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FEATURE ARTICLES Additional. Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis Evidence catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: of Arboreality of the On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Greater. The SharedWindward History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis ,) and Humans on Grenada: aurae A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH(Reptilia: ARTICLES : Mabuyidae), . 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 on ...... CarriacouBrian J. Camposano, (Grenada Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen Grenadines) M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

CONSERVATIONBillie C. Harrison, ALERT1 Richard A. Sajdak,2 Robert W. Henderson,1 and Robert Powell3 . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 1 . More Than Mammals ...... Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 2Pittsford, New York 14534, USA ...... 225 3Department of Biology, Avila University, Kansas City, Missouri 64145, USA HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226

PROFILE elatively little is known. Kraig Adler: about A Lifetime habitat Promoting use Herpetology by the ...... Greater genic structures, suggesting Michael that L. Treglia they 234are arboreal. They listed Windward Skink (Copeoglossum aurae), which occurs on a number of observations of individuals on Trinidad and R COMMENTARY the St. Vincent and Grenada Banks in the Lesser Antilles, on Tobago that were above the ground and provided additional . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 Trinidad and Tobago, and possibly on the Península de Paria evidence of arboreality in the form of photographs of an indi- (Sucre, Venezuela).BOOK Hedges REVIEW and Conn (2012) noted that ear- vidual being eaten by a Brown Vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus) . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, lier information pertainingR. Berridge, to this P. Ramani, and B.E. (e.g., Young Daudin ...... and and two in copula onRobert the Powell trunk 243 of a tree. However, de Silva 2007, 2011; Henderson and Powell 2009; Malhotra additional observations of these skinks on the ground in leaf and Thorpe 1999; MurphyCONSERVATION 1997) RESEARCH was likely REPORTS: compromised Summaries of Publishedlitter Conservation and under Research rocks Reports and ...... logs in open 245 forested habitats indi-  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 by confusion between NEWBRIEFS the sympatric ...... Greater and Lesser cated that they ...... are not entirely arboreal. 248 Windward Skinks (MarisoraEDITORIAL aurulae INFORMATION), which ...... were considered In the most recent guide...... to the 251amphibians and reptiles conspecific, usually underFOCUS theON CONSERVATIONname : Amabouya Project You, Canuntil Support ...... of Trinidad & Tobago, Murphy et al. 252 (2018) stated that these Hedges and Conn (2012) reviewed the skinks of skinks are found in forested and disturbed areas, where they islands. use a variety of habitats but often are on vertical surfaces. Murphy et al. (2013) noted that these skinks are fre- They went on to indicate that the species “is mostly arboreal; Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern quently above the ground in trees, Totatbushes, et velleseque or on audant anthropo mo - butTotat may et velleseque sleep on audant the mo ground.” estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque fugiatis maionsequat eumque moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo.

Fig. 1. An adult Greater Windward Skink (Copeoglossum aurae) sleeping on a thorny Acacia branch on Carriacou (Grenada Grenadines). Photographs by R.A. Sajdak.

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Fig. 2. An adult Greater Windward Skink (Copeoglossum aurae) on the trunk of a tree with numerous cavities on Carriacou (Grenada Grenadines). Photographs by R.A. Sajdak.

Henderson and Powell (2018) lacked data for habitat asso- Literature Cited ciations on St. Vincent but noted the presence of the species Daudin, J. and M. de Silva. 2007. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of the Grenadines with notes on their local natural history in agricultural land and deciduous forests/thorny scrub on the and conservation. Applied Herpetology 4: 163–175. Grenada Bank. Citing observations that might have included Daudin, J., and M. de Silva. 2011. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and aurulae, which appears to be less arboreal, they stated terrestrial reptiles of the Grenadines with notes on their local natural his- tory and conservation, pp. 259–271. In: A. Hailey, B.S. Wilson, and J.A. that “although they will ascend into bushes and trees, skinks Horrocks (eds.), Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas. Volume 2: are largely ground-dwelling.” However, confirmed sightings Regional Accounts of the West Indies. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. Hedges, S.B. and C.E. Conn. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands of C. aurae in the Grenadines included an individual in the (Squamata: Mabuyidae: ). Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. rafters of an abandoned shed on Union and another 2 m above Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and the ground in a hole in a rotting tree on Mustique. Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. At about 2000 h during a rainy evening in dry scrub on Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2018. Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Vincent and Grenada Banks, West Indies. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Carriacou (Grenada Grenadines), we encountered an adult Malhotra, A. and R.S. Thorpe. 1999. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Greater Windward Skink sleeping on a thorny branch of an Caribbean. Macmillan Education, London. Acacia (Fig. 1) about 2.1 m above the ground. The next morn- Murphy, J.C. 1997. Amphibians and Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. ing at about 1100 h in deciduous forest at another site on Murphy, J.C., S. Charles, M. Rutherford, T. Anton, G. Hast, B. Reynolds, J. Traub, Carriacou, we found another individual about 0.9 m above the and G. White. 2013. The Greater Windward Skink, Copeoglossum aurae (Reptilia: ground on a tree trunk with numerous cavities (Fig. 2), into Squamata: Mabuyidae), a semi-arboreal lizard of the eastern Caribbean. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club 2013: 57–58. one of which it eventually retreated. These observations provide Murphy, J.C., J.R. Downie, J.M. Smith, S.M. Livingstone, R.S. Mohammed, R.M. additional evidence of arboreality in C. aurae, including the first Lehtinen, M. Eyre, J.-A.N. Dewlal, N. Noriega, G.S. Casper, T. Anton, M.G. Rutherford, A.L. Braswell, and M.J. Jowers. 2018. A Field Guide to record of an individual sleeping on an exposed branch much the Amphibians & Reptiles of Trinidad & Tobago. Trinidad & Tobago Field like many species of anoles (e.g., Henderson and Powell 2009). Naturalists’ Club, Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 48