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FEATURE ARTICLES Notes. Chasing Bullsnakeson (Pituophis the catenifer sayiDistribution) in Wisconsin: of the Central On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 American. The Shared History Collared of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis ) Geckolet,and Humans on Grenada: Sphaerodactylus A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198 glaucusRESEARCH ARTICLES (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida ...... in QuintanaBrian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Roo, Kevin M. Enge, EllenMexico M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

CONSERVATION ALERTOscar Cid-Mora1 and Victor Vásquez-Cruz2 . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 1 . GrupoMore Than Xcaret, Mammals Carretera ...... Chetumal-Puerto Juárez Km 282. CP. 77710 Playa del Carmen,...... Quintana Roo, México 223 2PIMVS Herpetario. The “Dow Palancoatl, Jones Index” Avenida of Biodiversity 19 número ...... 5525, Colonia Nueva Esperanza, Córdoba, Veracruz, México ...... ([email protected]) 225

HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226

he Central AmericanPROFILE Collared Geckolet, Sphaerodactylus At about 1100 h on 17 August 2017, OCM found Tglaucus (Squamata:. Kraig Adler:Sphaerodactylidae), A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ranges ...... from a Sphaerodactylus glaucus Michael (SVL L. Treglia = 13234 mm; Fig. 1A) in the southern Mexico into Guatemala and Honduras. In Mexico, Ecoarceological Park Xcaret (20°34'50.72"N, -87°07'10.32"W; COMMENTARY it occurs in the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, WGS 84; elev. 11m), Municipality of Solidaridad, Quintana . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo (Lee 2000; García- Roo, Mexico. The individual was photographed and released. Grajales et al. 2014).BOOK This speciesREVIEW occurs in a variety of natural We deposited a photographic voucher in the herpetological col- . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, habitats, including tropicalR. Berridge, wet P. forest, Ramani, andtropical B.E. Young moist ...... forest, lection of the Natural History Robert Museum Powell 243 of Los Angeles (LACM tropical dry forest, tropical very dry forest, and subtropical PC 2472). moist forest, as well CONSERVATIONas anthropogenically RESEARCH modified REPORTS: habitats Summaries of Published ConservationAt about Research 1800 Reports h on...... 10 March 245 2019, OCM found a  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 such as coffee and bananaNEWBRIEFS plantations ...... and within houses Sphaerodactylus...... glaucus (Fig. 1B) on 248a construction pillar in (Wilson and Johnson EDITORIAL 2010; INFORMATIONVásquez-Cruz ...... et al. 2018). Park Xel-Há (20°19'09.69"N,...... -87°21'28.12"W; 251 WGS 84; Sphaerodactylus glaucus FOCUS is ONa small CONSERVATION gecko (SVL: A Project to You29 Canmm; Support ...... elev. 5 m), Municipality of Cozumel, 252Quintana Roo, Mexico. Köhler 2008) that is easily distinguished from S. argus by The gecko was not captured, but we deposited a photographic its coloration and pattern and from S. millepunctatus by its voucher in the herpetological collection of the Natural History smooth dorsal scales. Museum of Los Angeles (LACM PC 2473). Subsequently, at 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. Central American Collared Geckolets (Sphaerodactylus glaucus) from the Ecoarceological Park Xcaret, Municipality of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Mexico (A) and from Park Xel-Há, Municipality of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (B & C). Photographs by Oscar Cid-Mora.

Municipality of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo (Fig. 2). They are 16 and 53 km SSW, respectively, of the closest previously documented record (10 km N of Playa del Carmen; Parmerlee and Powell 1980). The species had been reported previously in the municipalities of Othon P. Blanco, Isla Muejeres, Benito Juárez, and Solidaridad (Lee 1980, 2000; Parmerlee and Powell 1980; García-Grajáles et al. 2014). This species is listed as “Subject to Special Protection (Pr)” (NOM-059-2010; SEMARNAT 2010), so documenting its distribution and noting its potential tolerance to urbanization are important.

Acknowledgements We thank Neftalí Camacho (LACM) for cataloguing the digital photographs.

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