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HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW EDITOR Max Allen Nickerson PRODUCTION STAFF 94Ekpetopogied (Peview VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4 Susan M DECEMBER, 1974 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4 HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW EDITOR Max Allen Nickerson PRODUCTION STAFF 94ekpetoPogied (Peview VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4 Susan M. Pleskatcheck, Composition Robert W. Henderson, Assist. Editor DECEMBER 1974 Jeffrey L. Briggs, Assist. Editor Janice L. Mahlberg, Photographic Editor SECTION EDITORS Caribbean Research News Ronald I. Crombie Division of Reptiles & Amphibians National Museum of Natural History CONTENTS Washington, DC 20560 Neotropical Research News William E. Duellman, South America 98 Letter to the Editor, by F. Harvey Pough Museum of Natural History University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66044 NEWS & COMMENT Jaime Villa, Middle America Langmuir Laboratory Section of Neurobiology & Behavior 99 More About the SSAR-HL Auburn University Meetings Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14850 Society News 100 SSAR Committee Assignments Ray E. Ashton, Jr. Museum of Natural History 108 SSAR Election Results University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66044 Conservation 109 SSAR-HL Annual Meeting, 1975 R. Bruce Bury Bird & Mammal Laboratories U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ARTICLES National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 20560 Geographic Distribution 104 Bullfrog Eating a Bird, by Jeffrey Howard Black Joseph C. Mitchell Dept. of Zoology Arizona State University 105 A Xanthic Chrysemys scripta elegans, by Harrall C. Griffin, Jr. Tempe, Arizona 85281 Herpetological Husbandry 107 Geographic Distribution James B. Murphy Department of Reptiles Dallas Zoo 113 Current Titles 621 E. Clarendon Dr. Dallas, TX 75203 Herpetological Techniques Robert A. Thomas Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Science Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 Karyotypes Charles J. Cole Department of Herpetology American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10024 Life History PUBLISHED BY: THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES Harry W. Greene at The Milwaukee Public Museum Press, 800 West Wells St., Milwaukee, WI Department of Zoology 53233; Milton Spearbraker, Printer. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to this University of Tennessee address. Knoxville, TN 37916 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY: March, June, September, December. Application to Physiological Miscellanea mail at second-class postage rates is pending at New York, NY and at Harvey B. Lillywhite additional mailing offices. All rights reserved. No part of this Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology periodical may be reproduced without written permission of the author Univ. of Kansas and the editor. Lawrence, KS 66045 DECEMBER 1974 HERP. REVIEW 5(4) 97 "LETTER TO THE EDITOR" Dear Sir: A disturbing irony appeared in the most recent mailing from the SSAR. Two items shared the same envelope. Herpetological Review contained a report of a meeting that discussed the effects of conservation laws on herpetological research, and concluded with a statement emphasizing the need "to fully utilize any animal taken from the wild for research and public education purposes" (vol. 5, p. 42). The second item, the Journal of Herpetology, included a paper that reported the capture of 14,282 sea snakes in the Gulf of Thailand (vol. 8, pp. 201-210). The stated goal of the research, which was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research, was collection of data concerning "the relative abundance of each species" and "The amount and toxicity of venoms obtained from each sea snake . It seems improbable that all 14,282 snakes were fully utilized, especially considering that they were obtained in only three trips. If venom was really collected from all the snakes, it should supply the world's entire research needs for the foreseeable future. The paper contained no clear statement of what happened to the snakes -- whether all were killed or some released alive, whether venom was extracted from every individual, whether the snakes were placed in a museum collection after venom was collected, or whether there were reasons for collecting so many snakes. The author of the paper did not reply to my letter to him raising these questions. The SSAR, according to its Constitution, intends "To encourage conservation of wildlife in general and amphibians and reptiles in particular." Achieving this laudable goal will require some efforts that we are apparently not presently making. I suggest that it should be the Society's policy that the ecological impact of research be considered both when a project is planned and when a manuscript is submitted for publication. While it is not possible to draw a priori guidelines of what is and is not permissible to apply to all experiments or all experimental animals, it is possible, a posteriori, to identify work that has exceeded the bounds of what is reasonable and necessary. Secondly, many biologists are conscientious in designing their research to make full use of the experimental