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Volume 4 Issue 1B
Captive & Field Herpetology Volume 4 Issue 1 2020 Volume 4 Issue 1 2020 ISSN - 2515-5725 Published by Captive & Field Herpetology Captive & Field Herpetology Volume 4 Issue1 2020 The Captive and Field Herpetological journal is an open access peer-reviewed online journal which aims to better understand herpetology by publishing observational notes both in and ex-situ. Natural history notes, breeding observations, husbandry notes and literature reviews are all examples of the articles featured within C&F Herpetological journals. Each issue will feature literature or book reviews in an effort to resurface past literature and ignite new research ideas. For upcoming issues we are particularly interested in [but also accept other] articles demonstrating: • Conflict and interactions between herpetofauna and humans, specifically venomous snakes • Herpetofauna behaviour in human-disturbed habitats • Unusual behaviour of captive animals • Predator - prey interactions • Species range expansions • Species documented in new locations • Field reports • Literature reviews of books and scientific literature For submission guidelines visit: www.captiveandfieldherpetology.com Or contact us via: [email protected] Front cover image: Timon lepidus, Portugal 2019, John Benjamin Owens Captive & Field Herpetology Volume 4 Issue1 2020 Editorial Team Editor John Benjamin Owens Bangor University [email protected] [email protected] Reviewers Dr James Hicks Berkshire College of Agriculture [email protected] JP Dunbar -
A Molecular Phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)
Zootaxa 1945: 51–66 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia) NICOLAS VIDAL1,10, WILLIAM R. BRANCH2, OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS3,4, S. BLAIR HEDGES5, DONALD G. BROADLEY6, MICHAEL WINK7, CORINNE CRUAUD8, ULRICH JOGER9 & ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY3 1UMR 7138, Systématique, Evolution, Adaptation, Département Systématique et Evolution, C. P. 26, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, Paris 75005, France. E-mail: [email protected] 2Bayworld, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 4Smithsonian Institution, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, B.P. 48, Gamba, Gabon. 5Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5301 USA. E-mail: [email protected] 6Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, P.O. Box FM 730, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. E-mail: [email protected] 7 Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, INF 364, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 8Centre national de séquençage, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston-Crémieux, CP5706, 91057 Evry cedex, France. E-mail: www.genoscope.fr 9Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Pockelsstr. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 10Corresponding author Abstract The Elapoidea includes the Elapidae and a large (~60 genera, 280 sp.) and mostly African (including Madagascar) radia- tion termed Lamprophiidae by Vidal et al. -
Acrochordus Javanicus) in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
J. Vet. Malaysia (2016) 28 (1):20-26 Case Reports FATAL MELIOIDOSIS IN A CAPTIVE ELEPHANT TRUNK SNAKE (Acrochordus javanicus) IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA M. A. SADIQ1, 2, L. HASSAN1*, Z. ZAKARIA1, A.A. SAHAREE1 and Y. ABBA1,2 1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia 2Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069 Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria SUMMARY An adult female Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus) was reported to have been weak and inappetent for five days. The following morning the snake found dead, while in the process of shedding its skin. On post mortem examination, there were multiple circumscribed caseous nodules of various sizes distributed all over the liver, along the respiratory tract and on the lungs. Bacteriological analysis of the lungs and liver swab samples yielded Burkholderia pseudomallei, which was confirmed by PCR amplification of specific 16S rRNA. The condition was diagnosed as melioidosis and the organism was genotypically characterized as sequence type 51, a genotype that has been previously characterized in humans in Malaysia. Antibiotic susceptibility by both Disc diffusion or Kirby Bauer and E-test minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed that the organism exhibited susceptibility to meropenem, imipenem, ceftazidime, cotrimoxazole and co-amoxyclav; the antibiotics recommended in the treatment of melioidosis. Keywords: Melioidosis, Elephant Trunk Snake, Burkholderia pseudomallei, sequence type, pathology INTRODUCTION antibiotic treatments used to treat melioidosis: (a) the acute septicaemic phase of the disease or intensive phase, Melioidosis, a likely fatal infectious disease of both using the cephalosporin, ceftazidime and carbapenems, humans and animals is caused by an environmental (soil meropenem and imipenem and (b) the subsequent and water) dwelling saprophytic bacterium; Burkholderia eradication phase treatment using trimethoprim- pseudomallei (Inglis and Sousa, 2009; Currie et al., 2010). -
