Reptiles & Amphibians

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Reptiles & Amphibians (ISSN 2332-4961) is an international open-access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research in all aspects of herpetology with an emphasis on conservation and natural history. In addition, R&A profiles ongoing efforts in herpetological conservation, key persons involved in herpetological conservation and research, and international destinations of herpetological interest. Follow us on Twitter at RandAJournal.

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2025): Reptiles & Amphibians

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v32i1

Published: 2025-01-22

Articles

Coracoid asymmetries in adult Pondsliders,Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792), in Spain

Pere M. Parés-Casanova, Albert Martínez-Silvestre

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Herpetofaunal inventory of the Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur, Assam, India

Monish Kumar Thapa; Sourav Dutta, Hirak Jyoti Das, Tilak Kumar Pradhan, Debajit Mahanta, Sujal Tossa, Ritu Kalita, Kamal Sharma; Utsab Singha, Parimal Chandra Ray

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Herpetofauna of the Great Tectonic Lakes of Exaltación, Beni Department, Bolivia

Luis Rolando Rivas; Robert Wallace, Gabriel Callapa

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Visual encounter surveys reveal a new population of Black Pine Snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) in Mississippi

Shivam Shukla, Zachary Gray, J. Sean Doody

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The amphibian and reptilian fauna of Deg˘irmenbog˘azı Nature Park, Balıkesir Province, Turkey

Burak Akdag, Balkan Mega, Kerim Çiçek

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Home range, seasonal movement patterns, and overwintering ecology in two Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) populations in northwest Indiana

Jessica Lindberg, Joseph Milanovich, Marlen Terrazas, Haydn Notario, Trang Nguyen, Ella Janson, Leigh Anne Harden

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Distribution and ecology of the Cedar Keys Mole Skink (Plestiodon egregius insularis)

Kevin Enge, Louis J. Somma, Paul E. Moler, Travis M. Thomas, Matthew T. Fedler, John M. Matter, Dennis C. Haney

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Notes

Mass stranding of Pelagic Seasnakes, Hydrophis platurus (Squamata: Hydrophiidae),in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Alejandro Solórzano, Mahmood Sasa

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Observations of amplexus in Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in the San Jacinto Mountains

Michelle J. Curtis, David K. Janik, Talisin T. Hammond, Debra M. Shier

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First record of a color-aberrant Nagpur Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia leithii) from India

Umesh Vaghela

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Leucism in an East Asian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis) tadpole from Ba Den Mountain, Vietnam

Thinh Gia Tran, Bach Son Pham, Quy Hoang Le, Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen

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First documented record of the Indian Roofed Turtle, Pangshura tecta (Gray 1831), from Makwal Wetland, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Shivali Sharma, Mohinder Kumar; Deepika Slathia

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First report of a papilloma in an invasive Tropical House Gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia (Gekkonidae), in Cuba

Rafael Borroto-Paez; Carlos Hernández Peraza

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Diurnal predation on a Common House Rat (Rattus rattus) by a Spot-tailed Pitviper (Trimeresurus erythrurus) in northeastern Bangladesh

Atikul Islam Mithu; Harish Debbarma

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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus Linnaeus1758) record New Jersey litter size

Jason Fantuzzi; Daniel Brill, Kevin Pollack

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Occurrence of the Indian Painted Frog, Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker 1934), in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

Rahul Kumar

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Nesting and parental care by a disabled Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) and a record of a congenital defect in a hatchling from Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Pranav Vaghashiya, Devendra Chauha, Raju Vyas

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Indian Bullfrogs (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus): Observations of predation and cannibalism in Hapure, Dang District, Nepal

Sandeep Oli; Basant Subedi , Siddharth Regmi

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A Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira sp.(Squamata: Dipsadidae), scavenging a road-killed Frog in northern Costa Rica

Alexander Moya Valverde, Luis Hernandez-Astua

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First record of the Dog-faced Watersnake (Cerberus rynchops) from Northeast India

