HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 28(1):161–162189 • APR 2021 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS A CarabidFEATURE ARTICLES Beetle Larva (Epomis sp.) Preying . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: on a OnLeith’s the Road to Understanding Leaping the Ecology and Conservation ofFrog the Midwest’s Giant ( SerpentIndirana ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer leithii 190 ) . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 Omkar Yadav, Neha Junghare, Madhavi Sapkal, and Priya Kadam RESEARCH ARTICLES Department of Zoology, Amdar Shashikant Shinde Mahavidyalaya, Medha, Satara, Maharashtra, India ([email protected] [corresponding author], . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central [email protected], Western Texas ....................... Emily [email protected]) Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida .............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 CONSERVATION ALERT arious arthropod taxa, including arachnids, aquatic as the first instar of a beetle in the genus . The frog . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 Epomis Vhemipterans, .beetles,More Than and Mammals ants, ............................................................................................................................... are known predators of appeared healthy and....................................... behaved normally. 223 The frog most likely both juvenile and .adultThe “Dow amphibians Jones Index” of Biodiversity(e.g., McCormick ............................................................................................................................... and encountered the Epomis larva on............ the ground 225 and the position Polis 1982; HinshawHUSBANDRY and Sullivan 1990; Haddad and Bastos of the larva on the frog suggests that the frog was lured by the 1997; Freed and Neitman.. Captive Care 1998; of the CentralJung Nettedet al. Dragon2000; ....................................................................................................... Zuffi 2001; larva, which subsequently Shannon attached Plummer itself 226 to the frog’s throat Toledo 2005; Dehling 2007; Ward-Fear et al. 2009). Carabid (Wizen and Gasith 2011). beetles frequentlyPROFILE feed on live or dead amphibians (Littlejohn . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234 and Wainer 1978; Ovaska and Smith 1988; Robertson 1989) Literature Cited and carabid beetleCOMMENTARY larvae in the genus Epomis feed entirely Barve, V.V. and C.S. Chaboo. 2011. Duttaphrynus scaber (Ferguson’s Toad). on amphibians and. The use Turtles a unique Have Been luring Watching behaviorMe ........................................................................................................................ to attract Predation by beetles. Herpetological Eric Review Gangloff 42: 23883–84. Brandmayr, P., T. Bonacci, and T.Z. Brandmayr. 2010. Larval morphology of their prey (BarveBOOK and Chaboo REVIEW 2011; Wizen and Gasith 2011; Epomis circumscriptus (Duftschmid 1812) and of first instar E. dejeani, Wizen et al. 2017).. Threatened These larvaeAmphibians have of the mandibles World edited by with S.N. Stuart,two M. Hoffmann,Dejean, J.S. Chanson,1831, (Coleoptera, N.A. Cox, Carabidae, Chlaeniini) with morphofunctional curved hooks that areR. adapted Berridge, P. forRamani, grabbing and B.E. Young amphibian .............................................................................................................. skin remarks. Zootaxa 2388: 49–58. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2388.1.4. Robert Powell 243 Crossland, M., T. Haramura, and R. Shine. 2016. Fejervarya sakishimensis (Brandmayr et al. 2010). Herein, we report predation by an (Sakishima Rice Frog). Predation by terrestrial beetle larva. Herpetological CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Epomis larva on a Leith’s Leaping Frog (Indirana leithii Summaries), an of Published ConservationReview 47: 107–108.Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 endemic species foundNEWBRIEFS in only ............................................................................................................................... a few localities in the northern Dehling, D.M. 2007........................................................ Smilisca sordida (Drab Tree Frog). 248 Predation. Herpetological 38: 444. Western Ghats of EDITORIALMaharashtra INFORMATION and Gujarat, ............................................................................................................................... India (Parmar Review ...................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...............................................................................................Freed, P.S. and K. Neitman. 1998. Notes on predation 252 on the endangered Houston 2018). toad, Bufo houstonensis. Texas Journal of Science 40: 454–456. At 2049 h on 23 September 2020, near a forest guest Haddad, C.F.B. and R.P. Bastos. 1997. Predation on the toad Bufo crucifer during house at Lingmala, Mahabaleshwar, Satara, Maharashtra, reproduction (Anura: Bufonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 18: 295–298. India (17.9233°N, 73.68944°E; WGS 84; elev. 1,263 m Hinshaw, S.H. and B.K. Sullivan. 1990. Predation on Hyla versicolor and Pseudacris Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. cruciferBack Cover. during Michael reproduction. Kern Journal of Herpetology 24: 196–197. asl), we encountered a Leith’s Leaping Frog with a small Totat et velleseque audant mo Jung,Totat R.E., et velleseque W.L. Ward, audant C.O. mo King, and L.A. Weir. 2000. Plethodon cinereus beetle larva attached to its throat estibus(Fig. inveliquo1). Based velique on rerchil features estibus(Eedback inveliquo Salamander). velique rerchil Predation. Herpetological Review 31: 98–99. described by Brandmayr et al. (2010),erspienimus, we identified quos accullabo. the Ilibus larva erspienimus,Littlejohn, M.quos J. accullabo.and J.W. Wainer. Ilibus 1978. Carabid beetle preying on frogs. Victorian 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. 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