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WWW.IRCF.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES &IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 27(2):161–168 • AUG 2020 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES Predation. Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer on sayi) in Direct-developingWisconsin: Frogs On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 (Eleutherodactylidae:. The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: Eleutherodactylus ) A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCHin Cuba: ARTICLES New Cases and a Review . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 Tomás. TheM. Knight Rodríguez-Cabrera Anole (Anolis equestris)1 in, L.Florida Yusnaviel García-Padrón2, Ernesto Morell Savall3, and Javier Torres4 .............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1Sociedad Cubana de Zoología, La Habana, Cuba ([email protected]) CONSERVATION2Museo de Historia Natural ALERT “Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda,” Martí 202, Pinar del Río, Cuba ([email protected]) 3Edificio. World’s 4, Apto Mammals 7, e/Oquendo in Crisis ............................................................................................................................... y Silverio, Rpto Virginia, Santa Clara, Villa Clara 50100, Cuba ([email protected]).............................. 220 4Department. More Than of Ecology Mammals and ............................................................................................................................... Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045,....................................... USA ([email protected]) 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 ne hundred andPROFILE sixty-seven currently recognized species Oof direct-developing. Kraig Adler:frogs A Lifetimein the Promoting genus Herpetology Eleutherodactylus ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234 (Eleutherodactylidae) occur in the West Indies and many are COMMENTARY single-island endemics (Henderson and Powell 2009; Powell . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 and Henderson 2012). This phenomal diversity is more than five times theBOOK combined REVIEW number of species inhabiting . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico,R. Berridge, and P. theRamani, southern and B.E. Young United .............................................................................................................. States Robert Powell 243 (AmphibiaWeb 2020). Second only to Hispaniola, the Cuban Archipelago supports theCONSERVATION highest diversity, RESEARCH and REPORTS: of the 58 SummariesCuban of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 species only E. planirostris NEWBRIEFS is not ............................................................................................................................... endemic (Alonso and García ....................................................... 248 2017). Taxonomic diversityEDITORIAL is coupled INFORMATION with ecological ............................................................................................................................... diversity ...................... 251 and, despite many species FOCUS having ON CONSERVATION limited distributions,: A Project You Cuban Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 species of Eleutherodactylus collectively occupy most of the avail- able habitat types across the archipelago (e.g., Díaz and Cádiz 2008; Rivalta et al. 2014; Alonso and García 2017). They are Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern the dominant amphibian group in mostTotat et terrestrial velleseque audant ecosystems mo Totat et velleseque audant mo of the West Indies and for Cuba, inestibus particular, inveliquo theyvelique representrerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus 86.6% of the total native amphibianaut dolorfauna apicto (Henderson invere pe dolum and aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum Powell 2009; Díaz and Cádiz 2008).fugiatis However, maionsequat little eumque is known fugiatis maionsequat eumque about the natural history of most species.moditia erere For nonsedis instance, ma sectiatur basic moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as interspecific interactions, such as predator-preyaccullabo. relationships, have been confirmed for only 29 species (about 17%) (see Henderson and Powell 2009 for a review, and also references in Table 1). In Cuba, about 10 confirmed species and several unidentified species of Eleutherodactylus have been reported as prey of various predators in nature. These include arachnids, a freshwater crab, a topminnow, other frogs, lizards, snakes, an owl, and a mammal (Table 1). This relative lack of infor- mation results in an incomplete understanding of the roles of these frogs in natural ecosystems. In order to fill some gaps in previously published reports, we herein document several new instances of predation on frogs of the genus in Fig. 1. A male West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) carrying Eleutherodactylus an individual of an unidentified species of Eleutherodactylus to its nest near western and central Cuba and provide a review of all predators the Santa Cruz River, Artemisa Province, in April 2010. Photograph © reported for these frogs in Cuba. Raimundo López-Silvero. Copyright © 2020. Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera. All rights reserved. 