. ERIC WALLACE, School of Natural Re- © 2008 by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles sources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA (e- mail: [email protected]); ROBERT J. BRAUMAN, New Noteworthy Geographic Distribution Records for York City Department of Environmental Protection, 182 Joline Colubrid Snakes from the Arkansas Valley Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10307, USA; JOHN WINDES, Ecoregion of Westcentral Arkansas, USA 1128 West Emerine Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85704, USA; WILL- IAM P. BURGER, Arizona Game and Fish Department, 7200 East University, Mesa, Arizona 85207, USA; ERNEST J. NIGRO, HENRY W. ROBISON Department of Biology, Southern Arkansas University THOMAS C. BRENNAN, and ANDREW T. HOLYCROSS, Magnolia, Arkansas 71754, USA School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ari- e-mail: [email protected] zona 85287-4501, USA. and CHRIS T. McALLISTER TROPIDODIPSAS REPLETA (Black Snail-eating Snake). Department of Physical and Life Sciences, Chadron State College MEXICO: SONORA: MUNICIPIO DE YECORA: West slope of the Chadron, Nebraska 69337, USA Sierra Madre Occidental, west of Yecora Junction on Mex Hwy e-mail: [email protected] 16 (28.22336°N, 109.03293°W; WGS 84),1581 m elev. 17 Au- Thirty-eight species and subspecies of colubrid snakes occur in gust 2007. Young Cage and Kenneth Sharrocks. Verified by Jim Arkansas (Trauth et al. 2004). Since the compilation of Trauth et Rorabaugh. LACM PC 1446. Second record for Sonora (Smith et al. (op. cit.), numerous investigators have recently reported new al. 2005. Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc. 41:39–41), and only the county records for colubrids in various parts of the state (Engelbert third documented specimen of T. repleta (Lemos Espinal and Smith and Patrick 2007; Engelbert et al. 2007; Howey and Dinkelacker 2007. Amphibians and Reptiles of the State of Chihuahua México, 2007; Plummer and McKenzie 2007; Robison and McAllister Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and CONABIO). The 2007). Between December 2005 and September 2006, additional snake was found DOR in pine-oak forest. geographic (new county) records for eight species of colubrids Submitted by ERIC A. DUGAN, Department of Earth and Bio- were collected from Johnson, Pope, and Yell counties of the Ar- logical Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California kansas Valley of west-central Arkansas. Township, section, and 92350, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); YOUNG CAGE, 5839 range are provided for each locality. Specimens were verified by West Sonoran Links Lane, Marana, Arizona 85653, USA (e-mail: S. E. Trauth and vouchers are deposited in the Arkansas State [email protected]); and KENNETH SHARROCKS, 20437 North University Herpetological Museum (ASUMZ), State University, 17th Way, Phoenix, Arizona 85024, USA (e-mail: Arkansas. Current common and scientific names follow Crother [email protected]) et al. (2000) except where noted. TYPHLOPS BRONGERSMIANUS (Brongersma’s Worm Colubrinae Snake). BRAZIL: CEARÁ: Ubajara (03.8619444°S; Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake). JOHNSON 40.9172222°W; 834 m elev.). 06 April 2007. D. Loebmann. Coleção Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil (IBSP 76365). Veri- CO.: Clarksville, Clark Road (Sec. 1, T9N, R23W). 05 July 2005. fied by M. T. Rodrigues. Species widely distributed with recog- Joe Kremers. ASUMZ 30796. New county record that partially nized records from Trinidad, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezu- fills a distributional gap among Franklin and Newton counties and ela, Guiana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, near a previous record from Madison County (Roberts et al. 2005). and Argentina (Dixon and Hendricks 1979. Zool. Verh. Leiden. Juvenile specimen. 173:1–39; McDiarmid et al. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake). JOHNSON CO.: Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ Clarksville, Clark Road (Sec. 1, T9N, R23W). 05 July 2005. Joe League, Washington, DC, xii + 511 pp.). First state record, ex- Kremers. ASUMZ 30794. New county record that fills a hiatus in tends the distribution previously known as follows: ca. 760 km the northwestern Arkansas River Valley among Franklin, Logan, NW from the João Pessoa city, Paraíba state, Brazil (Santana et al. and Pope counties. Juvenile Specimen. This snake is one of the 2008. Biotemas. 21[1]:75–84); ca. 700 km N from the ecological most common colubrids of the state, now being reported from 73 station of Uruçui-Una, Piauí state, Brazil and ca. 700 km NE from of 75 (97%) counties. the Balsas city, Maranhão state, Brazil (Barreto 2007. Cerrado Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Greensnake). YELL CO.: Mt. George Norte do Brasil = North Cerrado of Brazil. União Sul Americana (Sec. 4, T5N, R21W). 08 June 2006. Joe Kremers. ASUMZ 30800. de Estudos da Biodiversidade, Pelotas, Brazil, 378 pp.); also ca. New county record partially filling a hiatus in the southern Arkan- 620 km E from the Junco do Maranhão city, state of Maranhão, sas River Valley among Perry and Scott counties. Brazil (Cunha and Nascimento 1993. Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool. 9[1]:1–191). Natricinae Submitted by DANIEL LOEBMANN, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer (Northern Diamond-backed Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-970, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil; Watersnake). JOHNSON CO.: Clarksville, Clark Road (Sec. 1, T9N, e-mail: [email protected]. R23W). 27 December 2005. Joe Kremers. ASUMZ 30793. New county record and juvenile specimen.