Pankaj Lochan Deka, Rajesh Dutta Baruah, Atul Kalita, Prasanna Kalita, Madhab Medhi, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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A Rice Paddy Snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) scavenging a roadkilled anuran

Ungku Zafirah Abdulaziz, Curt H. Barnes, Wanrawee Tipprapatkul

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Occurrence of Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga) from the Upper Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, India, after 30 years

Arunima Singh, Sanjeev Yadav, Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek, Shailendra Singh

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Aberrant coloration in three species of mud turtles (Kinosternidae) from western Mexico

Nadin E. López-González, Carlos Santiago Rosales-Martínez , José R. Garrido, Carlos Daniel Bello-Sánchez, Armando H. Escobedo-Galván, Fabio G. Cupul-Magaña

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Beyond the ordinary: Thanatosis during shedding in Daboia russelii (Shaw and Nodder 1797) and a predator-prey interaction of Fowlea piscator (Schneider 1799), Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1803), and Lissemys punctata (Lacépède 1788) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Dikansh Parmar

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First record of the Tibetan Rock Agama (Laudakia papenfussi Zhao 1998) from India and a new lowest elevation record.

John Benjamin Owens, Sourish Kuttalam, James J. Hicks, Vishal Santra, Stuart Graham, Omesh Bharti, Anita Malhotra

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A new locality record for Vulcan’s Slender Caecilian, Caecilia volcani (Taylor 1969), on Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá.

Simon Harper, Cole Mackay, Peter Lahanas, Edgardo Griffith

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First record of a Domestic Cat (Felis catus) preying on a Spotted Brown Trope (Tropidophis pardalis)

Luis F. de Armas, Manuel Iturriaga

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New record of the American Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw 1802), in Loja, Ecuador

Katiusca Valarezo Aguilar, Marlon E. Cobos, Oscar Ordonez-Gutierrez, Christian Mendoza-Leon, Claudia Nuñez-Penichet

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Taxonomic notes on the Bella Ratsnake, Archelaphe bella (Stanley 1917) (Reptilia: Colubridae), and the first record of the species from Manipur, India

Elangbam Premjit Singh, Ht. Decemson, H.T. Lalremsanga, Khoyumthem Brajesh, Ayekpam Lanngamba Meitei, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Incursion of the Gold Dust Day Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda (Boettger 1880), in Puerto Rico through the ornamental plant trade.

Christina De Jesus Villanueva; Koralis Reyes Maldonado, Matthijs P. van den Burg

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A Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus) preying on a Lesser Brown Scorpion (Isometrus maculatus)

Pranjal Swargiary, Sanath Chandra Bohra, Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Rita Roy, Rizwan Uz Zaman, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Two new prey items for Baird's Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora bairdi Jan 1860), in west-central Puebla, Mexico.

Antonio Yolocalli Cisneros-Bernal, Gonzalo Medina-Rangel, Vianey Heredia-Domínguez, Cristobal Torres-Velasco, María Concepción Puga y Colmenares, Luis Fernando Hidalgo Licona

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Notes on natural history and conservation of the Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Saara hardwickii)

raju vyas, Kartik Upadhayay; Mital Patel

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New prey records for the Black Mussurana, Clelia clelia (Dipsadidae), in Ecuador

Lic. Katherin Hinojosa; Lic. Fernando Ayala

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Attempted saurophagy and cannibalism in Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard, Cnemidophorus cf. gaigei (Squamata: Teiidae), in an urban area near the Colombian Caribbean coast

Luis Angel Olivera, Gilma Julio

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Anomalous pigmentation in a young Marbled Newt, Triturus marmoratus (Latreille 1800), from northwestern Spain

Cesar Ayres, Vanesa Patao

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A predation attempt on a Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) fry by a larval Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum)

Leyna Stemle, Aidan O'Brien, Fabio Tarazona-Tubens, Christopher Searcy

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Predation on a Gliding Leaf Frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae),by a Red-Thighed Bromeliad Spider, Cupiennius coccineus (Trechaleidae), in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Ahmed Junaid

