HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 28(1):146–151189 • APR 2021 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS NewFEATURE Distributional ARTICLES Records of Freshwater . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: TurtlesOn the Roadfrom to Understanding West-central the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s GiantVeracruz, Serpent ...................... Joshua M. KapferMexico 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 Víctor Vásquez-Cruz1, Erasmo Cazares-Hernández2, Arleth Reynoso-Martínez1, Alfonso Kelly-Hernández1, RESEARCH ARTICLESAxel Fuentes-Moreno3, and Felipe A. Lara-Hernández1 . 1PIMVS HerpetarioThe Texas Palancoatl,Horned Lizard Avenida in Central 19 andnúmero Western 5525, Texas Colonia ....................... Nueva Emily Esperanza, Henry, JasonCórdoba, Brewer, Veracruz, Krista Mougey, Mexico and ([email protected] Perry 204 ) 2Instituto Tecnológico. The KnightSuperior Anole de Zongolica.(Anolis equestris Colección) in Florida Científica ITSZ. Km 4, Carretera a la Compañía S/N, Tepetitlanapa, Zongolica, Veracruz. México 3Colegio de Postgraduados, ............................................. Campus Montecillo.Brian J. Carretera Camposano, México-Texcoco Kenneth L. Krysko, km Kevin 36.5, M. Enge,Montecillo, Ellen M. C.P. Donlan, 56230, and Michael Texcoco, Granatosky Estado de212 México, México CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 he Región de. lasThe Altas“Dow Jones Montañas Index” of Biodiversity (RAM) ............................................................................................................................... in west-cen- asl) (Rivera-Hernández et al. 2019)............. This225 region is consid- tral Veracruz supports a considerable diversity of flora ered a biologically important area or “hot spot,” particularly T HUSBANDRY and fauna (Almaraz-Vidal and Cerón de la Luz 2016). The of amphibians and reptiles (Ochoa-Ochoa and Flores-Villela . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 RAM encompasses 57 municipalities in an area of 6,053 2006). Turtles, however, are the least studied reptiles in the km2 that includesPROFILE the highest mountain in Mexico (Volcán region. Cázares (2015) published a guide to freshwater turtles Citlaltépetl or Pico. Kraig de Adler: Orizaba) A Lifetime andPromoting exhibits Herpetology the ................................................................................................ greatest of Veracruz, in which he listed Michael known L. Treglia locations234 for freshwater elevational gradientCOMMENTARY of any region in Mexico (70–5,636 m turtles in the west-central portion of the state, mainly where . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 BOOK REVIEW . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243 CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern 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. Map of west-central Veracruz, México, showing documented localities for the Central American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra rossignoni). Photograph by Erasmo Cazares-Hernández. Copyright is held by the authors. Articles in R&A are made available under a 146 Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 2332-4961 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. VÁSQUEZ-CRUZ ET AL. REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 28(1):146–151 • APR 2021 Fig. 2. Map of west-central Veracruz, México, showing documented localities for the White-lipped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum). Photograph by Victor Vásquez-Cruz. the southern plain of the Sierra de Zongolica begins, con- in the digital collection of the Natural History Museum of firming the presence of seven species of freshwater turtles in Los Angeles (LACM PC). All coordinates were determined the RAM: Central American Snapping Turtle (Chelydra ros- using map datum WGS 84. signoni), Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum), White- lipped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum), Scorpion Central American Snapping Turtle, Chelydra rossi- Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides), Mexican Giant Musk gnonii (Bocourt 1868). Chelydridae. México: Veracruz: Turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus), Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle Municipality of Tezonapa, Las Limas (18.476264°N, (Claudius angustatus), and Meso-American Slider (Trachemys 96.724267°W); elev. 113 m; 23 January 2018. During a venusta). Additionally, Almaraz-Vidal and Cerón (2016) herpetological study we captured two individuals, one adult mentioned Herrara’s Mud Turtle (Kinosternon herrerai) in male (LACM PC 2674) and a juvenile (LACM PC 2675) the municipality of Huatusco but no photographs or speci- one at 1030 h (Fig. 1) in a permanent stream surrounded mens in any collection confirm its presence, and Cerón de by seasonal floodplains (wetlands) with hydrophilic vegeta- la Luz et al. (2016) documented the collection of a single tion (mainly Typha domingensis and Lemna sp.) ca. 6.02 km Painted Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima), an intro- E of the Río Tonto. The turtles were marked, photographed, duced species, in the locality of Cuautlapan, Municipality of and released. These are the first verified records from west- Ixtaczoquitlán. central Veracruz. Cázares (2015) reported this species from Herein, we present complementary information on the the region but did not list a specific locality. distribution of five species of freshwater turtles in the RAM, as well as some localities in the literature that are absent in White-lipped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon leucostomum Cázares (2015). These records are the result of adventitious (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1851). Kinosternidae. encounters and specific studies in the region between 2013 México: Veracruz: Municipality of Amatlán de Los Reyes, and 2019. Individuals were photographed and released where Peñuela (18.8615°N, 96.90719°W); elev. 767 m; 12 January initially observed. Photographs of each species were deposited 2014. We found an adult (LACM PC 2586) in a permanent 147 VÁSQUEZ-CRUZ ET AL. REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 28(1):146–151 • APR 2021 pond at 1030 h. The site is a small permanent wetland with Kinosternidae. México: Veracruz: Municipality of Carrillo hydrophilic vegetation (Typha domingensis and Lemna sp.) and Puerto, La Lagunilla (18.788292°N; 96.604983°W); elev. surrounded by grass. Subsequently, on 11 December 2017, 200 m; 8 October 2019. We found an adult (LACM PC we found another adult at the same location moving toward 2676) 10 m from a temporal stream at 1320 h. The origi- the water through vegetation at 0930 h. This site is located ca. nal vegetation had been replaced by a lemon plantation. This 3.5 km S of the previously known locality (Agustín Millán) in site is located ca. 27.5 km SE of the previously known local- Municipality of Córdoba (Vázquez-Cisneros 2006). ity (Potrero Viejo) in Municipality of Amatlán de los Reyes México: Veracruz: Municipality of Córdoba, Río San (Flores-Villela 1998). Antonio (Paseo Turístico), (18.9014°N; 96.9399°W); elev. With this record, this species has been documented from 881 m; 25 October 2015. We found an adult (LACM PC two localities in two municipalities in the RAM (Fig. 3): 2589) in shallow water in the river at 1457 h in the urban Carrillo Puerto (this work) and Amatlán de los Reyes (Flores- area. The vegetation is secondary. This site