WWW.IRCF.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES &IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 27(2):279–280 • AUG 2020 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES CEPF. Chasing BurrowingBullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: Frog (Fejervarya cepfi) as On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Prey of. The Shareda HistoryTerrestrial of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Beetle Humans on Grenada: Larva (Epomis sp.) A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 1 2 3 RESEARCH ARTICLESAnish Pardeshi , Samruddha Patil , and Ankur Moitra . The1 1701Texas HornedSadashiv Lizard Peth, in CentralVishnu and Apartment, Western Texas Tilak ....................... Road, Pune, Emily Maharashtra Henry, Jason Brewer, ([email protected]) Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole2Sahakar (Anolis Buildingequestris) in Mahim, Florida Mumbai 40016, Maharashtra ([email protected]) .............................................3201, TulsiBrian CHS, J. Camposano, Sector 09 Kenneth Airoli, L. MaharashtraKrysko, Kevin M. ([email protected]) Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 . More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 mphibians are important. The “Dow Jones prey Index” offor Biodiversity numerous ............................................................................................................................... arthro- At 1600 h on 12 September............ 2017, 225 during an amphib- Apod taxa, includingHUSBANDRY ground beetles (e.g., Toledo 2005; ian survey at Amboli Forest, a hilly location in the northern Bernard and Samolag. 2014).Captive Care Previous of the Central studies Netted Dragon have ....................................................................................................... shown that Western Ghats in Sindhudurg Shannon Plummer District, 226 Maharashtra, India the larvae of groundPROFILE beetles in the genus Epomis feed exclu- (15.964681°N, 74.003616°E; WGS 84; elev. 690 m asl), sively on amphibians. Kraigand Adler: display A Lifetime a Promotingunique Herpetology luring ................................................................................................behavior we observed a CEPF Burrowing Michael L. Treglia Frog 234 on the ground near a in order to attract their prey (Wizen et al. 2011). Moreover, pond in the forest. Upon closer inspection, we noticed that the larval mandiblesCOMMENTARY are characterized by two curved hooks, the frog (SVL ca. 30 mm) had a small beetle larva attached . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 a modification for grasping amphibian skin (Brandmayr et to its throat (Fig. 1). The larva was a first-instar (the first of al. 2010). However,BOOK published REVIEW observations of Epomis beetles five larval stages) Epomis larva. The frog appeared otherwise . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, attacking amphibians areR. Berridge, scarce, P. Ramani, with and reports B.E. Young from .............................................................................................................. Japan healthy, was not struggling, Robert seemed Powell to243 behave normally, and (Crossland et al. 2016), the Middle East (Wizen and Gasith moved about on the ground without problems. We collected 2011), and two from CONSERVATION India (Barve andRESEARCH Chaboo REPORTS: 2011; SummariesWizen of Publishedneither Conservation the frog Research nor Reports the ................................. larva. 245 et al. 2017). Herein NATURAL we report HISTORY predation RESEARCH by REPORTSEpomis :larvae Summaries of Published The Reports frog on Natural probably History .................................encountered 247the Epomis larva on the NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 on a CEPF Burrowing EDITORIAL Frog INFORMATION(Fejervarya cepfi ...............................................................................................................................), a recently ground, and the location of ......................the larva 251on the frog’s throat sug- described endemic speciesFOCUS ONknown CONSERVATION from only: Aa Projectfew localitiesYou Can Support ...............................................................................................gests that the larva enticed the frog to 252 approach by displaying in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India (Garg its characteristic luring behavior (Wizen et al. 2011). Because and Biju 2017). Epomis larvae feed exclusively on amphibians in an ectopara- sitic manner, the interaction is usually fatal to the amphibian. Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. OurBack Cover. observation Michael Kern suggests that a population of Epomis Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil beetlesestibus inveliquo exists veliquein the rerchil area and that its dependence on frogs as erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus,prey could quos have accullabo. a negative Ilibus effect on anuran populations. We aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque proposefugiatis maionsequatadditional eumque monitoring of both frog and beetle popu- moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur lationsmoditia erere to nonsedis evaluate ma sectia the- impact of the beetles on the anuran ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as accullabo. populations in this region. Acknowledgements We thank Varad Giri and K.V. Gururaja for help with iden- tification of the species, and Kaka Bhise for valuable support. Literature Cited Barve, V.V. and C.S. Chaboo. 2011. Duttaphrynus scaber (Ferguson’s Toad). Predation by beetles. Herpetological Review 42: 83–84. Bernard, S. and J. Samolag. 2014. An event of underground predation on a winter- ing caudate amphibian by a carabid beetle. Entomologica Fennica 25: 157–160. Brandmayr, P., T. Bonacci, and T.Z. Brandmayr. 2010. Larval morphology of Fig. 1. Predation on a CEPF Burrowing Frog (Fejervarya cepfi) by a Epomis circumscriptus (Duftschmid 1812) and of first instar E. dejeani, ground beetle larva (Epomis sp.) in Amboli Forest, Sindhudurg District, Dejean, 1831, (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaeniini) with morphofunctional Maharashtra, India. Photograph by Samruddha Patil. remarks. Zootaxa 2388: 49–58. Copyright © 2020. Anish Pardeshi. All rights reserved. 279 IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 PARDESHI ET AL. IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 27(2):279–280 • AUG 2020 Crossland, M., T. Haramura, and R. Shine. 2016. Fejervarya sakishimensis Current knowledge and perspectives. Herpetological Review 36: 395–399. (Sakishima Rice Frog). Predation by terrestrial beetle larva. Herpetological Wizen, G. and A. Gasith. 2011. An unprecedented role reversal: ground beetle larvae Review 47: 107–108. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) lure amphibians and prey upon them. PloS ONE 6: Garg, S. and S.D. Biju. 2017. Description of four new species of burrowing frogs in the Fejervarya rusescen complex (Dicroglossidae) with notes on morphological e25161. affinities of Fejervarya species in the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4277: 451–490. Wizen, G., A. Pardeshi, and K. Bhise. 2017. Pseudophilautus amboli (Amboli Bush Toledo, L.F. 2005. Predation of juvenile and adult anurans by invertebrates: Frog). Predation by terrestrial beetle larvae. Herpetological Review 48: 612. 280.