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Range Extension of the Calamaria Reed Snake, Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India FEATURE ARTICLES
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
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The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida 1 2 Hrishikesh Chunekar Alekar ............................................. Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko,and KevinShruti M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky
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World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... Photographs by the senior author. The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...........................................................................................................................................
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Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer
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ünther (1858)P Rdescribed recorded the species from the drier part of Ritigala in Sri O F I L E Cyclophis calamaria, Boulenger (1890) assigned Kraig theAdler: species toPromoting the genus Ablabes, and Lanka. Fort Ratangad isMichael situated the Nagar-Nashik borA Lifetime Herpetology ................................................................................................ L. Tregliaon234 Wall (1921) referred it to Liopeltis. The Calamaria Reed der in Maharasthra, India. Ratangad is generally dry except in COMMENTARY Snake (Liopeltis calamaria) has been reported in Sri Lanka and June through August during the SW Monsoon. The location The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 India. In India, this species is found in the Western Ghats as where we observed the snake was about 500 m from a pond, BOOK REVIEW far north as Matheran, the Tirunelveli Hills, Mysore Plateau, which is the only (albeit inconsistent) source of water at the Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, Bangalore, Chhota Nagpur (Surguja), and the Almora fort. The individual was a juvenile, that the species R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell suggesting 243 District (Smith 1943). These snakes are light brown, grayishis native to and reproducing in this area of Nashik, approxiConservation Research Reportsof ................................. 245known range. RESEARCH brown, or greenishinCONSERVATION dorsal coloration, oftenREPORTS: with twoSummaries more-of Published mately 200 km north its previously NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 or-less distinct black longitudinal lines, and a uniformly yel NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 lowish venter (Boulenger 1890;INFORMATION Smith 1943). Acknowledgements FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 At approximately 1100 h on 3 January 2015, during a We thank Akshay Gokhale for spotting the snake, Ashok trek to the hill Fort Ratangad (19°30’N, 73°41’E; elevation Captain for confirming the identification of the snake and 1,297 m), we observed a snake (Fig. 1) basking on a rock encouraging us to write this note, Yatish Lele for constant near a dry streambed. The snake appeared unusual for this support and encouragement, and Yuvashakti Pune for arrangBack Cover. Michael Kern Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. particular region, prompting us to photograph frommoseveral ingTotat theettrek to Ratangad velleseque audant mo and constant motivation. Totat et vellesequeitaudant estibus inveliquo velique rerchil inveliquo angles with a Canon SX50 HS andestibus collect the velique snakererchil to conerspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus firm identification. The approximate ofinvere the pe individual aut dolor apicto invere pe dolumLiterature Cited aut length dolor apicto dolum fugiatis fugiatis maionsequat was 230 mm. After counting scales, we maionsequat identifiedeumque the snake Boulenger, G.A.1890. eumque The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiamoditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London. as Liopeltis calamaria. Dorsal scale ma rows were 15:15:15, venderrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as de Silva, A. 1990. Colour Guide to the Snakes of Sri Lanka. R&A Publishing Ltd, accullabo. trals and subcaudals 141 and 68, respectively; preoculars 1; Avon, England. and postoculars 2. The nasal was not divided, and the third Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British and fourth of seven supralabials extended to the eye. All scalaMuseum. Trustees of the British Museum, London. tion characters corresponded to those in Smith (1943). After Karunarantha, D.M.S.S., D.H.P.U. De Silva, H.T.A.P. Pelris, M.D.C. Asela, U.T.I. Abewardena, A.A.D.A. Udayakumara, D.G.R. Sirimanna, and confirming identification, we released the snake at the exact W.C.C. Soysa. 2004. Two new sightings of Liopeltis calamaria. Journal of the location where it had been collected. A photographic voucher Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka 23(5–6):23–26. was deposited in the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Volume III – Wisconsin, USA (MPM P775). Serpentes. Taylor and Francis, London. De Silva (1990) noted that Liopeltis calamaria lives close Wall, F. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica; or, The Snakes of Ceylon. H.R. Cottle, to permanent water sources, but Karunarantha et al. (2004) Colombo, Ceylon.
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Fig. 1. Calamaria Reed Snake (Liopeltis calamaria) collected at Fort Ratangad on the Nagar-Nashik border in Maharasthra, India (19°30’N, 73°41’E; elevation 1,297 m).
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