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Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.321  Number of Followers: 10  Open Access journalISSN (Print) 2071-5773 Published by Societas Europaea Herpetologica  [1 journal]
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Confirmed presence of Sphaerodactylus sputator on Saba,
Caribbean Netherlands
Authors: Michael L. Yuan, Sarah C. Crews, Lauren A. Esposito, Laurel C. Allen, Rayna C. Bell
Pages: 1 - 4
PubDate: 2023-01-05
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Microhabitat use by sympatric introduced Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis
siculus, (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810), and native Five-lined Skink,
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors: Audrey C. Friestad, Makenna M. Orton, Douglas Eifler
Pages: 5 - 8
PubDate: 2023-01-05
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Origins of an introduced Teira dugesii (Squamata: Lacertidae) population
in Porto, Portugal
Authors: A. Isabel Ferreira, Diana S. Vasconcelos, David James Harris
Pages: 9 - 11
PubDate: 2023-01-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- All in one – a ‘herpetological food web’ from a road-killed forest
cobra (Squamata: Elapidae)
Authors: Mark-Oliver Rödel, Jennifer Guyton, Bart Wursten, Alan Channing
Pages: 13 - 15
PubDate: 2023-01-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Predation on the toad Rhinella major (Anura: Bufonidae) by
Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus
(Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in the Bolivian Amazon
Authors: Luis Rivas, Vincent Voss, Cord Eversole, Randy Powell
Pages: 17 - 19
PubDate: 2023-01-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Further introductions and population establishment of Hemidactylus
turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Serbia (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Authors: Aleksandar Urošević, Marko Anđelković, Marko Maričić, Tijana Vučić, Mirko Šević, Goran Tokić, Ljiljana Tomović
Pages: 21 - 24
PubDate: 2023-01-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- A mouth full of blood – autohaemorrhaging in three Ecuadorian snakes
(Squamata: Colubridae & Tropidophiidae)
Authors: Mark-Oliver Rödel, Amaru Loaiza-Lange, Johannes Penner, Karla D. Neira-Salamea, David Salazar-Valenzuela
Pages: 25 - 30
PubDate: 2023-01-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Updates to the ranges of Psammodromus edwardianus, P. hispanicus, and P.
occidentalis (Squamata, Lacertidae) in the Iberian Peninsula based on
citizen science and new genetic data
Authors: Paul Doniol-Valcroze, Phillippe Geniez, Pierre-André Crochet
Pages: 31 - 36
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- First record of the blindsnake Letheobia episcopus (Franzen & Wallach,
2002) from the Syria Arab Republic
Authors: Mohammad N. Murai, Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad M. Abu Baker
Pages: 37 - 39
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Life on the volcano: population size of the Galápagos Land Iguana
Conolophus subcristatus (Gray, 1831) on Fernandina Island, Galápagos,
Ecuador
Authors: Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Kirtana Kumar, Alizon J. Llerena, Colin Heng Zhao Jie, Harrison Sollis, Johannes Ramirez, Marcelo Gavilanes, Walter Chimborazo, Bolivar Guerrero, Christian Sevilla, Danny Rueda
Pages: 41 - 47
Abstract: The Galápagos Land Iguana, Conolophus subcristatus, is a Galápagos endemic occurring throughout the archipelago, at elevations from sea level to 1700 m. Its existence is threatened across most of its range by introduced browsers and predators. Fernandina Island, a young island with an active volcano, is the only major island without introduced species. To determine the iguana population’s demography on an island free of introduced predators, we conducted a capture-mark-recapture population assessment on Fernandina. We captured and measured 182 individuals (96% adults) in the iguanas’ pre-mating and mating grounds in evergreen seasonal and deciduous forest. Based on records of 100 males, we estimate an approximate population size of 375 males in the 60-ha study area, or about six males per hectare. Based on estimates of male-female ratios of other land iguana populations, the adult population of C. subcristatus on Fernandina is approximately 45,600 individuals. Our study documents the density that these large herbivores can reach on an island free of introduced predators and browsers and provides useful data to guide ongoing restoration efforts of C. subcristatus across its historical geographic range.
