A Leucistic Checkered Keelback, Fowlea Piscator

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FEATURE ARTICLES . ChasingA BullsnakesLeucistic (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin:Checkered Keelback, On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Fowlea. The Shared History piscator of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis (Serpentes:) and Humans on Grenada: Natricidae), A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLESfrom Mizoram, India . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight AnoleKhan (Anolis Ashaharraza equestris) in Florida1, Lalbiakzuala2, and Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga2 ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University, Baripada-757003, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India ([email protected]) CONSERVATION2Department of ALERT Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India ([email protected]) . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

olor abnormalitiesHUSBANDRY in animals can occur as the result of Fig. 1). The snake lacked integumentary pigmentation, . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 Can excess or deficiency of pigments in some parts or in but the eyes were normally pigmented (Fig. 2). Although the entire body. AlbinismPROFILE is a complete lack of pigmenta- Mahabal and Takur (2014) and Deshmukh et al. (2020) pre- tion, whereas leucism. isKraig characterized Adler: A Lifetime Promoting by reduced Herpetology integumen ...... - viously reported albinistic Michael or L. leucistic Treglia 234 Checkered Keelbacks tary pigmentation COMMENTARYbut normally-colored eyes (Acevedo and from peninsular India, this is the first report from northeast- Aguayo 2008). Leucistic. The snakesTurtles Have have Been Watchingdiminished Me ...... numbers of ern India and the first record Eric from Gangloff the238 state of Mizoram. iridophores and probablyBOOK REVIEW very low numbers or no melano- phores and xanthophores. Threatened (Bechtel Amphibians 1991). of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. AcknowledgementsCox, The Checkered KeelbackR. Berridge, P.( Ramani,Fowlea and B.E.piscator Young ...... ; formerly We thank Liandawla (Chief Robert Wildlife Powell 243 Warden, Environment, Xenochrophis piscator) is widely distributed throughout south- Forest and Climate Change Department, Government  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 ern Asia (Wallach et NATURALal. 2014) HISTORY and is perhapsRESEARCH the REPORTS most :abun Summaries- of Publishedof Mizoram, Reports on Natural India) History for...... issuing collection247 permit No. dant snake in India (WhitakerNEWBRIEFS and ...... Captain 2004). However, A.33011/2/99-CWLW/225...... We also 248 thank DST-SERB,  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 the taxonomy is not completelyFOCUS ON CONSERVATION resolved and still: A Projectcryptic You species Can Support ...... New Delhi, for providing financial 252 assistance for labora- might be hidden under this name (Vogel and David 2012). tory facilities under EMR number EMR/2016/002391. KA On 15 June 2019, we collected a leucistic juvenile extends his gratitude to Pratyush Mohapatra, Saipari Sailo Fowlea piscator from Tuivamit, Aizawl District, Mizoram (Central Zone Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, (24°44'51.36"N; 92°40'86"E; 874Front m Cover. asl). Shannon The Plummer.specimen Jabalpur),Back Cover. and Michael Vivek Kern Sharma for help with the literature was preserved and deposited in theTotat Departmental et velleseque audant Museum mo andTotat curatorial et velleseque support, audant mo and to Zothangliana, Department of estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil of Zoology, Mizoram University,erspienimus, Aizawl quos(MZMU-1091; accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus,Zoology, quos Mizoram accullabo. Ilibus University, for help collecting the snake. 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. A leucistic Checkered Keelback (Fowlea piscator; MZMU-1091) from Tuivamit, Mizoram, India. Scale bar = 10 mm. Photograph by Khan Ashaharraza.

Fig. 2. A typically colored Checkered Keelback (Fowlea piscator) (left) and a leucistic individual (right) from Tuivamit, Mizoram, India. Photographs by Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga.

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