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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FEATURE ARTICLES Distribution. Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis of catenifer sayithe) in Wisconsin: Many-lined Grass Skink, On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Eutropis. The Shared History of Treeboas (multifasciataCorallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: (Kuhl 1820), A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES in Bangladesh . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestrisIrin )Sultana in Florida 1, Naim Khandakar2, and Delip K. Das2 ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India CONSERVATION2Department of Zoology,ALERT Jagannath University, Dhaka-1100, Bangladesh ([email protected]) . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225 he Many-linedHUSBANDRY Grass Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl tions in Boulenger (1887) and Hasan et al. (2014). These T1820), is an uncommon. Captive Care of thespecies Central Netted known Dragon to ...... occur in observations extend the Shannongeographic Plummer distribution226 of E. multi- mixed evergreen forestsPROFILE and hilly areas in northeastern and fasciata into the south-central coastal area of Bangladesh. southeastern Bangladesh. Kraig Adler:(Hasan A Lifetime et Promoting al. 2014; Herpetology Khan ...... 2015; Michael L. Treglia 234 Khan 2018), with a recent report (Hossain and Jing 2019) Literature Cited COMMENTARY Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). confirming its presence. The in Turtles the Havenorthwestern Been Watching Me part ...... of the coun- Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertid Eric Gangloffæ, Gerrosaurid 238 æ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, try. The species also is suspected of occurring in north-central Dibamidæ, Chamæleonidæ. Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK. BOOK REVIEW Bangladesh (Hasan et al. 2014; Khan 2015). These skinks are Chakma, S. 2015. Eutropis multifasciata, p. 122. In: IUCN Bangladesh, Red List of . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,Bangladesh. J.S. Chanson, Volume N.A. 4: Cox, Reptiles and Amphibians. IUCN (International Union associated with open forestR. Berridge, floors, P. Ramani, forest and edges, B.E. Young and ...... the vicin- for Conservation of Nature), Bangladesh Robert Powell Country 243 Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ity of streams in primary and secondary forests and around Hasan, M.K., M.M.H. Khan, and M.M. Feeroz. 2014. Amphibians and Reptiles human settlements CONSERVATION(Hasan et al. RESEARCH 2014; Chakma REPORTS: 2015).Summaries of Published Conservationof Bangladesh Research – A FieldReports Guide ...... Arannayk Foundation, 245 Dhaka, Bangladesh.  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 Hossain, K.T., M. Salauddin, and I.A. Tanim. 2016. Assessment of the dynam- However, the species NEWBRIEFS had not been ...... known to occur in south- ...... 248 ics of coastal island in Bangladesh using geospatial techniques: Domar Char.  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 central coastal areas until now. 42: 219–228.  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 252 We observed two Many-lined Grass Skinks in Nijhum Hossain, M. and C. Jing. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Common Sun Skink, Dweep National Park, Bangladesh (22°02'17.20"N, Eutropis fasciata (Squamata: Scincidae), of northwestern part of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 47: 13–25. 91°00'37.50”E) on 30 December 2019. This park, with Iftekhar, S. and T. Takama. 2008. Perceptions of biodiversity, environmental ser- 2 a planted mangrove ecosystem, isFront a 163.52-km Cover. Shannon Plummer. offshore vices,Back Cover.and conservation Michael Kern of planted mangroves: A case study on Nijhum Dwip coastal island in the Bay of Bengal, locatedTotat et velleseque north audant of the mo lower TotatIsland, et velleseque Bangladesh. audant Wetlands mo Ecology and Management 16: 119–137. Meghna Estuary and south of Hatiyaestibus Islandinveliquo velique(Iftekhar rerchil and Khan,estibus M.A.R. inveliquo 2015. velique Wildlife rerchil of Bangladesh: Checklist-cum-guide. M.J. Alam, erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus,Chayabithi, quos accullabo. Dhaka, Ilibus Bangladesh. Takama 2008; Hossain et al. 2016).aut dolorBoth apicto individuals invere pe dolum were Khan,aut dolor M.M.H. apicto invere2018. pe Photographic dolum Guide to the Wildlife of Bangladesh. Arannayk basking in brushy vegetation (Fig. 1).fugiatis They maionsequat matched eumque descrip - fugiatisFoundation, maionsequat Dhaka, eumque Bangladesh. moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo.

Fig. 1. Two Many-lined Grass Skinks (Eutropis multifasciata) in Nijhum Dweep National Park, Bangladesh. Photographs by Naim Khandakar.

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