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- A case of idiopathic ocular heterochromia in Ensatina eschscholtzii
xanthoptica Stebbins, 1949, in northern California, USA
Authors: Jeff A. Alvarez, Tommy Dryer, Ryan Anderson, Bayan Ahmed, Sage Bylin, Amanda Casby, Jacky Daley, Mira Falicki, Megan Fee, Alex Freeman, Julia Gaudio, Jordan Graves, Caroline Hamilton, Kevin Herrera , Ian Jackson, Melia Zimmerman
Pages: 49 - 50
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Mate today, gone tomorrow: male on female cannibalism in Zamenis
longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in North Wales
Authors: Thomas Major, Rebecca Bracegirdle, Antonio Gandini, Guillem Limia Russell, Andrea V. Pozzi, Rhys Morgan, John F. Mulley, Wolfgang Wüster
Pages: 51 - 54
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- New locality record of the American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier,
1807), from Honduras
Authors: Alex M. Cubas-Rodriguez, Fabio G. Cupul-Magaña, Ricardo A. Peraza, David Chamé-Vázquez
Pages: 55 - 57
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Asynchronous hatching in the San Lucas Marsupial Frog, Gastrotheca
pseustes (Anura: Hemiphractidae)
Authors: Monica A. Guerra, Valentina Espinosa-Mogrovejo, Alejandro Marcillo-Lara, Diego Armijos-Ojeda
Pages: 59 - 62
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Unusual behaviours or just random and rare findings' Report of an
event of necrophagy by the Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira annulata (Serpentes:
Dipsadidae)
Authors: Ismael B. D. Oliveira, Artur Camacho, Anderson Rocha, Patrik Ferreira Viana
Pages: 63 - 64
PubDate: 2023-01-17
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Southernmost record and comments on the natural history of the poorly
known frog Triprion petasatus (Anura: Hylidae) from Honduras
Authors: Cristopher A. Antúnez Fonseca, Diego I. Ordoñez Mazier, Celeste M. López, Alejandro Velásquez, José L. Ramos, Odair J. Garcia de Almeida, Manfredo A. Tucios Casco
Pages: 65 - 69
PubDate: 2023-01-19
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Agonistic behaviour in the White-spotted Glassfrog, Sachatamia
albomaculata (Taylor, 1949), with a report of interspecific amplexus
Authors: Erick A. Barría, Jesse Ashcroft, Aracelys De Gracia, Alexis Baules, Michelle Quiroz, Madian Miranda, Abel Batista, Rogemif D. Fuentes
Pages: 71 - 74
PubDate: 2023-01-25
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Demographic features of two cohorts of tadpoles of the Lesser Snouted
Treefrog (Scinax nasicus) (Anura: Hylidae) from ponds in northern
Argentina
Authors: Valeria Gómez
Pages: 75 - 81
Abstract: The demographic features of two cohorts of Scinax nasicus Cope, 1862 tadpoles from ponds in northern Argentina were carried out under natural conditions. The study was conducted in two ponds located in the Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET), in Corrientes, Argentina. From several samples collected during the larval cycle, different ecological and surviving life tables were made. The main results were: 1) the mean time for metamorphosis was 19.9 days; 2) the shortest time for the tadpoles to remain was in stages 29-31 and in stages 32-34; 3) the tadpoles remained most of the time in stages 26-28; 4) the life expectancy (ex) for a newly hatched tadpole was 7.34 days, and 5) the survival curve (lx) was comparable to a Type II curve. The population dynamics of the tadpoles of Scinax nasicus has been influenced mainly by temperature, due the season, and the predation pressure mainly by hemipterans and by odonatos.
