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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FEATUREAn Amelanistic ARTICLES Western Wormsnake . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: (CarphophisOn the Road to Understanding thevermis Ecology and Conservation) offrom the Midwest’s Giant Missouri, Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer USA 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 John S. Parmerlee, Jr. and Robert Powell RESEARCH ARTICLES Department of Biology, Avila University, Kansas City, Missouri 64145, USA ([email protected] [corresponding author], [email protected]) . 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 ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

ccounts of CONSERVATIONunusually colored wormsnakes ALERT in the genus is nearly white with just a faint pinkish hue (Fig. 1). The eyes ACarphophis (Allard. World’s 1945; Mammals Harrisin Crisis ...... 1968; Simmons and are pink, which is characteristic...... of animals 220 that lack melanin. Stine 1961; Clark .1970;More Than Palmer Mammals and ...... Braswell 1980; Dyrkacz The snake was released...... after photographs 223 were taken. . 1981; Cook and FunderburkThe “Dow Jones Index”1986; of BiodiversityGregory ...... and Khosravi ...... 225 2012; Somma 2012)HUSBANDRY describe color anomalies such as albi- Literature Cited nism and xanthism. Captive in Eastern Care of the WormsnakesCentral Netted Dragon (C...... amoenus). Allard, H.A. 1945. A color variant Shannonof the Eastern Plummer Worm 226 Snake. Copeia 1945: 42. Herein, we describe, to the best of our knowledge, the first Clark, D.R., Jr. 1970. Ecological study of the worm snake, Carphophis vermis (Kennicott). PROFILE University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 19: 85–194. report of amelanism. in a Western Wormsnake (C. vermis). Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Cook, D.G. and D.O. Funderburk Michael 1986. CarphophisL. Treglia 234amoenus amoenus. Coloration. At 0945 h on 5 June 2021, JSP encountered an amela- Herpetological Review 17: 48. COMMENTARY nistic Western Wormsnake at a private residence in Jackson Dyrkacz, S. 1981. Recent instances of albinism in North American amphibians and . County, Missouri,The USA Turtles (38.974444°N,Have Been Watching Me ...... 94.284722°W, reptiles. SSAR Herpetological Circular Eric Gangloff11: 1–31. 238 WGS84; elev. 277BOOK m asl). REVIEW The general area is characterized Gregory, M. and M. Khosravi. 2012. Rare albino Eastern Worm Snake. On the trail with Mark, Mike, and Tony. Nature around us and the History Beneath . as Oak/Hickory forest.Threatened The Amphibianssnake was of thecoiled World on edited a gravelby S.N. Stuart,sub- M. Hoffmann,our Heels.J.S. Chanson, . N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243 strate under a repurposed rubber truck-bed mat serving as a Harris. H.S., Jr. 1968. Additional albino amphibians and reptiles from Maryland. threshold to a machine shed. The area was heavily shaded at Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 4: 88–89.  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 Palmer, W.M. and A.L. Braswell. 1980. Additional records of albinistic amphibians the hour of discovery. NATURAL The snakeHISTORY was RESEARCH 23.0 cm REPORTS in total : length Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 and reptiles from North Carolina, USA. Brimleyana 3: 49–52. (SVL = 18.6 cm; tailNEWBRIEFS length = ...... 4.4 cm). The body is distinctly ...... 248  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... Simmons, R.S. and C.J. Stine. 1961. Ankylosis...... and xanthism 251 in the Eastern Worm bicolored, as is typical FOCUS for ON the CONSERVATION species. The venter: A Project is pink,You Can not Support ...... Snake. Herpetologica 17: 206–208. 252 unlike a normally pigmented individual, whereas the dorsum Somma, M. 2012. Field notes – coloration. Catesbeiana 32: 36.

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Fig. 1. An amelanistic Western Wormsnake (Carphophis vermis) from Jackson County, Missouri, USA. Photograph by John S. Parmerlee, Jr.

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