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FEATUREAn ARTICLES Unusual Yellow Morph of the . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: BambooOn the Road to UnderstandingPitviper, the Ecology and Conservation Trimeresurus of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... gramineus Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: (ShawA Hypothetical 1802), Excursion ...... from Amboli, MaharashtraRobert W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES . The Texas Horned Lizard in CentralMayuresh and Western Kulkarni Texas1, ...... Samruddha Patil Emily2, andHenry, Ameya Jason Brewer,Kulkarni Krista3 Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1Institute of ...... Natural History, EducationBrian andJ. Camposano, Research Kenneth (INHER), L. Krysko, c-26/9, Kevin Ketan M. Enge, Heights, Ellen M.Kothrud, Donlan, Pune,and Michael Maharashtra-411038, Granatosky 212 India ([email protected] [corresponding author]) CONSERVATION2Bachelor inALERT Commerce graduate, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400032, India . World’s Mammals in Crisis([email protected]) ...... https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1879-4756 ...... 220 . More Than3T.Y.BSc, Mammals S.M.T...... Chandibai Himmatmal Mansukhani College, Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra-421003,...... India 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity([email protected]) ...... https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3025-3469 ...... 225

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

he BambooPROFILE Pitviper (Trimeresurus gramineus) is an Acknowledgements Tarboreal viperid. Kraig (Sawant Adler: A Lifetime et al. Promoting 2010; HerpetologyHarrington ...... et al. We thank Mr. Varun MichaelSatose L. Tregliafor reviewing234 the article 2018) endemic to India, where it is known from the states of and assisting us with the technical work and Mr. Anurag COMMENTARY Gujarat, Maharashtra,. The TurtlesGoa, HaveKarnataka, Been Watching Kerala, Me ...... Tamil Nadu, Nashirabadkar for help with Ericthe Gangloff manuscript. 238 Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh (D’Abreau 1928; WhitakerBOOK and Captain REVIEW 2004; Nande and Deshmukh Literature Cited 2007; Srinivasulu and. Threatened Das 2008; Amphibians Dutta of the et World al. 2009). edited by BambooS.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,D’Abreu, E.A.J.S. Chanson, 1928. Record N.A. ofCox, the Nagpur Museum, No. VI. A List of Reptiles of the R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Central Provinces. Government Press, Robert Nagpur, Powell 243India. Pitvipers vary in color and pattern, with a green, olive, or blu- Dutta, S.K., P.P. Mohapatra, and A.K. Mohapatra. 2009. Amphibians and Reptiles ish dorsum and labials, CONSERVATION chin, and venterRESEARCH some REPORTS: shade of Summaries yellow. of Published Conservationof Similipal ResearchBiosphere Reports Reserve ...... Regional Plant Resource 245 Centre. Bhubaneswar, Herein we describe NATURAL an unusualHISTORY yellowRESEARCH color REPORTS morph: Summaries(Fig. of PublishedOrissa, Reports India. on Natural History ...... 247 1) encountered on NEWBRIEFS14 July 2018 ...... near the Hiranyakeshi Temple Harrington, S.M., J.M...... de Haan, L. Shapiro, and S. Ruane. 248 2018. Habits and charac-  EDITORIAL INFORMATION ...... teristics of arboreal snakes worldwide:...... arboreality constrains 251 body size but does not in Amboli, Maharashtra FOCUS (15.964186°N,ON CONSERVATION 74.017344°E).: A Project You Can This Support ...... affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the252 Linnean Society 125: 61–71. snake (about 60 cm SVL) was yellow with slightly darker Nande, R. and S. Deshmukh. 2007. Snakes of Amravati district including Melghat, irregular markings, a darker dorsum with a faint olive cast Maharashtra, with important records of the Indian Egg-eater, Montane Trinket Snake and Indian Smooth Snake. Zoos’ Print Journal 22: 2920–2924. fading into yellowish white labials and a bright yellow venter, Sawant, N.S., T.D. Jadhav, and S.K. Shyama. 2010. Distribution and abundance and yellow-orange irises. Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. ofBack pit Cover.vipers Michael(Reptilia: Kern Viperidae) along the Western Ghats of Goa, India. 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. An unusual yellow Bamboo Pitviper (Trimeresurus gramineus) from Amboli, Maharashtra, India. Photographs by Samruddha Patil.

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Fig. 2. The Bamboo Pitviper individual perched on a short branch. KULKARNI ET AL. REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(3):460–461 • DEC 2020

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