PubDate: 2023-01-25
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- New state records for three Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 species in
northeastern Brazil
Authors: Marcos J.M. Dubeux, Ubiratan Gonçalves, Cristiane N. S. Palmeira, Rick T. A. Vieira, Lahert W. Lobo-Araújo, Tamí Mott, Felipe de M. Magalhães
Pages: 83 - 86
PubDate: 2023-01-25
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- First illustrated record of melanism in Dinnik's Viper, Vipera
dinniki Nikolsky, 1913 in Georgia
Authors: P. Lennart Schmid, Judith Grünewald, Robin Gloor, Yannick Francioli, Ádám Tisza, Edvárd Mizsei, Konrad Mebert
Pages: 87 - 89
PubDate: 2023-01-25
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Records on morphological abnormalities in two Rhinella species from
southeastern Brazil (Amphibia:Anura)
Authors: Bruna Guarabyra Moreira Godinho da Silva, Andressa de Mello Bezerra, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva
Pages: 91 - 94
PubDate: 2023-01-30
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Rediscovery of the Billiton Caecilian, Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor,
1965, on Belitung Island, Indonesia, after more than five decades
Authors: Wanda Kusumah, Veryl Hasan, Dian Samitra
Pages: 95 - 97
PubDate: 2023-02-12
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- First records of a long reed frog, genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 (Anura,
Hyperoliidae), from the eastern Ethiopian Highlands
Authors: Arthur Tiutenko, Timothy Spawls, Oleksandr Zinenko
Pages: 99 - 101
PubDate: 2023-02-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Notes on the oviposition sites of Botsford’s leaf-litter frog
(Leptobrachella botsfordi) and a significant range extension for the
species
Authors: Luan Nguyen, Jodi Rowley, Toi La, Benjamin Tapley
First page: 103
PubDate: 2023-02-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- A rarely found beauty: a new record of Liophidium pattoniVieites et al.,
Authors: Markus Fleute, Frank Glaw, Philip-Sebastian Gehring
Pages: 111 - 113
PubDate: 2023-02-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Predation on the Sinaloa Toad Incilius mazatlanensis (Anura: Bufonidae) by
the Mexican Pink Tarantula Brachypelma klaasi (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in
Jalisco, Mexico
Authors: Manuel de Luna, Carlos Valdivia
Pages: 113 - 114
PubDate: 2023-02-19
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Variation in carapace damage within and among Loggerhead Musk Turtle
(Sternotherus minor) populations in Florida spring-fed ecosystems
Authors: Joseph Pignatelli, Katrina Campbell, Brian Butterfield, Gerald Johnston, Grover Brown, James Hauge, Andrew Walde, Eric Munscher, Joseph Mitchell
Pages: 115 - 125
Abstract: Damage to a turtle’s shell can provide evidence of past events such as vehicle collisions, disease, predator encounters, or even a behavioral interaction between members of the same species. Studying shell damage as part of long-term mark and recapture studies enables researchers to determine population trends, intraspecific interactions and identify potential issues within turtle populations. This paper analyzes shell damage in populations of the Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor) (Agassiz, 1857). We examined carapace shell damage frequency and severity in 2701 individual S. minor (1468 males and 1233 females) captured in spring-fed habitats in one state preserve and five state parks in central and northern Florida. We quantified frequency as percent of individuals with at least some damage, and we created a carapace mutilation index (CMI) to quantify the severity of damage. The frequency and severity of carapace damage varied among sites. Males were more frequently damaged than females at all study sites, and more severely damaged at three sites. There was a positive relationship between CMI and body size (plastron length) for males at five sites and for females at three sites, suggesting that adults accumulate damage as they age. Damage may vary among sites due to habitat size, quality, and abundance of large adult male turtles. Future research should look at movement patterns, site fidelity, social interactions, and how these are impacted by habitat size, quality, and density, to determine what, if any, these factors have on population stability and fecundity.