animals and to minimize ecological impact. I think that these people deserve credit for their efforts -- a brief sentence in a paper noting the ultimate disposition of the experimental animals would help to accomplish that. Although it is foreign to the ivory tower to allow such considerations as public opinion to influence our pure research, we must realize that the public attention we are trying to focus on the plight of endangered species will fall on our own experiments as well. If we do not practice what we preach, we risk losing the confidence of both the public and legislators, and dooming our conservation efforts to defeat. F. Harvey Pough 10 - 18 - 74 98 HERP. REVIEW 5(4) DECEMBER 1974 9) SSAR membership dues for 1975 MORE ABOUT THE SSAR-HL AUBURN are: $8 students, $10 regular members, UNIVERSITY MEETINGS (11-14 AUGUST 1974) $15 sustaining and $20 contributing. 10) The Nominating Committee The Auburn University meetings were announced the slate of candidates: among the most pleasant ever held. Drs. Robert H. Mount and Geroge W. Folkerts For Chairman-elect served as co-chairmen. They treated James L. Vial those attending to some real hospitality W. Ronald Heyer and well organized meetings. For Director The SSAR Board met on the afternoon John Wright and evening of 11 August. James Murphy 1) Potentially new publications or For Secretary publication series were discussed and J. W. Edward Wortham these included a translation series anda Stephen R. Edwards checklist for North American amphibians and reptiles. For Treasurer Henri Seibert 2) The Board approved issuing 15 Catalogue accounts for six dollars. No time period is being stipulated for Other highlights of the Auburn their issuance. meeting included: 3) The meeting site for 1975 was 1) a well attended symposium on approved and is California State "the long-term effects of ecosystem University, Fullerton, California. The alterations on amphibian & reptile meeting Chairman is Dr. William Presch populations," and the dates are 11 - 14 August. 2) a social which featured some 4) Miami University of Ohio was impromptu swimming. considered as the 1976 meeting site. 3) an excellent and well cared for 5) Harry Greene, University of live animal exhibit, Tennessee, Knoxville won the SSAR Student Prize for his paper, "Defensive 4) great food and conservation at tail display by snakes and the catfish fry in Chewacla State Park, amphisbaenians. J. of Herpetology 7(3): 143-161. 5) field trips to the Red Hills & Cheaha Mountains. 6) SSAR membership (25 July 1974) included 1,202 individual & We extend a hearty "well done'' to institutional members (63 life, 783 U.S., Drs.Folkerts, Mount, the Local Committee 104 foreign and 252 institutional). and all those wonderful Auburnites who worked so diligently to make these 7) SSAR provided $140 for the meetings a great success. preservation of the Monte Verde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, Central America. 8) A budget of $23,100 was adopted for 1975. DECEMBER 1974 HERP. REVIEW 5(4) 99 SSAR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS - 1975 Local Committee 1975 Meeting Advisory Committee on Systematic SSAR-HL Annual Meeting will be held Resources in Herpetology (joint ASIH, at California State University, SSAR, HL Committee) Fullerton, Calif., August, 1975. D. B. Wake, Chairperson Dr. W. Presch, Local Chairperson R. G. Zweifel, Vice Chairperson H. C. Dessauer Liaison with Regional Societies Geo. Nace James B. Murphy, Chairperson Eric Pianka Stanley Dyrkacz G. B. Rabb Malvin Skaroff J. W. Wright Tom Johnson G. R. Zug Gopher Carlson Rodolfo Ruibal Michael Long Recent Herpetological Literature Membership Committee J. W. Wright, Chairperson NEED CHAIRPERSON C. J. McCoy W. R. Heyer Financial Planning (Resources) M. A. Nickerson (not formed) SSAR Committee on Common & Scientific Society Publications Names Kraig Adler, Chairperson (Facs.Repts.) J. W. Wright, Chairperson Henri Seibert (Publ. Sec.) C. J. McCoy James Christiansen (Asst. Publ. Sec.) J. T. Collins J. P. Kennedy (J. Herp.) S. R. Edwards (Ex-Officio) M. A. Nickerson (Herp. Review) R. G. Zweifel (Catalogue) Conservation Committee (joint SSAR, HL) S. R. Edwards (Circulars) G. Folkerts, Chairperson C. G. Jackson (HL, Ex-Officio) R. B. Bury, Vice Chairperson H. W. Campbell, Vice Chairperson Facsimile Reprints Subcommittee R. McDiarmid, SE Coord. Kraig Adler, Chairperson Glenn Stewart, West. Coord. R. Donoso-Barros R. A. Thomas, Plains Coord. D. A. Rossman Allen Vinegar, NE Coord. A. H. Savitsky Rene Honegger, Internl. Coord. Michael Tyler C. Carpenter, Ex-Officio J. W. Wright R. Worthington, Ex-Officio B. H. Banta Nominating Committee Jim Christiansen C. J. McCoy, Chairperson J. T. Collins A. H. Brame, Jr. R. Conant J. R. Dixon D. Ferguson D. A. Rossman Wayne King A. H. Savitsky J. McCoy Dean Metter Student Prize Committee M. A. Nickerson R. L. Bezy, Chairperson Norm Scott Federico Achaval Henri Seibert M. J. Littlejohn Phil Smith Dave Snyder Future Meeting Sites (SSAR-HL) F. S. Hendricks, Chairperson (remainder of committee being revised) 100 HERP. REVIEW 5(4) DECEMBER 1974 SSAR THANKS YOU! Once again it is our pleasure to acknowledge those individuals who have helped the SSAR by becoming contributing or sustaining members. For the year 1974 we had 47 contributing members and 137 sustaining members.
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