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Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) in the Turks & Caicos Islands  Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer

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 The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

 The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry

Joseph Burgess  The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida ............................................. Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky

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 World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. Photographs by the author.  More Than Mammals ......................................................................................................................................................................  The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...........................................................................................................................................

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he Cuban Brown On 28 September 2012 at 1325 h, I observed two adult H U S B AAnole N D R Y (Anolis sagrei) is a trunkCaptive Care of theto Central Nettedand Dragonits ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 ground species indigenous Cuba satellites, males in Grace Bay, Providenciales Island, Turks & Caicos the Bahama Islands, and Little Cayman Island. The species Islands (21°47’48”N, 72°10’18”W). The anoles were perched PROFILE has been widely introduced West Indies approximately 1.5 m above the ground  Kraig Adler: Athroughout Lifetime Promoting the Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234 on the trunks of non(Jamaica [which may or may not have been human-medinative Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera). This location was on COMMENTARY ated], Grand Cayman, Swan Island, Grenada, St. Vincent, a roadside adjacent to a landscape nursery.  The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 the Grenadines [Canouan], Barbados, St.-Martin [although At 1015–1125 h on 5 October 2012, I performed a rapid O K RM. E V I Yokoyama EW possibly extirpatedB Othere; 2012], St. Lucia) assessment of about one hectare surrounding the site where  Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, and beyond (includingR. the Atlantic Coast of México to the species had first been located. During that time I visually Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243 Belize, Islas de la Bahía, Aruba, Hawaii [Oahu and Coconut documented 17 Anolis sagrei (with five others for which I was Summaries Conservation Research Reports .................................  CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Island, Kauai], Taiwan, the southeastern United States, and of Published unable to ascertain species) and only245 three native A. scriptus.  NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 California [OrangeCounty]) (Henderson and Powell 2009, I captured two adult males and one adult female of the forNEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248  EDITORIAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 25173 mm, and 48 mm, Fläschendräger 2010, MortonINFORMATION and Cox 2011). Previously mer species. They measured 69 mm,  FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 recorded maximum SVL in the West Indies was 70 mm respectively, so one of the males and the female exceeded in males (Schwartz and Henderson 1991) and 47.8 mm in previously documented records for West Indian populations females (Rodríguez Schettino, 1999). These lizards prefer of the species. Robert Powell confirmed the identity of the open, sunny habitats and often are abundant in edificarian specimens from photographs taken at the site. Color photoBack Cover. Michael Kern Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. and other disturbed sites (Schwartz and Henderson 1991, graphic vouchers were deposited in the Milwaukee Public Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo veliqueP767). rerchil estibus inveliquo velique rerchil Henderson and Powell 2009). Museum (MPM This increases the total number of erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos accullabo.

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Male (left) and female Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) from Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. Copyright © 2012. Joseph Burgess. All rights reserved.

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established non-native lizard species on Providenciales to three (Reynolds 2011).

IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 19(4):263–264 • DEC 2012 reptiles in the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, pp. 377–406. In: A. Hailey, B.S. Wilson, and J.A. Horrocks (eds.), Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas. Volume II: Regional Accounts of the West Indies. Brill, The Netherlands.

Literature Cited

Rodríguez Schettino, L. 1999. Systematic accounts of the species, pp. 104–380. In: L. Rodríguez Schettino (ed.), The Iguanid Lizards of Cuba. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Fläschendräger, A. 2010. Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) in St. Maarten. Reptiles & Amphibians 17:121–122. Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Schwartz, A. and R.W. Henderson 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville.

Morton, M.N. and C.A. Cox. 2011. Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) in Saint Lucia. Reptiles & Amphibians 18:52–53.

Yokoyama, M. 2012. Reptiles and amphibians introduced on St. Martin. Reptiles & Amphibians 19: in press.

Reynolds, R.G. 2011. Status, conservation, and introduction of amphibians and

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