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FEATUREObservations ARTICLES of Arthropods Preying . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On theon Road to UnderstandingAmphibians the Ecology and Conservation of theand Midwest’s Giant Reptiles Serpent ...... Joshua M.in Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A HypotheticalSierpe Excursion ...... de Osa, Costa RicaRobert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES .RabyThe Texas Nuñez Horned Escalante in Central1, Isaac and Pérez Western A. Texas2, Alex ...... Alvarado Emily A. Henry,3, David Jason Brewer,Garro Krista A.1 Mougey,, and Pol and GadRigabert Perry 204D.4 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1 ...... Sierpe de Osa, Puntarenas,Brian J.Costa Camposano, Rica ([email protected] Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. [corresponding Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, author], and [email protected]) Michael Granatosky 212 2Palmar Norte, Puntarenas, Costa Rica ([email protected]) CONSERVATION ALERT3Drake Bay, Puntarenas, Costa Rica ([email protected]) 4 . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica ([email protected]) ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... Photographs by Raby Nuñez Escalante...... 225

HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 redacious terrestrial arthropods that are abundant in tropi- At 1855 h on 28 April 2019, while leading a herpetolog- PROFILE cal regions and are known to prey on amphibians and rep- ical tour, RNE found a young female Cone-headed Katydid P . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Michael L. Treglia 234 tiles include spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and various insects (Copiphora cultricornis) preying on a Slender Anole (Anolis (e.g., McCormickCOMMENTARY and Polis 1982; Corey 1988; Menin et al. [= Norops] limifrons) while the katydid was hanging from 2005; Toledo 2005;. TheToledo Turtles Haveet al. Been 2007; Watching Wells Me ...... 2007; von May the edge of a Red Ginger leaf Eric (Fig.Gangloff 6).238 Katydids are highly 2009a; CardosoBOOK et al. 2011;REVIEW Biggi and Tomasinelli 2017). diverse, widely distributed and locally and seasonally abun- Herein we describe. opportunisticThreatened Amphibians observations of the World edited of arthropods by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,dant in J.S.Costa Chanson, Rica, N.A. where Cox, the genus Copiphora is represented preying on herpetofaunaR. Berridge, at the P. Ramani, same and property B.E. Young ...... in Sierpe de by six (Naskrecki 2017). Robert Powell These 243 katydids have sharp Osa, Costa Rica (8°50'47.3816"N, 83°28'47.1943"W).  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 A Trechaleid NATURAL Fishing HISTORYSpider RESEARCH(Trechalea REPORTS extensa: ) Summaries was of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 observed by DGA NEWBRIEFS while feeding ...... on a Fitzinger’s Rainfrog ...... 248 (Craugastor fitzingeri EDITORIAL) near a stream INFORMATION at 1950 ...... h on 2 April 2019 ...... 251  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... 252 (Fig. 1). RNE encountered a wandering spider (Ctenidae; probably Ctenus sp.) consuming a male Hourglass Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) at 1943 h on 10 September 2016 (Fig. 2). At 2044 h on 10 December 2019, IPA found a wander- Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern ing spider (Ctenus sp.) with a prey Totatitem et that velleseque at first audant looked mo like Totat et velleseque audant mo a worm but which, after close inspection,estibus inveliquo we determined velique rerchil to be estibus inveliquo velique rerchil a Pacific Worm Salamander (Oedipinaerspienimus, pacificensis quos accullabo.) (Fig. 3);Ilibus this erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum was the second time we have observedfugiatis a Ctenusmaionsequat sp. eumquefeeding on a fugiatis maionsequat eumque Pacific Worm Salamander. Wanderingmoditia spiders erere nonsedis typically ma sectiatur forage moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- in and on the leaf litter and their dietma derrovitae consists voluptam, predominantly as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo. of invertebrates, but they occasionally prey on small and frogs; to the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented report of a Ctenus sp. preying on a caudate amphibian. At 1819 h on 30 October 2008, AAA and RNE observed a Costa Rican Wandering Spider (Cupiennius coccineus) on a non-native Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) leaf preying on a small Many-scaled Anole (Anolis [= Norops] polylepis) (Fig. 4). Next to a trail near the stream, PRD found a Flame-bellied Orb Weaver (Eriophora fuliginea) feeding on a Many-scaled Anole (Anolis [= Norops] polylepis) at 1807 h on 30 March Fig. 1. A Trechaleid Fishing Spider (Trechalea extensa) preying on a 2021 (Fig. 5). Fitzinger’s Rainfrog (Craugastor fitzingeri) near a stream.

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Fig. 2. This wandering spider (Ctenus sp.) had captured a male Hourglass Treefrog (Dendrosophus ebraccatus).

Fig. 3. A wandering spider (Ctenus sp.) with a recently caught Pacific Worm Salamander (Oedipina pacificensis).

Fig. 4. This Costa Rican Wandering Spider (Cupiennius coccineus) had ambushed a small Many-scaled Anole (Anolis [= Norops] polylepis).

303 NUÑEZ ET AL. REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 28(2): 302–305 • AUG 2021 and powerful mandibles and a varied diet that includes seeds, records of orthopterans preying on lizards in natural con- fruits, caterpillars, snails, insects (including other katydids), ditions are rare and have been poorly documented (Yong and even small vertebrates (Naskrecki 2017). However, 2017).

Fig. 5. A male Many-scaled Anole (Anolis [= Norops] polylepis) partly eaten by a Flame-bellied Orb Weaver (Eriophora fuliginea).

Fig. 6. This predacious Cone-headed Katydid (Copiphora cultricornis) had captured and was beginning to eat a Slender Anole (Anolis [= Norops] limifrons).

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