LEPIDOBLEPHARIS XANTHOSTIGMA (Orange-tailed Norte de Puebla,ca. 2 km S of SanMiguel Tzinacapan,Munici- (20'00.603'N, Gecko). ENDOPARA SITES. Lep i dob lepharis xantho s t i gma is a pality of Cuetzalandel Progreso,Puebla, Mexico small diurnal gecko that inhabits leaf litter and occurs fiom south- 97"32.485'W;elev. 1140 m). The femalewas collected under large eastem Nicaragua, northwestern Costa Rica to northern Colom- rocks in an open areaon a hill within disturbed cloud forest. After bia (Savage2002. The Amphibiansand Reptilesof CostaRica: A being maintainedin captivity, this female gave birth to five young HerpetofaunaBetween Two Continents,Between Two Seas,Uni- on 24 June 1998.These averaged33.4 mm SVL (SD 0.5 mm, versity of Chicago Press,Chicago,934 Pp.).To our knowledge, range:33.G-34.2) and 0.6a g (SD 0.02 g, range:0.62{).66). De- no reportsexist ofendoparasitesfrom this .The purposeof spite the nearly two-month captive interval, the parturition date this note is to report the presenceof a larval acanthocephalanin a and litter size are within the known range of variation for other L. xanthostigmafrom CostaRica. speciesof lzpidophyma. Ten female .L.xanthostigma (mean SVL = 33 mm + 4 SD, range: The female(EBUAP 2061) was depositedin the herpetological 28-40 mm) from the herpetology collection of the Natural History collection of BenemdritaUniversidad Aut6noma de Puebla, Museum of Los AngelesCounty (LACM), Los Angeles(LACM Mdxico. Support for field work was provided by grant from 148083-084, 148092, I 48 I 05, 148107, I 48109-1 I 3), collected CONABIO (numberFB444/L283/97) to G. Gutidnez-Maydn, and in Guanacasteand Puntarenasprovinces, Costa Rica in 1964,1965, SEMARNAT provided the necessarycollecting permits. and 1973 were examined for helminths. The esophagus,stomach, Submitted by LUIS CANSECO-MARQUEZ, Museo de small and large intestines were opened and separatelyexamined Zoologia, Facultad de Ciencias,Universidad Nacional Aut6noma for helminths under a dissectingmicroscope. The body cavity was de Mdxico, A.P. 70-399, Mdxico, D.F. 04510, Mdxico (e-mail: also examined. One acanthocephalancystacanth was found in the [email protected]),and NORMA L. MANRIQUEZ- stomachof LACM 148083.The cystacanthwas clearedin a drop MORAN, Laboratorio de Herpetologia, Instituto de Biologia, of undilutedglycerol on a glassslide, examined with a compound UniversidadNacional Aut6noma de Mdxico.A.P. 70- 153, Mdxico, microscope and assignedto the family Oligacathorhynchidae. D.F.04510.Mdxico. Prevalence(infected / examinedX 100)was lj%o.The cystacanth was deposited in the United StatesNational Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland as (USNPC 93433). NANNOSCINCUS GRACILIS (New Caledonian Gracile Dwarf Lizards are known as paratenic (transport) hosts of speciesof ). VOCALIZATION. Among lizards,complex vocalizations the acanthocephalanfamily Oligacathorhynchidae(Schmidt I 985. including distinctive advertisementand distress calls are largely 1nCrompton and Nickol [eds.],Biology of theAcathocephala,pp. restricted to gekkotans (Gans and Maderson 1973. Amer. Zool. 273-305. CambridgeUniversity Press,Cambridge, UK). Devel- 13:1195-1203;Frankenberg and Wemer 1992. ActaZool. Lilloana opment to the adult acanthocephalanoccurs when the lizard is 4I:4542). Amongautarchoglossan families, vocalizationhas been eaten by a predator.A list oflizards serving as paratenichosts for reported for scatteredrepresentatives in several families, and in oligacanthorhynchidcystacanths is in Bolette (1997. Southwest. the caseof certain lacertids, it may be used in territorial interac- N at. 42:232-236). Lepidoble pharis xanthostigma feedsprimarily tions (Bdhmeet al. 1985.Bonn. Zool. Beitt.36:337-354). In the on spiders as well as isopods and mites (Lieberman 1986. Acta family Scincidae,only defensivevocalizations have been reported. Zool. Mex. l5:l-72).Infection likely occurswhen L. mnthostigma Loud emphatic vocalizations have been reported for the New ingests prey containing acanthocephalan larvae. An Guinea crocodile skink Tribolonotusgracilis (Cogger 1972.ZooL oligacanthorhynchidcystacanth in L. xanthostigmaisa new host Meded. 4'l:202-2101,O'Shea 1991. Brit. Herpetol. Soc. Bull. record. 37:15-17) and have been linked to parental defenseof young Submitted by STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG, Departmentof (Hartdegen et al. 2001. Contemp. Herpetol. 