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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

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FEATURE ARTICLES Range .ExtensionChasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi of) in Wisconsin: the Calamaria Reed Snake, On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: LiopeltisA Hypothetical calamaria Excursion ...... (Günther 1858)Robert W. Henderson from 198 the RESEARCHWestern ARTICLES Ghats, Maharashtra, India . 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 1 2 ...... BrianHrishikesh J. Camposano, KennethChunekar L. Krysko, and Kevin Shruti M. Enge, EllenAlekar M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 111, Sangeeta Society, Vanaz Corner, Kothrud, Pune-411038, Maharashtra, India ([email protected]) CONSERVATION ALERT 2A1/21 Manakarnika, Rambaug Colony, Navi Peth, Pune-411030, Maharashtra, India . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 Photographs by the senior author. . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

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

ünther (1858)PROFILE described Cyclophis calamaria, Boulenger recorded the species from the drier part of Ritigala in Sri G(1890) assigned. Kraigthe Adler: species A Lifetime to Promotingthe genus Herpetology Ablabes ...... , and Lanka. Fort Ratangad is Michael situated L. Treglia on 234 the Nagar-Nashik bor- Wall (1921) referred it to Liopeltis. The Calamaria Reed der in Maharasthra, India. Ratangad is generally dry except in COMMENTARY Snake (Liopeltis calamaria. The Turtles) has Have been Been reported Watching Me in ...... Sri Lanka and June through August during Eric the Gangloff SW 238 Monsoon. The location India. In India, this species is found in the Western Ghats as where we observed the snake was about 500 m from a pond, far north as Matheran,BOOK the REVIEW Tirunelveli Hills, Mysore Plateau, which is the only (albeit inconsistent) source of water at the . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Bangalore, Chhota NagpurR. Berridge, (Surguja),P. Ramani, and B.E. and Young the ...... Almora fort. The individual was a juvenile, Robert Powell suggesting243 that the species District (Smith 1943). These snakes are light brown, grayish- is native to and reproducing in this area of Nashik, approxi- brown, or greenish inCONSERVATION dorsal coloration, RESEARCH often REPORTS: with two Summaries more- of Publishedmately Conservation 200 kmResearch north Reports of ...... its previously 245 known range.  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 or-less distinct black NEWBRIEFSlongitudinal ...... lines, and a uniformly yel- 248 lowish venter (Boulenger EDITORIAL 1890; INFORMATION Smith 1943)...... Acknowledgements 251  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... 252 At approximately 1100 h on 3 January 2015, during a We thank Akshay Gokhale for spotting the snake, Ashok trek to the hill Fort Ratangad (19°30’N, 73°41’E; elevation Captain for confirming the identification of the snake and 1,297 m), we observed a snake (Fig. 1) basking on a rock encouraging us to write this note, Yatish Lele for constant near a dry streambed. The snake appeared unusual for this Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. supportBack Cover.and encouragement, Michael Kern and Yuvashakti Pune for arrang- particular region, prompting us to photographTotat et velleseque it audant from mo several ingTotat the et trekvelleseque to Ratangadaudant mo and constant motivation. angles with a Canon SX50 HS andestibus collect inveliquo the veliquesnake rerchil to con- estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus firm identification. The approximateaut lengthdolor apicto of invere the peindividual dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolumLiterature Cited was 230 mm. After counting scales,fugiatis we maionsequatidentified eumque the snake Boulenger,fugiatis maionsequat G.A.1890. eumqueThe Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditiaReptilia erere nonsedis and Batrachia ma sectia. Taylor- & Francis, London. as Liopeltis calamaria. Dorsal scale marows derrovitae were voluptam, 15:15:15, as quos ven - tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as trals and subcaudals 141 and 68, respectively;accullabo. preoculars 1; de Silva, A. 1990. Colour Guide to the Snakes of Sri Lanka. R&A Publishing Ltd, Avon, England. and postoculars 2. The nasal was not divided, and the third Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British and fourth of seven supralabials extended to the eye. All scala- Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London. tion characters corresponded to those in Smith (1943). After Karunarantha, D.M.S.S., D.H.P.U. De Silva, H.T.A.P. Pelris, M.D.C. Asela, confirming identification, we released the snake at the exact U.T.I. Abewardena, A.A.D.A. Udayakumara, D.G.R. Sirimanna, and W.C.C. Soysa. 2004. Two new sightings of Liopeltis calamaria. Journal of the location where it had been collected. A photographic voucher Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka 23(5–6):23–26. was deposited in the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Wisconsin, USA (MPM P775). Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Volume III – Serpentes. Taylor and Francis, London. De Silva (1990) noted that Liopeltis calamaria lives close Wall, F. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica; or, The Snakes of Ceylon. H.R. Cottle, to permanent water sources, but Karunarantha et al. (2004) Colombo, Ceylon.

Fig. 1. Calamaria Reed Snake (Liopeltis calamaria) collected at Fort Ratangad on the Nagar-Nashik border in Maharasthra, India (19°30’N, 73°41’E; elevation 1,297 m).