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FEATURE ARTICLES A Note. Chasing Bullsnakes on (Pituophis Reproductivecatenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: Behavior in the On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Buff-striped. The Shared History of Treeboas Keelback, (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada:Amphiesma stolatum A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH (LinnaeusARTICLES 1758), in India . 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 Rahul Vinod Maraskolhe ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 194, Vrindavan Nagar, Binaki Lay-out, Dr. Ambedakar Marg, Nagpur – 440017, India ([email protected]) CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225 he Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) is widely (Fig. 1). Mating lasted approximately 2.5 h, during which the HUSBANDRY distributed throughout mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, young male rubbed its hemipenes on the genitals of the mat- T . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (Smith 1943; Whitaker and ing pair. I placed the seven eggs under logs in a nearby forested Captain 2004) andPROFILE is frequently encountered in the Nagpur area and released all three snakes in the outskirts of Nagpur. District of Maharashtra. Kraig (Deshmukh Adler: A Lifetime et Promoting al. 2015). Herpetology These ...... abun- In nature, males detect Michael females L. Treglia using234 subtle cues such as dant, diurnally activeCOMMENTARY snakes frequent paddy fields, ponds, pheromonal trails deposited on the substrate, and follow these thick grass, and gardens,. The and Turtles are Have known Been Watching to estivate Me ...... in hot and trails to locate the females (e.g., Eric Gangloff Mason 238 1992). Multiple males hibernate in colder BOOKareas (Smith REVIEW 1943; Whitaker and Captain attracted to the same female will compete, and small males 2004). Five to ten eggs. areThreatened laid duringAmphibians the of themonths World edited from by S.N.May Stuart, to M. Hoffmann,may avoid J.S. Chanson, larger N.A. competitors Cox, by waiting nearby to court September (Smith 1943).R. Herein Berridge, P. I Ramani, document and B.E. Youngmating ...... immedi- the female after the larger Robertrival Powell has departed243 (Madsen et al. ately after a female deposited a clutch of seven eggs. 1993). I cannot say whether the males were searching for the  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 At 1235 h on 12NATURAL August HISTORY 2018, RESEARCH during REPORTSrescue opera: Summaries- of Publishedfemale Reports when on NaturalI found History them, ...... but the 247behavior of the smaller tion at Chitrashala Nagar,NEWBRIEFS near ...... Pratibha Celebration Lawn, male might reflect...... an inability to compete 248 directly for access  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 Kalamana, Nagpur, FOCUS Maharashtra, ON CONSERVATION India (21: A° Project16’44.52”N, You Can Support ...... to the female. The receptivity of the female 252 immediately after 79°14’40.91”E), I encountered three Buff-striped Keelbacks. ovipositioning, at a time when her energy reserves are likely I rescued an adult, obviously gravid female (380 mm total depleted, might be explained by the fact that many snakes can length) and placed it into a plastic container. The female store sperm for extended periods (e.g., Seigel and Ford 1987). almost immediately began laying eggs.Front Cover.In approximately Shannon Plummer. 20 Back Cover. Michael Kern min the female laid seven fertile, fullyTotat etdeveloped velleseque audant eggs mo (ave. Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchilAcknowledgement 24.2 × 13.6 mm). I subsequently rescuederspienimus, an quosadult accullabo. male Ilibus (344 erspienimus,I am very quos grateful accullabo. Ilibusto Kunal Jarvia, Vishal Dambhare, and mm) and a young male (270 mm) andaut placeddolor apicto them invere in pe thedolum con - aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque Rewatifugiatis Rajan maionsequat for eumquetheir help and support. tainer with the female. Shortly thereaftermoditia I erere noticed nonsedis the ma sectiaturfemale, moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- which had just laid seven eggs, matingma derrovitae with voluptam, the adult as quos male tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo. Literature Cited Deshmukh, R.V., S.A, Deshmukh, and S.A. Badekar. 2015. Rescued records of snakes from Nagpur District, Maharashtra with data on unrecorded species. Reptile Rap 17: 34–43. Madsen, T., R. Shine, J. Loman, and T. Hakansson. 1993. Determinants of mating success in male adders, Vipera berus. Animal Behaviour 45: 491–499. Mason, R.T. 1992. Reptilian pheromones, pp. 114–228. In: C. Gans and D. Crews (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia. Volume 18, Physiology E. Hormones, Brain, and Behavior. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. Seigel, R.A. and N.B. Ford. 1987. Reproduction ecology, pp. 210–252. In: R.A. Seigel, J.T. Collins, and S.S. Novak (eds.), Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Macmillan, New York, New York. Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.– Serpentes. Taylor and Francis, London,UK. Fig. 1. Mating Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum). Note the Whitaker R. and A. Captain. 2004. Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Draco Books, seven recently deposited eggs. Chennai, India.