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POINTS OF VIEW Toe Clipping of Anurans for Mark-Recapture Studies: Acceptable if Justified ...... by K. M. PARRIS AND M. A. MCCARTHY 148

Toe Clipping of Anurans for Mark-Recapture Studies: Acceptable if Justified. That’s What We Said! ... by A. D. PHILLOTT AND COLLEAGUES 149

ARTICLES Oophagy and Larval Cannibalism without Polyphenism in Tadpoles of the Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) ...... by S. FOX 151

Spring Peepers and Pitcher Plants: A Case of Commensalism? ...... by R. W. RUSSELL 154 Body-flip and Immobility Behavior in Regal Horned Lizards: A Gape-limiting Defense Selectively Displayed Toward One of Two Snake Predators ...... by W. C. SHERBROOKE AND C. J. MAY 156 Predation on Caecilians (Caecilia orientalis) by Barred Hawks (Leucopternis princeps) Depends on Rainfall ...... by H. F. GREENEY, R. A. GELIS, AND W. C. FUNK 162

Ecology and Behavior of Polypedates leucomystax (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Northeast Thailand ...... by J. A. SHERIDAN 165

High Densities of a “Rare” Skink ...... by H. HEATWOLE AND B. L. STUART 169

TECHNIQUES Bromeliad Patch Sampling Technique for Canopy Herpetofauna in Neotropical Forests ...... by S. F. MCCRACKEN AND M. R. J. FORSTNER 170 Efficacy of PIT Tags for Tracking the Terrestrial Anurans Rana pipiens and Rana sylvatica ...... by S. M. BLOMQUIST, J. D. ZYDLEWSKI, AND M. L. HUNTER, JR. 174

A Minimally Invasive Method for Obtaining Venom from Helodermatid Lizards ...... by H. F. KWOK AND C. IVANYI 179 Analysis and Comparison of Three Capture Methods for the Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) ...... by R. L. FOSTER, A. M. MCMILLAN, A. R. BREISCH, K. ROBLEE, AND D. SCHRANZ 181 Relative Efficacy of Three Different Baits for Trapping Pond-dwelling Turtles in East-central Kansas ...... by R. B. THOMAS, I. M. HALL, AND W. J. HOUSE 186

A Simple Pitfall Trap for Sampling Nesting Diamondback Terrapins ...... by J. A. BORDEN AND G. J. LANGFORD 188

Use of Traditional Turtle Marking to Obtain DNA for Population Studies ...... by P. J. DAWES, C. S. SINCLAIR, AND R. A. SEIGEL 190

AMPHIBIAN CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Captive Acris crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard’s Cricket Frog) Collected from Ohio, Missouri, and Michigan, USA ...... by K. C. ZIPPEL AND C. TABAKA 192 Occurrence of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) in the U.S. Midwest ...... by S. L. STEINER AND R. M. LEHTINEN 193 Low Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Across Rana sylvatica Populations in Southeastern Michigan, USA ...... by A. J. ZELLMER, C. L. RICHARDS, AND L. M. MARTENS 196

Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibian Populations in Denmark ..... by R. SCALERA, M. J. ADAMS, AND S. K. GALVAN 199 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Not Detected in Oophaga pumilio on Bastimentos Island, Panama ...... by C. L. RICHARDS, A. J. ZELLMER, AND L. M. MARTENS 200 Results of Amphibian Chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Sampling in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA ...... by T. CHESTNUT, J. E. JOHNSON, AND R. S. WAGNER 202

NEWSNOTES ...... 129 MEETINGS ...... 130

CURRENT RESEARCH ...... 130 ZOO VIEW ...... 133

NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ...... 205 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION ...... 231 BOOK REVIEWS ...... 247