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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCED SPECIES FEATURE ARTICLES . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: The Many-linedOn the Road to Understanding Sun the Ecology and ConservationSkink, of the Midwest’s Eutropis Giant Serpent ...... Joshua multifasciata M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198

(KuhlRESEARCH 1820) ARTICLES (Mabuyidae), a New Population . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knightin Anole (AnolisBroward equestris) in Florida County, Florida ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1 2 1 1 1 MichaelCONSERVATION R. Rochford , JenniferALERT K. Ketterlin , Joy Vinci , Daniel T. Alexander , and Frank J. Mazzotti 1University of Florida, Fort. World’s Lauderdale Mammals Research in Crisis and ...... Education Center, 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida...... 33314, USA ([email protected]; 220 [email protected]) . 2National Park Service,More South Than Florida Mammals Natural ...... Resources Center, 950 North Krome Avenue, Homestead, Florida...... 33030, USA (Jennifer_ 223 [email protected]) . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225 he range of theHUSBANDRY Many-lined Sun Skink, Eutropis mul- females between 1518 h and 1729 h, expanding the known Ttifasciata (Kuhl. Captive1820) Care ofextends the Central Nettedfrom Dragon India ...... east to distribution in this area Shannon to the Plummer east 226and south, and slightly the Philippines andPROFILE Papua New Guinea in southern Asia north and west (Fig. 4). Walter E. Meshaka, Jr. verified (Mausfeld and Schmitz. Kraig 2003). Adler: A Lifetime Dorsal Promoting ground Herpetology color ...... of E. the identity of the species Michael and L. Treglia confirmed 234 the sexes of pho- multifasciata is brownCOMMENTARY or tan with red, yellow, or orange lat- tographed individuals. Additional habitat types were palm eral stripes present in. The males Turtles whereasHave Been Watching females Me ...... are brown or plantations with sparse understory Eric Gangloff consisting 238 mostly of detri- black laterally. Small, white lateral spots may be present in tus; clearings with thick, green, low-growing plant cover; and BOOK REVIEW either sex and the ventral. Threatened side Amphibians of the ofhead the World may edited be by white S.N. Stuart, or M. Hoffmann,hardwood J.S. Chanson, hammocks N.A. Cox, overgrown with broad-leafed vines. We yellow. Dorsal scales haveR. Berridge, three P. parallelRamani, and keels.B.E. Young Mean ...... snout- Robert Powell 243 vent length (SVL) is larger in males than females and males have larger heads, greaterCONSERVATION body mass, RESEARCH and longer REPORTS: tails Summaries than of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247 females with the same NEWBRIEFS SVL (Ngo ...... et al. 2014). In Malaysia, ...... 248 E. mutlifasciata exhibits EDITORIAL prolonged INFORMATION reproductive ...... cycles. Males ...... 251  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... 252 produce sperm year-round while females may be fertile 10 months of the year (Goldberg 2013). The diet of E. mutlifasciata in Vietnam consists mostly of grasshoppers, termites, spiders, ants, and insect larvae, butFront they Cover. also Shannon consume Plummer. small Back Cover. Michael Kern vertebrates such as frogs, skinks, andTotat geckos et velleseque (Ngo audant et al. mo 2014). Totat et velleseque audant mo Meshaka (1999) reported an isolated,estibus inveliquoestablished velique rerchilpopula - estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus tion from the grounds of the Kampong,aut dolor a apicto tropical invere pegarden dolum in aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County,fugiatis maionsequatFlorida, eumquewhere they fugiatis maionsequat eumque moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- were seen on paved walkways, mulchma piles,derrovitae and voluptam, branches. as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as At 1630 h on 24 June 2018, JKK,accullabo. JV, and DTA photographed an adult male Eutropis multifasciata (Fig. 1; UF-Herpetology 184865) near the edge of a pond in Davie, Broward County (26.058864°N, -80.229993°W; datum WGS84). Pond edges were lined with Australian Pine (Casuarina sp.) with very little understory other than fallen pine needles. On 25 June 2018, MRR visited the site and photographed an adult female E. multifasciata (Fig. 2; UF-Herpetology 184866; 26.057966°N, -80.229804°W; datum WGS84) basking on a fallen log at 1347 h and one adult male active on a curb in a nearby parking lot at 1405 h (Fig. 3; UF-Herpetology 184867; 26.059177°N, Fig. 1. In situ photograph of an adult male Many-lined Sun Skink, Eutropis -80.230560°W; datum WGS84). On 1 August 2018, MRR multifasciata (UF-Herpetology 184865), from Davie, Broward County, returned to the site and found one adult male and five adult Florida. Photograph by Jennifer K. Ketterlin.

