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UnilateralFEATURE ARTICLES Anophthalmia in an Indian Rock . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: Python,On the Road to UnderstandingPython the Ecology and molurus Conservation of the Midwest’s (LinnaeusGiant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer1758) 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 Mansi Shah1, Jaydeep Maheta2, and Sakkira Begum R3 RESEARCH ARTICLES 1Department of Zoology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India ([email protected] [corresponding author]) . The Texas Horned2Wildlife Lizard Care in Center,Central and Ahmedabad Western Texas Forest ...... Department, Emily Gujarat, Henry, JasonIndia Brewer, ([email protected]) Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 3Deputy. The Knight Conservator Anole (Anolis of Forests, equestris Social) in Florida Forestry Division, Sardarnagar, Ahmedabad-382475, India ([email protected]) ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212
CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 ndian Rock Pythons. More Than(Python Mammals molurus ...... ), which can reach a ...... 223 Imaximum length. The of “Dow 8 m Jones (Whitaker Index” of Biodiversity and Captain ...... 2008), ...... 225 occur in Pakistan, India (Assam, Mimachal Pradesh, Jammu HUSBANDRY and Kashmir, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab), Nepal, Bhutan,PROFILE Myanmar, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka (Uetz et al. 2020). These. snakesKraig Adler: occupy A Lifetime habitatsPromoting Herpetology ranging ...... from dry Michael L. Treglia 234 rocky scrub to denseCOMMENTARY tropical forests, often but not always . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238
BOOK REVIEW . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243 Fig. 2. Anophthalmia in the rescued Indian Rock Python (Python mol- CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Publishedurus ).Conservation Photograph Research by Jaydeep Reports ...... Maheta. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 NEWBRIEFS ...... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... near water, and may occur in human-altered 252 habitats ranging from agricultural land to urban areas (Babar et al. 2019). In December 2019, we rescued a male Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) from a well near the village Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. of Daduka,Back Cover. Sanand,Michael Kern Ahmedabad, India (22°55'30"N, Totat et velleseque audant mo 72°11'05"E)Totat et velleseque (Fig. audant 1). moThe snake measured 1.62 m SVL (1.90 estibus inveliquo velique rerchil mestibus TL), inveliquo weighed velique 7.45 rerchil kg, and was missing its left eye (Fig. erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum 2).aut dolorWe apictofound invere no pe evidence dolum of injuries and the skin covering fugiatis maionsequat eumque thefugiatis left orbitmaionsequat was eumquenormally pigmented. To the best of our moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos knowledge,tur ma derrovitae this voluptam, is the asfirst report of presumptive unilateral accullabo. anophthalmia in an Indian Rock Python in nature. After a short period of observation, the python was released into suit- able nearby habitat. Anophthalmia, which can be either unilateral or bilat- eral, is defined as the congenital total absence of ocular tis- sue resulting from failure of the primary vesicle to develop or from a complete regression of the optic vesicle (Millichamp et al. 1983). The etiology of anophthalmia is unknown but is Fig. 1. An Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) rescued from a well near the thought to be either genetic or environmental (Da Silva et al. village of Daduka, Sanand, Ahmedabad, India. Photograph by Jaydeep Maheta. 2015).
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Acknowledgements brief review. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 29: 349–352. We thank the Ahmedabad Forest Department for their guid- Da Silva, M.-A.O., M.F. Bertelsen, T. Wang, M. Pedersen, H. Lauridsen, and S. Heegaard. 2015. Unilateral microphthalmia or anophthalmia in eight ance; Dr. Raju Vyas for his timely suggestions and guidance pythons (Pythonidae). Veterinary Ophthalmology 18, suppl. 1: 23–29. DOI: as we prepared this manuscript; and Uday Maheta, Rushi 10.1111/vop.12198. Pathak, Rakesh Bharwad, and Jigar Patel for help during Millichamp N.J., E.R. Jacobson, and E.D. Wolf. 1983. Diseases of the eye and ocu- lar adnexae in reptiles. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association fieldwork. 183: 1205–1212. Uetz, P., P. Freed, and J. Hošek. 2020. The Reptile Database.
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