PubDate: 2023-02-19
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Testing post-fire bias in herpetofaunal capture rates during a short
pitfall and funnel trap survey in Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal
Province, South Africa
Authors: Philippus R. Jordaan, Tom R. Dando, Catherine C. Hanekom, Albert Wilken, Xander Combrink
Pages: 127 - 133
PubDate: 2023-02-23
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
Anuran diversity in a monoculture cocoa plantation in southern
Nigeria
Authors: Omoyemwen Edo-Taiwo, Martins S.O. Aisien, Christopher O. Oke
Pages: 135 - 148
Abstract: Cocoa farms are one type of monoculture plantation that has replaced rainforest biotopes in southern Nigeria and may periodically be sprayed with pesticides and herbicides. We investigated the anuran diversity in Ojo Camp, Ugboke, a cocoa farming area in Edo State, southern Nigeria, over a 15-month period using a combination of visual-acoustic encounter surveys, disturbance searches, and baited traps. We identified 25 species of frogs from seven families in ten genera. Species in the families Hyperoliidae, Ptychadenidae, and Athroleptidae were the most abundant, represented by seven, five, and four species, respectively. We recorded some forest specialists (Hyperolius concolor, H. fusciventris fusciventris, H. f. burtoni, H. picturatus, H. sylvaticus), of which two (H. f. fusciventris and H. sylvaticus) were rare. Aquatic pipids (Silurana tropicalis, Xenopus muelleri, members of the genus Hymenochirus) were absent from cocoa plantations, perhaps due to pesticide contamination of water bodies. The identities of nine species could only be determined to genus level. Inventory completeness was only 63% and 69% based on the Jackknife 2 and Chao 2 species richness estimators, respectively, indicating that our surveys underestimated anuran diversity in these habitats. The anuran diversity (25 species) in these plantations compared favourably with those (29) in non-monoculture sites, such as the Okomu National Park, a protected sanctuary, despite agrochemical use.
PubDate: 2023-02-22
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Predation by the Tropical Racer, Mastigodryas pleei (Duméril et al.,
1854), on an Amazon Racerunner, Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758), in the
Brazilian Amazon, with comments on this new locality and the snake’s
general distribution
Authors: Jade B.S. Mourão, Roberta F. Abecassis, David M.P. Soares, Isabelly G. Martins, Síria Ribeiro, Alfredo P. Santos-Jr.
Pages: 149 - 151
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PubDate: 2023-02-22
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- First reported predation of a Clouded Monitor (Varanus nebulosus) by the
Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Singapore
Authors: Przemysław Zdunek, Marcel Finlay
Pages: 151 - 153
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- “Life finds a way”: A reflection on the smuggling of a living fossil,
the Borneo Earless Monitor, Lanthanotus borneensis (Squamata:
Lanthanotidae), in Indonesia
Authors: Dewi Wahyuni K. Baderan, Sukirman Rahim, Muhammad Iqbal
Pages: 155 - 159
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Biofluorescence in the California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma
californiense (Amphibia: Ambystomatidae)
Authors: Brandon Kong, Kathryn Preston, Marisa Ishimatsu, Esther Adelsheim
Pages: 161 - 163
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Aposematism and Batesian mimicry in snakes: through the visible spectrum
and beyond'
Authors: Catharine E. Wüster, Wolfgang Wüster
Pages: 165 - 170
Abstract: We explore the usefulness of UV photography in investigating putative Batesian mimicry of aposematic elapid snakes by harmless colubrids. We predicted that Batesian mimics would share similar UV reflectance patterns as their models and tested this in two likely Batesian mimicry systems. In North America, both Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis knoblochi lack any UV reflectance from any part of their dorsum. In India, Bungarus caeruleus displays strong UV reflectance from its light body rings, which is largely echoed in visually similar black and white Lycodon anamallensis, but not in reddish-brown individuals of the same species. Our results highlight the potential for UV photography to contribute to testing mimicry hypotheses. Researchers using inanimate models to test the function of animal patterns need to consider reflectance outside the human visual spectrum to maximise the resemblance of their models to the focal organisms.
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
First case of nectarivory in Podarcis liolepis (Squamata:
Lacertidae)
Authors: Grégory Deso, Paul Simar Bayet, Paolo Varese, Ugo Schumpp, Marc Antoine Marchand
Pages: 171 - 173
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Erythrism in the Long-tailed Alpine Garter Snake, Thamnophis scalaris
(Squamata: Colubridae), from Puebla and Tlaxcala, México
Authors: Luis Fernando Hidalgo-Licona, Antonio Yolocalli Cisneros-Bernal, Gonzalo Medina-Rangel, Carlos Alberto Hernández-Jiménez
Pages: 175 - 177
PubDate: 2023-02-26
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- New records of Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (Anura: Centrolenidae) in
Western Amazonia
Authors: Jaime Culebras, Andrés Novales, Amanda B. Quezada Riera, Amadeus Plewnia
Pages: 179 - 182
PubDate: 2023-03-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Congenital malformation of the eye in the Amazonian Lancehead: Bothrops
atrox (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Viperidae).