200ll2l lhttpi/l Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, USA (e- dataserver.calacademy.org/herpetol ogy/herpdocs/chl 200 I / 2/ mail: [email protected])and CHARLES R. BURSEY, De- index.html). Less dramatic defensivesqueaks have beenreported partment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango in a few other skink species(e.g., Euprepes [formerly Mabuya] Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, USA (e-mail: bensonii; Barbour and Loveridge 1930./n Strong [ed.], The Afri- [email protected]). can Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo, pp. 769-785. Harvard University, Cambridge,Massachusetts), although the va- lidity of some records has been questioned(Mertens 1946. Abh. LEPIDOPHYMA SYLUATICUM (Madrean Tropical Night Liz- Senckenberg.Naturf.4Tl:1-108) andin otherspecies, distress vo- ard). REPRODUCTION. Tropical night lizards ( calizations appearto be rare (e.9., Chalcides ocellatus; Fnrkenberg Lepidophyma) are rarely seen, so data on their natural history is and Werner 1992, op. cil.). Most records of skink vocalization, sparse.Available information indicates that members of this ge- however, derive from Pacific region lygosomines, including rep- nus are viviparous, havelitters of l-8, display peak reproductive resentatives of the Australian genera Ctenotus, Egernia, activity in winter, carry developingyoung during winter andspring, Ere mi asc inc us, Eul ampru s, Gnyp et o s c inc us, and Sap ro s c inc us and give birth in early summer(Bezy and Camarillo2}02. Contrib. (Greer 1976. Aust. Nat. Hist. 18:428433; Covacevich and Sci. Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. Hist. 493:1-41). Here, we McDonald 1980.Mem. Qld. Mus. 20:95-10l; Annable 1983. augment the few reproductive data on Lepidophymawith the first Herpetofauna 14:80-82) and the New Zealand genasOligosoma report for L. sylvaticum. (Werner I 973. Israel J. Zool. 22:2M-205 ; Thomas 1985 . I n Gigg On 28 April 1998,LCM collecteda gravidfemale l,. sylvaticum et al. [eds.],Biology of AustralasianFrogs and ,pp.17- (98.7 mm SVL, tail 62.0 mm [40.0mm regenerated])in the Sierra 22. Surrey Beatty, Chipping Norton). We here report another in-

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collection of the Natural History Museum of Los stanceof scincid defensivevocalization in a New Caledonianen- herpetology County (LACM), Los Angeles:LACM 148382-383' demic,N annos cinc us grac ili s. Angeles in Puntarenasand Guanacasteprovinces' Nannoscincusgracilis, tbe largestspecies (to 49 mm SVL) in a 148392-393,collected in 1967,1980, 1973, and 1974,respectively' The genusof small , is a cryptic form fbund in humid forests up Costa Rica stomach, small and large intestines were opened and io I 100m elevation in central New Caledonia (Bauer and Sadlier esophagus, examinedfor helminthsunder a dissectingmicroscope' 2000.The Herpetofaunaof New Caledonia. Society for the Study separately cavity was examinedas well. The only infectedanole of Amphibians and Reptiles,Ithaca. xii + 310 pp'). Thirteen N' The body Four Skriabinelazia intermedia were found grucilis were collected underneath logs and stones in montane was LACM 148383. Cyrtosomumlongicaudatum were found in the ior"rt ut 950-1040 m on Pic Ningua, 17.0 km south of Nakard, in the stomach;32 hevalence (infectedlizardllizards examined X 100) hovince Sud,New Caledonia(21"44'5,166'09'E) on26-27 Sep- large intestine. The nematodeswere depositedin the United States rember 2002. Specimens from this locality are morphologically was 25Vo. Beltsville, Maryland asSkrjabinelazia distinctive and may be specifically distinct from other populations' National ParasiteCollection, (USNPC 9350'7) and Cyrtosomum longicaudatum All specimensmade faint but distinctive squeakswhen handled. intermedia Vocalizations were elicited by grasping or handling the body and (usNPc93s08). is previously known from Tropidurus were accompaniedby writhing and occasionalbiting, both typical Skrj abinelazia intermedia from Brazil (Vicente 1981.Atas Soc' in the genus. Squeakingwas noted both at initial capture and sub- spinulosus andT. torquatrr Noropspentapriontepresents a new sequentlywhen specimenswere handled in the laboratory. Biol. Rio de Janeiro22:7-18). is a new locality record' Whether vocalizations are employed to deter potential preda- host record for S. intermedia. CostaRica is previously known from Ctenosaura ll tors (large arthropods, birds, larger