Snakes of South-East Asia Including Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali
A Naturalist’s Guide to the SNAKES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA including Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali Indraneil Das First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 by Beaufoy Books n n 11 Blenheim Court, 316 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7NS, England Contents www.johnbeaufoy.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Introduction 4 Copyright © 2012 John Beaufoy Publishing Limited Copyright in text © Indraneil Das Snake Topography 4 Copyright in photographs © [to come] Dealing with Snake Bites 6 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. About this Book 7 ISBN [to come] Glossary 8 Edited, designed and typeset by D & N Publishing, Baydon, Wiltshire, UK Printed and bound [to come] Species Accounts and Photographs 11 Checklist of South-East Asian Snakes 141 Dedication Nothing would have happened without the support of the folks at home: my wife, Genevieve V.A. Gee, and son, Rahul Das. To them, I dedicate this book. Further Reading 154 Acknowledgements 155 Index 157 Edited and designed by D & N Publishing, Baydon, Wiltshire, UK Printed and bound in Malaysia by Times Offset (M) Sdn. Bhd. n Introduction n n Snake Topography n INTRODUCTION Snakes form one of the major components of vertebrate fauna of South-East Asia. They feature prominently in folklore, mythology and other belief systems of the indigenous people of the region, and are of ecological and conservation value, some species supporting significant (albeit often illegal) economic activities (primarily, the snake-skin trade, but also sale of meat and other body parts that purportedly have medicinal properties). -
Ancestral Reconstruction of Diet and Fang Condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the Evolution of Venom Systems in Snakes
Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 55, No. 1, 1–10, 2021 Copyright 2021 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Ancestral Reconstruction of Diet and Fang Condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the Evolution of Venom Systems in Snakes 1,2 1 1 HIRAL NAIK, MIMMIE M. KGADITSE, AND GRAHAM J. ALEXANDER 1School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. PO Wits, 2050, Gauteng, South Africa ABSTRACT.—The Colubroidea includes all venomous and some nonvenomous snakes, many of which have extraordinary dental morphology and functional capabilities. It has been proposed that the ancestral condition of the Colubroidea is venomous with tubular fangs. The venom system includes the production of venomous secretions by labial glands in the mouth and usually includes fangs for effective delivery of venom. Despite significant research on the evolution of the venom system in snakes, limited research exists on the driving forces for different fang and dental morphology at a broader phylogenetic scale. We assessed the patterns of fang and dental condition in the Lamprophiidae, a speciose family of advanced snakes within the Colubroidea, and we related fang and dental condition to diet. The Lamprophiidae is the only snake family that includes front-fanged, rear-fanged, and fangless species. We produced an ancestral reconstruction for the family and investigated the pattern of diet and fangs within the clade. We concluded that the ancestral lamprophiid was most likely rear-fanged and that the shift in dental morphology was associated with changes in diet. This pattern indicates that fang loss, and probably venom loss, has occurred multiple times within the Lamprophiidae. -
Early German Herpetological Observations and Explorations in Southern Africa, with Special Reference to the Zoological Museum of Berlin
Bonner zoologische Beiträge Band 52 (2003) Heft 3/4 Seiten 193–214 Bonn, November 2004 Early German Herpetological Observations and Explorations in Southern Africa, With Special Reference to the Zoological Museum of Berlin Aaron M. BAUER Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA Abstract. The earliest herpetological records made by Germans in southern Africa were casual observations of common species around Cape Town made by employees of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during the mid- to late Seven- teenth Century. Most of these records were merely brief descriptions or lists of common names, but detailed illustrations of many reptiles were executed by two German illustrators in the employ of the VOC, Heinrich CLAUDIUS and Johannes SCHUMACHER. CLAUDIUS, who accompanied Simon VAN DER STEL to Namaqualand in 1685, left an especially impor- tant body of herpetological illustrations which are here listed and identified to species. One of the last Germans to work for the Dutch in South Africa was Martin Hinrich Carl LICHTENSTEIN who served as a physician and tutor to the last Dutch governor of the Cape from 1802 to 1806. Although he did not collect any herpetological specimens himself, LICHTENSTEIN, who became the director of the Zoological Museum in Berlin in 1813, influenced many subsequent workers to undertake employment and/or expeditions in southern Africa. Among the early collectors were Karl BERGIUS and Ludwig KREBS. Both collected material that is still extant in the Berlin collection today, including a small number of reptile types. Because of LICHTENSTEIN’S emphasis on specimens as items for sale to other museums rather than as subjects for study, many species first collected by KREBS were only described much later on the basis of material ob- tained by other, mostly British, collectors. -
