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WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & IRCFAMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL 15,& NAMPHIBIANSO 4 • DEC 2008 •189 25(2):125–126 • AUG 2018 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES New. Chasing Locality Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayiRecord) in Wisconsin: of the Lined Stripe- On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 necked. The Shared Snake, History of Treeboas (Corallus Liopeltis grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: calamaria (Günther A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 1856)RESEARCH (Squamata: ARTICLES Colubridae) from Nepal . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight AnoleSantosh (Anolis equestris Bhattarai) in Florida1, Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral2, and Naresh Subedi3 .............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1National Trust for Nature Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation Center, Ratnanagar-06, Sauraha, Chitwan-44204, Nepal ([email protected]) CONSERVATION2National ALERT Trust for Nature Conservation, Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal . World’s Mammals in Crisis3National ............................................................................................................................... Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.............................. 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 HUSBANDRY he Lined Stripe-necked. Captive Care ofSnake the Central (LiopeltisNetted Dragon .......................................................................................................calamaria) the nasal was not divided. Shannon Scalation Plummer corresponded226 to descrip- Twas long thought to be distributed solely in Sri Lanka tions of Liopeltis calamaria in Smith (1943). After identifica- PROFILE and India (e.g., Chunekar and Alekar 2015) until Bhattarai tion by the first author, a digital photo voucher (ZRC(IMG) . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234 et al. (2017a) recorded L. calamaria for the first time from 2.386) was deposited at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Dhodeni, Kabilas, COMMENTARYChitwan in Nepal in degraded agricultural Museum, National University of Singapore. The snake was land. At 1309 h on 13. The March Turtles Have 2018, Been Watchingwe encountered Me ........................................................................................................................ a snake released at the site of capture. Eric Gangloff 238 (Fig. 1) moving alongBOOK a forest REVIEW trail at Gairigaun, Makwanpur, Liopeltis calamaria is a terrestrial, diurnally active snake Nepal (27.39752°N,. 85.38385°E,Threatened Amphibians WGS of the 1984; World edited elev. by S.N.825 Stuart, m; M. Hoffmann,reportedly J.S. Chanson, found N.A. in Cox, dry tropical forests aassociated with R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243 Fig. 2). The snake was brown, slender-bodied, smooth-scaled, plateaus (Narayanan 2016). In Nepal, this species has been and had large round CONSERVATION pupils; it was RESEARCH 208 mm REPORTS: in total length,Summaries of Publishedrecorded Conservation from Research only Reports two ................................. locations, both245 in severely altered dorsal scale rows numberedNATURAL HISTORY 15:15:15, RESEARCH ventrals REPORTS 140,: Summariesand of Publishedhabitats. Reports The on Natural new History location ................................. was a 247 degraded Sal (Shorea NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 subcaudals 68. It had EDITORIAL one preocular, INFORMATION two postoculars, ............................................................................................................................... seven robusta) forest approximately...................... 100 251km east of the earlier supralabials with the FOCUS3rd and ON 4th CONSERVATION in contact with: A Project the Youeye, Can and Support ...............................................................................................record (Bhattarai et al. 2017a). The 252snake was near a village Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus 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. Dorsum (left) and lateral view of the head (right) of a Lined Stripe-necked Snake (Liopeltis calamaria) encountred at Gairigaun, Makwanpur, Nepal. Photograph by Santosh Bhattarai. Copyright © 2018. Santosh Bhattarai. All rights reserved. 125 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 BHATTARAI ET AL. IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 25(2):125–126 • AUG 2018 Fig. 2. Locality records of the Lined Stripe-necked Snake (Liopeltis calamaria) in Nepal. where people perceive all snakes to be venomous and kill Literature Cited them whenever they are encountered (Bhattarai et al. 2017b; Bhattarai, S., L. Chalise, A. Gurung, C.P. Pokheral, N. Subedi, and V. Sharma. 2017a. Geographic distribution: Liopeltis calamaria (Lined Stripe-necked Sharma et al. 2013). This species is likely to have wider dis- Snake). Herpetological Review 48: 129. tribution in Nepal. We suggest a detailed inventory be imple- Bhattarai, S., K.B. Thapa, L. Chalise, A. Gurung, C.P. Pokheral, N. Subedi, T.B. mented to establish its distribution, ecology, and conservation Thapa, and K.B. Shah. 2017b. On the distribution of the Himalayan Stripe- necked Snake Liopeltis rappi (Günther, 1860) (Serpentes: Colubridae) in threats. This species has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Nepal. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11: 88–92. Red List. Chunekar, H. and S. Alekar. 2015. Range extension of the Calamaria Reed Snake, Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, Acknowledgements India. Reptiles & Amphibians 22: 79–80. We thank Om P. Chaudhary, Wildlife Technician for his Narayanan, S. 2016. On the occurrence of the Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis help in the field and the staff of the National Trust for Nature calamaria (Günther, 1858) (Squamata: Colubridae), in the Kalakadu Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Reptile Rap 18: 29–30. Conservation-Biodiversity Conservation Center for logistical Sharma, S.K., D.P. Pandey, K.B. Shah, F. Tillack, F. Chappuis, C.L. Thapa, E. support. We also are grateful to Sujan Khanal for preparation Elirol, and U. Kuch. 2013. Venomous Snakes of Nepal: A Photographic Guide. of the map. This observation was made during a biodiversity B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the survey in Makwanpur by NTNC-BCC, Sauraha, Chitwan, Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Volume III – Nepal. Serpentes. Taylor and Francis, London. 126.