Authors: Patrik Ferreira Viana
Pages: 183 - 185
PubDate: 2023-03-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- A Black-bellied Swamp Snake, Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859), captures a
Three-toed Skink, Saiphos equalis (Gray, 1825), and moves it to a
concealed location for consumption
Authors: Samuel A.R. Hayley, Chad T. Beranek
First page: 187
PubDate: 2023-03-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Genetic diversity in the endemic frog Rheohyla miotympanum (Amphibia:
Hylidae) from the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve (Queretaro), Mexico
Authors: Rogelio Manuel Garcia Solis, Noemí Matías Ferrer, Patricia Herrera Paniagua
Pages: 189 - 195
PubDate: 2023-03-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Coverboard bycatch: Using iNaturalist to capture missing diversity data in
herpetofauna studies
Authors: Shem D Unger, William Meiran, Mark Rollins
Pages: 197 - 201
Abstract: A short-term study was conducted in forested areas of Wingate University, Wingate, North Carolina, utilizing 60 total coverboards (30 wood, 30 metal) across six survey locations (five of each board per site) to identify and catalog primarily non-herpetofauna observed as bycatch under boards. The application of iNaturalist in the study allowed identification of a large number of non-target species, mostly arthropods encountered while surveying using coverboards, including combined observations of 7163 Hymenoptera (ants and termites), 3341 Isopoda (pill bugs), and 1223 Mollusca (snails & slugs). More ants and termites and arachnids were noted under metal boards, with pill bugs, snails, slugs, worms, centipedes, and millipedes mostly under wood boards. Overall, we observed increases across sample events with the majority of observations for the most frequently observed taxa toward the end of the sampling period, between sample events eight to ten. We observed five total species of snakes (Carphophis amoenus, Storeria dekayi, Storeria occipitomaculata, Thamnophis sirtalis, and Opheodrys aestivus) and two species of lizards (Plestiodon fasciatus & Scincella lateralis). We recommend researchers document the presence of non-herpetofauna taxa encountered while performing coverboard surveys using iNaturalist to uncover local biodiversity patterns. This would allow land managers and researchers to collect biological information on forest leaf litter communities and monitor local arthropod diversity as part of the food web, even potential prey items for possible associations with reptile populations.
PubDate: 2023-03-13
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- The Peruvian national coin featuring the Titicaca Water Frog, Telmatobius
culeus (Anura: Telmatobiidae): informing about an undervalued threatened
species and the new route of its conservation
Authors: Jhazel Quispe, Yuri Beraun-Baca, Roberto Elias
Pages: 201 - 206
PubDate: 2023-03-15
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- New Record of the Fringed Leaf Frog, Cruziohyla craspedopus (Anura:
Hylidae), for the State of Pará, Brazil
Authors: Kleiton Rodolfo Alves Silva, Letícia Braga Gomes, Fernanda Aleixo de Castro
Pages: 207 - 210
PubDate: 2023-03-15
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- A note on underground egg sacs of the Tsushima Salamander, Hynobius
tsuensis (Caudata: Hynobiidae)
Authors: Jumpei Ito, Aoi Baba, Keita Niwa, Kanto Nishikawa
Pages: 211 - 212
PubDate: 2023-03-15
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Three interspecific amplexus of Theloderma asperum (Anura: Rhacophoridae)
with a juvenile Sylvirana nigrovittata (Anura: Ranidae) and with a dead
snail Megaustenia imperator (Stylommatophora: Ariophantidae)
Authors: Yi Yang, Yuhong Liu, Kevin R. Messenger
Pages: 213 - 217
PubDate: 2023-03-15
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
- Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) at onshore and offshore nests
of American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in a Florida lake
Authors: James K. Wetterer, Vincent Deem, Ashley Osuna
Pages: 219 - 222
PubDate: 2023-03-16
Issue No: Vol. 16 (2023)
