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CoprophagyFEATURE ARTICLES and in the Cuban . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: GreenOn the Road Anole,to Understanding the and Conservation of theporcatus Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Gray Joshua M. Kapfer1840 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion(: ...... )Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES . The Horned in Central and Western TexasLuis ...... F. de Armas Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The (Anolis equestris) in ...... P.O. Box 4327, San AntonioBrian J. deCamposano, los Baños, Kenneth Artemisa L. Krysko, Province Kevin 38100,M. Enge, Ellen M.([email protected]) Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 oprophagy in. herbivorousMore Than Mammals reptiles, ...... such as many igua- ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225 Cnids, has been interpreted as a mechanism for reinforc- ing the intestinalHUSBANDRY microflora (Burghardt and Rand 1985), but it might also serve as. Captive a means Care of for the Centralsome Netted parasitic Dragon nematodes ...... to Shannon Plummer 226 reach their hostsPROFILE (Goldberg et al. 1995; Abarca 2006). The very common. Kraig Adler:and Awidely Lifetime Promotingdistributed Herpetology Cuban ...... Green Michael L. Treglia 234 Anole ( Gray 1841) is a facultative omni- vore that consumesCOMMENTARY a considerable diversity of food (Armas . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 2020 and references therein), but coprophagy has not been recorded for thisBOOK or other REVIEW of anoles. At 1205 h on 27 July 2020, in a home. Threatened terrace Amphibians located of inthe WorldSan Antonioedited by S.N. de Stuart, los M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Baños, Artemisa Province,R. Berridge, Cuba P. Ramani, (22.89°N, and B.E. Young 82.50°W; ...... 70 m Robert Powell 243 asl), I observed a largeCONSERVATION male Anolis RESEARCH porcatus REPORTS: (SVL ~65 Summaries mm) of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 on the floor consuming NATURAL an HISTORY unidentified RESEARCH food REPORTS item. :When Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 examined more closely,NEWBRIEFS I determined ...... without a doubt that ...... 248  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 the item was fresh FOCUS feces ON(not CONSERVATION more than 24-hours: A Project Youold) Can of Support a ...... 252 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Neither nor were Fig. 2. An adult male Cuban Green Anole (Anolis porcatus) consuming a present, so the anole was not eating insects attracted to the small conspecific in a residential backyard in San Antonio de los Baños, feces. At 1126 h on 31 October 2020 in the same location, I Artemisa Province, Cuba. Photograph by the author. observed a second instance of coprophagyFront Cover. involving Shannon Plummer. two adult Back Cover. Michael Kern Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil Cubanestibus inveliquo Green velique Anoles, rerchil a male and a female, consuming very erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum freshaut dolor feces apicto of invere a House pe dolum Sparrow (Fig. 1). Coprophagy appears fugiatis maionsequat eumque to befugiatis rare maionsequat in anoles eumque but these observations suggest that it, moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos liketur nectivory,ma derrovitae voluptam,might occur as more frequently than previously accullabo. assumed. The only record of cannibalism in A. porcatus was a report of an adult male eating a hatchling as it emerged from an egg (G. Alayón García in Socarrás et al. 1988). At 1420 h on 11 October 2020, I observed a large male (SVL ~65 mm) consuming a juvenile conspecific (SVL ~22 mm) on leaves of orchid plants 1.2 m above the ground in the yard at the same Fig. 1. An adult male Cuban Green Anole (Anolis porcatus) consuming the location described above (Fig. 2). As suggested by Rodríguez fresh feces of a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in a residential backyard Schettino et al. (1999), cannibalism in A. porcatus (and likely in San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa Province, Cuba. The female visible to the left of the male later ate some of the same fecal mass. Photograph other species of anoles) may be more common than is gener- by the author. ally supposed.

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