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HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 27(3):434–435189 • DEC 2020

IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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NewFEATURE Records ARTICLES of the Costa Rican Snaileater, . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the RoadSibon to Understanding thelamari Ecology and Conservation Solorzano of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... 2001 Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion(Squamata: ...... Dipsadidae),Robert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES . Thefrom Texas Horned Lizard Alajuela in Central and Western Texas Province, ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Costa Krista Mougey, and GadRica Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 Jorge Campos-Villalobos1, Gerald Pereira-Castillo3, and Víctor Serrano-Hernández2 CONSERVATION ALERT 1Carrera de Ingeniería en Gestión Ambiental, Sede San Carlos, Universidad Técnica Nacional, Alajuela, Costa Rica ([email protected] [corresponding author]) . World’s Mammals2Técnico inMedio Crisis en ...... Turismo Ecológico, Colegio Técnico Profesional De La Fortuna ([email protected])...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 3La Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica ([email protected])...... 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ...... Shannon Plummer 226 nakes in the genus Sibon are small, largely arboreal snakes Rica (Solorzano 2001), but subsequent reports are from that feed almostPROFILE exclusively on snails (Köhler 2008). Panama (Jaramillo A. et al. 2008; Sosa Bartuano and de la S . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Michael L. Treglia 234 Eighteen currently recognized species range from southern Cruz 2014). We herein report three individuals from Alajuela Mexico throughCOMMENTARY Central America and into northern South Province, Costa Rica. The first individual (Fig. 1) was found America (Uetz et .al.The 2020). Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... on 12 November 2019 in the Eric La Gangloff Fortuna 238 District, Canton of The type localityBOOK REVIEWof the Costa Rican Snaileater (Sibon San Carlos (10°27'11.6"N, 84°40'15.8"W; WGS 84; elev. lamari) is Guayacán. Threatened de Siquirres, Amphibians ofLimon the World Province, edited by S.N. Costa Stuart, M. Hoffmann,476 m J.S.asl), Chanson, the second N.A. Cox, individual on 1 May 2020 in the Peñas R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243

 CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 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 ...... 252

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Fig. 1. A Costa Rican Snaileater (Sibon lamari) from the La Fortuna Area, San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Photographs by Gerald Pereira.

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Blancas District, Canton of San Ramón (10°25'44.8"N, 84°40'57.7"W; elev. 695 m asl), and the third individual on 30 May 2020 in the La Fortuna District, Canton of San Carlos (10°26'04.4"N, 84°40'22.9"W; elev. 570 m asl). These proximate localities are about 130 km straightline dis- tance from the type locality and represent the northernmost records for the species (Fig. 2).

Literature Cited Jaramillo A., C.A., R. Ibáñez D., F. Jaramillo A., and F.A. Solís. 2008. Geographic distribution. Sibon lamari (Caracolera). Herpetological Review 39: 373–374. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, Germany. Solórzano, A. 2001. Una nueva especie de serpiente del género Sibon (Serpentes: Colubridae) de la vertiente del Caribe de Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 49: 1111–1120. Sosa Bartuano, Á. and J. de la Cruz. 2014. Geographic distribution. Sibon lamari (Costa Rican Snaileater). Herpetological Review 45: 665. Uetz, P., P. Freed, and J. Hošek (eds.). 2020. The Reptile Database. .

Fig. 2. Map of Costa Rica showing the known localities for the Costa Rican Snaileater (Sibon lamari). The type locality is indicated by a red dot; the three new proximate records in Alajuela Province reported herein are marked with a black dot.

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