skinks and geckos) or they Cyrtosomumlongicaudaturn ll (Brenesand Bravo-Hollis 1960.Sobretiro ti function in intraspecific interactions is unclear.That most skinks sirnilis from Costa Rica it Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero' pp' II known to vocalize are lygosominesoccurring in Australia or on del Libro Homenaje al from Hondurasand Mexico (Cabal- it Pacific islands implies some underlying phylogenetic and/or eco- 451464,Mexico, D.F.) and iol. Univ. Nac.Aut6n. M€xico 42:29- logical commonality. However, the speciesfor which vocaliza- lero Deloya I 971. An. Inst.B Anolis equestis,A. Iuteogularis,A' tion has been documenteddo not form a monophyletic group, and 33). It hasalso been found in C. porcus, I'eiocephalus this behavior has beentoo poorly documentedto attribute any spe- baracoae,Chamaeleolis chamaeleonides, and Hemidactylus brooki cial meaning to this apparentgeographical bias. cubensis,L. stictigaster,L. carinatus, Folia Parasit.15:41-45; Nannoscincusspecimens were collected under permit 6034- from Cuba (Barus and Coy Otero 1968. 10:329-346; Coy 2075/DRN issued by the Direction des RessourcesNaturelles of Barus and Coy Otero 1969. Helminthologia 20:297-305; Coy Otero and theProvince Sud,New Caledoniaand exportedunder permit 6034- Otero and Barus 1973. Folia Parasit. : 1-3) andAnolis garmani from 2330/DRN of the sameauthority. Specimens(Field numbersAMB Barus I 979.Acta Sci.Nat. Brno I 3 Helminthol' 61:77-83). Norops 7338-7344,'7373-:73'78)will be depositedin the California Acad- Jamaica(Bundy et al. 1987. J. for C. longicaudatum' emy of Sciencesand AustralianMuseum collections. pentaprion representsa new host record Department of Submitted by AARON M. BAUER (e-mail: Submitted by STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG, California 90608' USA (e- [email protected]),TODD JACKMAN (e-mail: Biology, Whittier College,Whittier, R. BURSEY' De- [email protected]),SARAH A. SMITH (e-mail: mail: [email protected]),and CHARLES University, Shenango sarah.a.smith@ villanova.edu), Department of Biology, Villanova partment of Biology, PennsylvaniaState 16146, USA (e-mail: University, 800 LancasterAvenue,Villanova, Pennsylvania19085- Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 1699,USA; ROSS A. SADLIER, Departmentof Herpetology' [email protected]). AustralianMuseum, 6 College Street,Sydney, New SouthWales i 2000,Australia (e-mail: rosss @austmus.gov.au); and CHRISTO' (Ground PREDATION' Ac- PHER C. AUSTIN, Department of Biology, University of North SC I N CE LIA. LAT ERALI S Skink). are infrequent. However, Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA (e-mail: counts of spiderspreying on vertebrates Cokendolpher [email protected]). somespiders are known to takelizards. For example, (Ig'77. J. Arachnol.5:184) observed an Argiope aurantia eatinga Eumeces laticeps, and Corey (1988. J. Arachnol. 16:392-393) of a Lycosa NOROPSPENTAPRION (Lichen Anole). ENDOPARASITES. found an Anolis carttlinensis in the chelicerae of a wolf spider Noropspentaprionis asmall to moderate-sizedanole (adult males ammophila.This note details the first observation lateralis. 70-79 mm standard length, adult females 57-63 mm standard feeding on the Ground Skink, Scincella a small (ca' 4 cm length) found in lowland forest zones from the Isthmus of At 1330h on 15 March 2003,we encountered (ca' 3 cm Tehuantepec,Mexico to Colombia (Savage 2002'The Amphib- SVL) S. Iateralis struggling with a Hogna carolinensis at the Old SabineWild- ians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A HerpetofaunaBetween'Two head-abdomenlength) under a piece of tin (32'35'33"N' Continents,Between Two Seas,University of ChicagoPress, Chi- life Management Area, Smith County, Texas by the neck with its fangs' cago.934 pp.). To our knowledge,no reportsexist of endopara- 95"21'26"W). The spiderheld the skink the skink stopped sites from this species.The purpose of this note is to report the The two wrestled for ca. 5 min before we discontinuedob- presenceof two speciesof nematodes in N. pentaprion from Costa moving. When the spider releasedthe skink, the Rica. servations.About 30 min later, we returned to the site and Four (l female, 3 males)N. pentaprion (meanSVL = 66 mm + spider was still near the dead skink. 3 SD, range: 63-70 mm) were examinedfor helminthsfrom the Don Killebrew verified the identity of the spider.

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