161 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 RODRÍGUEZ-CABRERA ET AL. IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(2):161–168 • AUG 2020 Table 1. Known predators of direct-developing frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylidae) in Cuba. Predator Prey Sources ARACHNIDA: Araneae Ohvida vernalis Eleutherodactylus zugi Novo et al. (1985) Eleutherodactylus cuneatus Fong et al. (2012) ARACHNIDA: Amblypygi Phrynus sp. Eleutherodactylus sp. Schwartz (1958) ARACHNIDA: Thelyphonida Sheylayongium pelegrini Eleutherodactylus sp. A.R. Estrada in Armas (2000) Eleutherodactylus sp. (eggs) Armas et al. (2009) ARACHNIDA: Scorpiones Heteroctenus junceus Eleutherodactylus sp. This paper MALACOSTRACA: Decapoda Epilobocera cubensis Eleutherodactylus cuneatus Fong et al. (2012) ACTINOPTERYGII: Cyprinodontiformes Gambusia punctata Eleutherodactylus zugi Rodríguez-Cabrera and Rodríguez (2015) AMPHIBIA: Anura Eleutherodactylus dimidiatus Eleutherodactylus intermedius Fong et al. (2009) Eleutherodactylus planirostris This paper Eleutherodactylus zugi This paper Osteopilus septentrionalis Eleutherodactylus planirostris Meshaka (1996) REPTILIA: Squamata (lizards) Anolis vermiculatus Eleutherodactylus sp. Garrido (1976) Pholidoscelis auberi Eleutherodactylus planirostris Castellón and Rodríguez-Cabrera (2018) REPTILIA: Squamata (snakes) Caraiba andreae Eleutherodactylus atkinsi Fong (2004); Alfonso et al. (2013) Eleutherodactylus cuneatus Alfonso et al. (2013) Eleutherodactylus dimidiatus Fong (2004); Alfonso et al. (2013) Eleutherodactylus iberia Rodríguez and Alonso (2003a) Eleutherodactylus planirostris This paper Eleutherodactylus sp. Vogel (1965); R.W. Henderson in Henderson and Crother (1989); Schwartz and Henderson (1991); Fong (2004) Cubophis cantherigerus Eleutherodactylus planirostris Alonso and Rodríguez (2003b) Eleutherodactylus sp. Crother (1986); Henderson and Sajdak (1996) Tretanorhinus variabilis Eleutherodactylus riparius López Hurtado et al. (2020) Tropidophis celiae Eleutherodactylus blairhedgesi Estrada et al. (1997); Hedges et al. (1999) Tropidophis feicki Eleutherodactylus planirostris This paper Tropidophis galacelidus Eleutherodactylus planirostris This paper Tropidophis hendersoni Eleutherodactylus cf. thomasi Díaz et al. (2014) Tropidophis maculatus Eleutherodactylus goini This paper Tropidophis melanurus Eleutherodactylus sp. This paper Tropidophis pardalis Eleutherodactylus planirostris Armas and Iturriaga (2017); this paper AVES: Piciformes Melanerpes superciliaris Eleutherodactylus cf. olibrus This paper Eleutherodactylus sp. This paper AVES: Strigiformes Tyto alba Eleutherodactylus sp. Alonso and Rodríguez (2003a, 2003b); Jiménez et al. (2005) MAMMALIA: Soricomorfa Solenodon cubanus Eleutherodactylus sp. Abréu et al. (1988) 162 RODRÍGUEZ-CABRERA ET AL. IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(2):161–168 • AUG 2020 Methods This is a highly urbanized area
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    AMPHIBIANS OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS Vilma Rivalta González, Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino, Carlos A. Mancina, & Manuel Iturriaga Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente SMITHSONIAN HERPETOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE NO. 145 2014 . SMITHSONIAN HERPETOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE The first number of the SMITHSONIAN HERPETOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE series appeared in 1968. SHIS number 1 was a list of herpetological publications arising from within or through the Smithsonian Institution and its collections entity, the United States National Museum (USNM). The latter exists now as little more than the occasional title for the registration activities of the National Museum of Natural History. No. 1 was prepared and printed by J. A. Peters, then Curator-in-Charge of the Division of Amphibians & Reptiles. The availability of a NASA translation service and assorted indices encouraged him to continue the series and distribute these items on an irregular schedule. The series continues under that tradition. Specifically, the SHIS series distributes translations, bibliographies, indices, and similar items judged useful to individuals interested in the biology of amphibians and reptiles, and unlikely to be published in the normal technical journals. We wish to encourage individuals to share their bibliographies, translations, etc. with other herpetologists through the SHIS series. If you have such an item, please contact George Zug [zugg @ si.edu] for its consideration for distribution through the SHIS series. Our increasingly digital world is changing the manner of our access to research literature and that is now true for SHIS publications. They are distributed now as pdf documents through two Smithsonian outlets: BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY.
  • Epilobocera Wetherbeei, a New Species of Freshwater Crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Hispaniola Gilberto Rodr

    Epilobocera Wetherbeei, a New Species of Freshwater Crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Hispaniola Gilberto Rodr

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 108(l):76-83. 1995. Epilobocera wetherbeei, a new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Hispaniola Gilberto Rodriguez and Austin B. Williams (GR) Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela; (ABW) National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. Abstract.—Epilobocera wetherbeei, a new species of pseudothelphusid crab, is described from the Dominican Republic. The species can be easily distin­ guished from other species of Epilobocera by its small size, absence of antero­ lateral spinulation and characters of the first male gonopods. SEM micropho- tographs of the first and second male gonopods of E. wetherbeei, E. sinuatifrons, E. haytensis and E. gertraudae are provided. The apex of the second male gonopod in all species of Epilobocera studied is hollow, transversely truncate, with a prominent internal rib provided with spines. These characters distinctly separate Epilobocera from species in the subfamily Pseudothelphusinae where the gonopodal apex is spoon-shaped and provided with long setae. The new observations are incorporated into amended diagnoses of the subfamilies Epi- lobocerinae and Pseudothelphusinae. The genus Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860, less it can be shown to be a synonym of E. comprises six species of freshwater crabs re­ armata."' The genus has been the object of stricted to the Greater Antilles and some recent revisions by Chace & Hobbs (1969), nearby islands: E. sinuatifrons A. Milne Ed­ Pretzmann (1972) and Rodriguez (1982). wards, 1866, inhabits Puerto Rico and Saint Due to the accessibility and small area of Croix Island; E.