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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FEATURE ARTICLES Attempted. Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer Autophagy sayi) in Wisconsin: in a Checkered On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Keelback,. The Shared History ofFowlea Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis piscator) and Humans on Grenada: (Schneider 1799) A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES(Natricidae) from India . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . TheRahul Knight V. Anole Deshmukh (Anolis equestris1,) Sagarin Florida A. Deshmukh2, Swapnil A. Badhekar3, and Sanjay Wasake4 ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1Ward No. 4, Teacher Colony, Kalmeshwar Brahmani, Nagpur, Maharashtra-441501, India (rahul30.snake@gmail.com) CONSERVATION2Kalmeshwar ALERT Brahmani, Nagpur, Maharashtra-441501, India ([email protected]) . World’s3Tiwaskarwadi, Mammals in Crisis Raipur, ...... Hingana, Nagpur, Maharashtra-441110, India ([email protected])...... 220 4Mahajanwadi. More Than near Mammals Shiwaji ...... Park, Hanuman Temple, Hingana, Nagpur, Maharashtra-441110...... ([email protected]) 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

HUSBANDRY . he Checkered KeelbackCaptive Care or of theAsiatic Central Netted Watersnake Dragon ...... (Fowlea of jumping off the ground, Shannon and Plummer in water226 they swim nimbly Tpiscator) is amongPROFILE the most frequently encountered and are capable divers (Daniel 2002). They feed on frog eggs, aquatic snakes and possibly. Kraig Adler: the A mostLifetime plentifulPromoting Herpetology species ...... of snake tadpoles, frogs, fish, and Michael occasionally L. Treglia 234 on rodents and birds in India (WhitakerCOMMENTARY and Captain 2005). It inhabits the whole (Whitaker and Captain 2005). Herein we record an unusual of India to Baluchistan. The and Turtles the Have northwestern Been Watching Me ...... frontier prov- attempt of self-canibbalism Ericor Gangloffautophagous 238 behavior. inces and extends intoBOOK the REVIEW Indo-Chinese region as far east as We rescued a gravid adult female Checkered Keelback Myitkina in upper Burma. Threatened (Smith Amphibians 1943). of the ItWorld is editedvery bycommon S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,(~1,120 J.S. mm Chanson, total N.A. length) Cox, at 0845 h on 5 August 2019 in a in central India (NandeR. andBerridge, Deshmukh P. Ramani, and B.E. 2007; Young ...... Deshmukh seasonal pond near Buddha Robert Vihar, Powell Mahajanwadi,243 Hingana, et al. 2015), where it occurs in and around rivers, ponds, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (21°08’78.18”N, 78°97’78.18”E)  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 and paddy fields. Extremely NATURAL active,HISTORY these RESEARCH snakes REPORTS are capable: Summaries of Publishedand placed Reports onit Naturalin a cleanHistory ...... transparent plastic 247 jar. The snake was  NEWBRIEFS ...... 248  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... 252

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Fig. 1. An apparent attempt at autophagy by a Checkered Keelback (Fowlea piscator) in India. Photograph by Rahul V. Deshmukh.

Copyright © 2020. Rahul V. Deshmukh. All rights reserved. 224 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 DESHMUKH ET AL. IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 26(3):224–225 • JAN 2020 very aggressive when rescued and continued to strike repeat- the Chicago Herpetological Society 50: 137. edly in the container. At 1000 h the next morning, Sanjay Daniel, J.C. 2002. The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India. Wasake found the snake dead while biting its own tail (Fig. 1). Deshmukh, R.V., S.A. Deshmukh, and S.A. Badhekar. 2015. Rescued records of Autophagy has been occasionally observed in snakes but snakes from Nagpur District, Maharashtra with data on unrecorded species. is rarely documented (Mitchell et al. 1982; Rossi and Rossi Reptile Rap 17: 34–46. 2002; Mattison 2007). Carlino and Pauwels (2015) attrib- Mitchell, J.C., C.A. Pague, and D.L. Early. 1982. Elaphe obsoleta (Black Rat Snake). Autophagy. Herpetological Review 13: 47. uted such behavior to stress generated by captivity, which Mattison, C. 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press, appeared to be the case in this instance as well. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Nande, R. and R. Deshmukh. 2007. Snakes of Amaravati District including Melghat, Maharashtra, with important records of the Indian egg eater, montane trinket Acknowledgements snake and Indian smooth snake. Zoos’ Print Journal 22: 2920–2924. We are grateful to Swapnil Bhondawe, Subham Katgube, Rossi, J. and R. Rossi. 2002. “Hoop snake” found — old wive’s tale may have basis Krutik Bhachale, Ritek Shete, and Sagar Kanfade, who have in fact: Autophagous behavior in a Southern Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis helped us in many ways. punctatus punctatus, Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37: 85–86. Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Volume III – Literature Cited Serpentes. Taylor and Francis, London. Carlino, P. and O.S.G. Pauwels. 2015. A case of self-cannibalism in a wild-caught Whitaker, R. and A. Captain. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, South-Italian Alps Viper, Vipera aspis hugyi (Squamata: Viperidae). Bulletin of Chennai, India.

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