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FEATUREA Common ARTICLES Krait, Bungarus caeruleus . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: (SchneiderOn the Road to Understanding1801), the Ecology andPreying Conservation of the Midwest’s on Giant Serpent a ...... Streaked Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Kukri . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: Snake,A Hypothetical Oligodon Excursion ...... taeniolatus (JerdonRobert W. Henderson 1853) 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central andSibasish Western SahooTexas ...... 1 and Shantibhushan Emily Henry, Jason Sahoo Brewer,2 Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1 ...... Wildlife InstituteBrian of J. India,Camposano, Dehradun, Kenneth Uttarakhand–248001,L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, IndiaEllen M. ([email protected]) Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 2Department of Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha–757003, India CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...... 220 . More Than Mammals ...... 223 ommon Kraits. The (Bungarus “Dow Jones Index” caeruleus of Biodiversity) and ...... Streaked Kukri Acknowledgements...... 225 CSnakes (OligodonHUSBANDRY taeniolatus) are widely distributed through- We are thankful to Bikash Kumar Sahoo and Badrinarayan out the Indian Subcontinent. Captive Care of the(Uetz Central et Netted al. 2016).Dragon ...... The diet of Mahakud for their manpower Shannon Plummer assistance 226 during field Common Kraits includes frogs, lizards, birds, rodents, and snakes activities. PROFILE (Whitaker and Captain 2004; Debata 2017; Pandey et al. 2018, . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Michael L. Treglia 234 2020). Species of snakes known to be consumed by Common COMMENTARY Kraits include the Banded Racer (Argyrogena fasciolata) (Mohalik Literature Cited . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ...... Eric Gangloff 238 et al. 2019) and Whitaker’s Boa (Eryx whitakeri) (Chowdhury Chowdhury, S. and A. Chaudhuri. 2017. Bungarus caeruleus (Common Krait). and ChaudhuriBOOK 2017). REVIEWHerein we describe a Common Krait Diet. Herpetological Review 48: 856–857. feeding on a Streaked. Threatened Kukri snakeAmphibians in Odisha, of the World India. edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann,Debata, J.S.S. Chanson,2017. Bungarus N.A. Cox, caeruleus (Common Krait). Diet/scavenging. At 1529 h on 9 R.July Berridge, 2019, P. Ramani, we encountered and B.E. Young ...... an adult B. Herpetological Review 48: 857. Robert Powell 243 Mohalik, R.K., S.B. Sahu, A. Mirza, and N.B. Kar. 2018. Bungarus caeruleus caeruleus (total length ca. 80 cm) in a grassy area near human (Common Krait). Coloration and diet. Herpetological Review 50: 150–151. CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 habitations and agriculturalNATURAL HISTORY fields atRESEARCH Kaduadiha, REPORTS Kendujhar: Summaries of PublishedPandey, Reports D., P. on Bhattarai, Natural History and R.C...... Piya. 2018. Food 247 spectrum of the common District, Odisha, NEWBRIEFSIndia (21.35029°N, ...... 85.76303°E; elev. 356 krait (Bungarus...... caeruleus): An implication for 248snakebite prevention and snake conservation. Toxicon 150: 330–331. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.06.048. m asl), holding a EDITORIALStreaked Kukri INFORMATION Snake (65 ...... cm) at midbody...... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...... Pandey, D., P. Bhattarai, and R.C. Piya. 2020. Food 252 spectrum of Common Kraits After a minute, the krait moved a few meters, adjusted its grip (Bungarus caeruleus): An implication for snakebite prevention and snake con- on its prey, and ingested the kukri snake headfirst in the next servation. Journal of Herpetology 54: 87–96. https://doi.org.10.1670/18-054. four minutes (Fig. 1). Although Common Kraits are thought Uetz, P., J. Hošek, and J. Hallermann (eds.). 2016. The Reptile Database.
Fig. 1. An adult Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) ingesting a Streaked Kukri Snake (Oligodon taeniolatus). Photographs by Sibasish Sahoo.
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