Herpetological Bulletin
The HERPETOLOGICAL BULLETIN Number 80 — Summer 2002 PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE HERPETOLOGICAL BULLETIN The Herpetological Bulletin is produced quarterly and publishes, in English, a range of articles concerned with herpetology. These include full-length papers of mostly a semi-technical nature, book reviews, letters from readers, society news, and other items of general herpetological interest. Emphasis is placed on natural history, conservation, captive breeding and husbandry, veterinary and behavioural aspects. Articles reporting the results of experimental research, descriptions of new taxa, or taxonomic revisions should be submitted to The Herpetological Journal (see inside back cover for Editor's address). ISSN 1473-0928 © The British Herpetological Society. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the Editor. Printed by Metloc Printers Limited, Old Station Road, Loughton, Essex. Information for contributors 1. Contributions should be submitted in hard copy form (2 copies of manuscript, double-spaced) AND on computer diskette in Windows format only. The Bulletin is typeset directly from the author's diskette, so wherever possible all manuscripts should be prepared using a word-processor. Please indicate word-processing software used, and if possible also include a text-only version of the file. The text should be arranged in the following order: Title; Name(s) of author(s); Address(es) of authors (please indicate corresponding author); Abstract (optional - if included should not exceed 10% of total word length); Text; Acknowledgements; References; Appendices. Footnotes should not be included. Refer to this issue for style and format information. 2. Slides and high resolution scanned images are the preferred form of illustration, although good quality prints are also acceptable. -
Nutritional Value of Common Edible Reptiles
NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF COMMON EDIBLE REPTILES Joycelyn Anak Mail BY 4757 J89 2013 Bachelor ofScience with Honours (Animal Resource Science and Management) 2013 141 Pusat Khidmat Maklumat Akadem ik UNlVERSlTI MALAYSIA SARAWAK P.KHIDMAT MAKLUMAT AKADEMIK 1IIIIIIIIIIi'~llllllllll1000246669 NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF COMMON EDIBLE REPTILES II Ii JOYCELYN ANAK MAIL (26542) A report submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe Final Year Project 2 (STF 3015) Bachelor in Animal Science and Management Department of Zoology Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak I DECLARATION No portion of the work referred to this dissertation has been submitted in support of an application for another degree of qualification of this or other university of institution ofhigher learning. Joycelyn anak Mail (26542) Zoology Department Faculty ofResource Science and Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ACKNOWLEDMENT First of all, I thank God because He gave me wisdom and strength in the completion of my study. I also want to give my appreciation to my respected supervisor, Mr. Mohd. Zacaery bin Khalik and my co-supervisor, Prof Dr. Andrew Alek Tuen, for their guidance and support throughout this study. Your Sacrifice, understanding and advises are very much appreciated. May God continually bless you! Also, to my dearest family: my late grandmother, Merdist@Mudus anak Sangim, daddy, Mail anak Najung, mummy, Yon anak Tomi, uncle, Ling anak Najung and my two beloved sisters, Priscilla and Avelina Mail, you all are always be my inspiration. Thanks for the support and prayer in every aspects. Deepest gratitude to the lab assistant, Mr. Raymond Patrick Atet, for his support and help during my lab works. -
The Relationship of Herpetofaunal
Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of Spring 2009 The Relationship of Herpetofaunal Community Composition to an Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Modified Savanna oodlandW of Northern Tanzania, and Bioassays with African Elephants Nabil A. Nasseri Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd Recommended Citation Nasseri, Nabil A., "The Relationship of Herpetofaunal Community Composition to an Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Modified Savanna oodlandW of Northern Tanzania, and Bioassays with African Elephants" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 763. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/763 This thesis (open access) is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE RELATIONSHIP OF HERPETOFAUNAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION TO AN ELEPHANT ( LOXODONTA AFRICANA ) MODIFIED SAVANNA WOODLAND OF NORTHERN TANZANIA, AND BIOASSAYS WITH AFRICAN ELEPHANTS by NABIL A. NASSERI (Under the Direction of Bruce A. Schulte) ABSTRACT Herpetofauna diversity and richness were compared in areas that varied in the degree of elephant impact on the woody vegetation ( Acacia spp.). The study was conducted at Ndarakwai Ranch in northeastern Tanzania. Elephants moving between three National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania visit this property. From August 2007 to March 2008, we erected drift fences and pitfall traps to sample herpetofaunal community and examined species richness and diversity within the damaged areas and in an exclusion plot. -