Fig. 2. In situ photograph of an adult female Many-lined Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (UF-Herpetology 184866), from Davie, Broward County, Florida. Photograph by Michael R. Rochford.

Fig. 3. Lateral view of an adult male Many-lined Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (UF-Herpetology 184867), from Davie, Broward County, Florida. Photograph by Michael R. Rochford. observed skinks on the ground and perched in slightly ele- vated positions on root systems and piles of vegetation. The highest perch site was approximately 1 m above the ground on a fallen tree trunk. This is the first report of Eutropis multifasciata from Broward County, Florida. The presence of multiple individuals of both sexes likely represents a stage-3 introduction (sensu Colautti and MacIsaac 2004). The Miami-Dade County population arrived via cargo (Krysko et al. 2016). The two popu- lations are approximately 40 km apart and likely not related. Introduction of the new population in Broward County might have been through accidental escape or intentional release of animals circulating in the pet trade, especially given a sighting of a Dumeril’s Boa (Acrantophis dumerili) at the same site. Two skinks were found approximately 1.4 km from a pet dealer implicated in the introduction of many nonnative reptiles and amphibians (Krysko et al. 2016). However, we cannot rule out the possibility of E. multifasciata arriving in imported plants from neighboring nurseries. This species may depredate native insects, frogs, and liz- ards and could compete with native herpetofauna for resources. Other herpetofauna observed at the site included native Alligator mississippiensis, Chelydra serpentina, Coluber constric- tor, Pseudemys sp., and Thamnophis sirtalis; and nonnative spe- Fig. 4. Map showing the locations of Many-lined Sun Skink (Eutropis cies including Ameiva ameiva, Anolis sagrei, Basiliscus vittatus, multifasciata) observations in Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA.

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Eleutherodactylus planirostris, Iguana iguana, and Trachemys Goldberg, S.R. 2013. Reproduction in the Many-lined Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia. Current Herpetology scripta. Detection of E. multifasciata during summer surveys 32: 61–65. at this site is most successful in the afternoon. Rapid response Krysko, K.L., L.A. Somma, D.C. Smith, C.R. Gillette, D. Cueva, J.A. Wasilewski, efforts to eradicate this population could be successful (e.g., K.A. Enge, S.A. Johnson, T.S. Campbell, J.R. Edwards, M.R. Rochford, R.T. Thompkins, J.L. Fobb, S. Mullin, C.J. Lechowicz, D. Hazelton, and Chao and Lin 2017) if it is geographically isolated, but addi- A. Warren. 2016. New verified nonindigenous amphibians and reptiles in tional surveys are needed to determine the extent of its range. Florida through 2015, with a summary of over 152 years of introductions. Abundant cover and many small parcels of private property Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 110–143. make survey and potential control efforts difficult. Mausfeld, P. and A. Schmitz. 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific varia- tion and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): Taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Literature Cited Organisms Diversity and Evolution 3: 161–171. Chao, R.-F. and T.-E. Lin. 2017. Effect of citizen action on suppression of inva- Meshaka, W.E., Jr. 1999. The herpetofauna of the Kampong. Florida Scientist 62: sive alien lizard population: A case of the removal of Eutropis multifasciata 153–157. on Green Island, Taiwan. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 15(2): Ngo, C.D., B.V. Ngo, P.B. Truong, and L.D. Duong. 2014. Sexual size dimor- 1–13. phism and feeding ecology of Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Colautti, R.I. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. A neutral terminology to define ‘invasive’ Scincidae) in the central highlands of Vietnam. Herpetological Conservation species. Diversity and Distributions 10: 135–141. and Biology 9: 322–333.

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