Species of Special Concern
SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN Common Name / Family Species Threat Status Endemic Growth Form FLORA Apocynaceae Brachystelma campanulatum Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Brachystelma comptum Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Brachystelma decipiens Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Brachystelma delicatum Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Brachystelma minimum Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Brachystelma schizoglossoides Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Ceropegia bowkeri subsp. Herbaceous PNCO Endemic taxa sororia climber Apocynaceae Ceropegia ampliata, Succulent PNCO Important taxa Herbaceous Climber Apocynaceae Brachystelma luteum Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Apocynaceae Cynanchum viminale Woody Succulent PNCO Important taxa Climber Asclepiadaceae Ceropegia cancellata Succulent herb PNCO Endemic taxa Ericaceae Erica maesta Low shrub PNCO Important taxa Ericaceae Erica simulans Low shrub PNCO Endemic taxa Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia bothae Succulent shrub PNCO Endemic taxa Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia heptagona Succulent shrub PNCO Endemic taxa Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia stellata Leaf-succulent PNCO Endemic taxa Dwarf Shrub Hyacinthaceae Drimia hyacinthoides Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Hyacinthaceae Ledebouria hypoxidioides Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Hyacinthaceae Ornithogalum sp. nov. Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Hyacinthaceae Albuca dyeri Geophytic herb PNCO Endemic taxa Hyacinthaceae Dipcadi viride Geophytic herb PNCO Important taxa Hyacinthaceae Drimia intricata -
A Phylogeny and Revised Classification of Squamata, Including 4161 Species of Lizards and Snakes
BMC Evolutionary Biology This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:93 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 Robert Alexander Pyron ([email protected]) Frank T Burbrink ([email protected]) John J Wiens ([email protected]) ISSN 1471-2148 Article type Research article Submission date 30 January 2013 Acceptance date 19 March 2013 Publication date 29 April 2013 Article URL http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/93 Like all articles in BMC journals, this peer-reviewed article can be downloaded, printed and distributed freely for any purposes (see copyright notice below). Articles in BMC journals are listed in PubMed and archived at PubMed Central. For information about publishing your research in BMC journals or any BioMed Central journal, go to http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/ © 2013 Pyron et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes Robert Alexander Pyron 1* * Corresponding author Email: [email protected] Frank T Burbrink 2,3 Email: [email protected] John J Wiens 4 Email: [email protected] 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. -
The Evolution of Diet in the Lamprophiidae Hiral Naik 452805
The evolution of diet in the Lamprophiidae Hiral Naik 452805 A Dissertation submitted to the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, South Africa July 2017 Declaration I declare that this dissertation is my own, unaided work unless specifically acknowledged in the text. It has not been submitted previously for any degree or examination at any other university, nor has it been prepared under the aegis or with the assistance of any other body or organization or person outside of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. ______________ Hiral Naik 13/07/2017 1 Abstract Studying feeding biology in a phylogenetic context helps elucidate the factors that significantly influenced the evolutionary history of organisms. The snake lineage is one of the most morphologically and ecologically diverse clades of vertebrates due to a variety of traits (e.g. venom, body shape, gape size and habitat use) that have enabled their exceptional radiation. Recently, the Deep History Hypothesis (DHH) has been used to explain how divergence, deep in the evolutionary history of snakes, has resulted in present day niche preferences. The Competition-Predation Hypothesis (CPH) contrastingly attributes current ecological traits to recent species interactions. Diet has been a key factor in shaping snake diversity and ecology, and it has often been used as a proxy to understand current snake community structure and evolutionary trends in snakes. I tested the validity of the two evolutionary hypotheses in the Lamprophiidae, a family of primarily African snakes.