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Wucherer’s Groundsnake, Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer 1861) (Squamata: Dipsadidae): A new record for São Paulo State and an updated map of the species’ distribution in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Joao Bachur, Elsie Rotenberg, Gustavo Monicce, Edelcio Muscat

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Atypical Bronzebacks, Dendrelaphis sp. (Squamata: Colubridae), from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vinayak Puranik, Siddharth Parab; Anil Kubal, Mahesh Ithape, Pawan Sharma, Purvendra Jathar

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Use of cave habitat by a Philippine Ratsnake, Coelognathus philippinus (Griffin 1909), in Igang Cave, Tabon Cave Complex, Quezon, Palawan, Philippines

Meljory Corvera, Marvin Jay Sarmiento, Julius Temporas

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Turtle diversity in Bardia National Park and associated forest area in Nepal

Rabin Kadariya, Bishnu Prasad Shrestha; Shyam Kumar Shah, Ajit Tumbahangphe, Umesh Paudel; Rabin Bahadur K.C.

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An unexpected record of the Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca on Kastellorizo Island, Dodecanese, Greece

Alexios Panagiotopoulos, Michail Manonas, Elias Tzoras

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Chinese Striped-necked Turtles, Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834), in Galicia, northwestern Spain

Cesar Ayres, Miguel Dominguez-Costas

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Aberrant hood-like markings on the posterior body of a Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)

P. Rahul , B. Sadasivaiah, S.R. Ganesh

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First record of kin-cannibalism in Fornasini’s Spiny Reed Frog, Afrixalus fornasini (Anura: Hyperolidae), tadpoles

Frederic Griesbaum, Edward C. Netherlands, Marvin Schäfer

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New size record for the Cuban Giant Blue Anole, Anolis equestris cyaneus (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Daylon Fundora, Odey Martínez Llanes, Serguei López Pérez

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A Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) preying on a Common Wolf Snake (Lycodon aulicus) in an urban habitat of Surat, Gujarat, India

Krunal Trivedi, Abhishek Shani

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First record of a Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) on Long Island, The Bahamas

Scott Johnson, Zoe Cartwright, Roger Cartwright, Hendrew Haley

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Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) preying on an Oriental Ratsnake (Ptyas mucosa) at Raipur (Makhaniya Hill), Pavijetpur Range, Gujarat, India

Vraj Soni, Nidhi Thanki, Jay Gajjar, Vivek Patel

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New Record of the Indian Balloon Frog, Uperodon globulosus (Günther 1864)(Anura: Microhylidae), from the Indian State of Goa

Bartosz Borczyk

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First report of limb anomalies in the Mashpi Stream Frog, Hyloscirtus mashpi (Anura: Hylidae)

Elías Figueroa-Coronel, Marisa Tietge, Pedro Peñaherrera-R

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Color aberrations of reptiles and amphibians from Montenegro

Vuk Iković, Aleksandar Simović, Sladjana Gvozdenovic Nikolic

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Consumption of a non-native Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus) by a Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) in Everglades National Park

Carter Haley, Eleanor Lane, Sarah Payne, Gabriella Silva; Matthew Metcalf; Christina Romagosa, Kevin Donmoyer, Lisa McBride, Sarah Sherburne, Amanda Kissel, Amy Yackel Adams, Mark Sandfoss

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Observation of Camel Spider (Galeodes sp.) and Indian Desert Gerbil (Meriones hurrianae) as prey of Sochurek’s Saw-Scaled Viper, Echis carinatus sochureki Stemmler 1969, from Rajasthan, India.

Sourish Kuttalam, John Benjamin Owens, Priyanka Chaudhary, Jhamku, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar, Dr. Maya Gopalakrishnan, Dr. Anita Malhotra

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A possible second individual of the Arunachal Pitviper, Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) arunachalensis Captain, Deepak, Pandit, Bhatt, and Athreya 2019, from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India

Girish Choure, Yatin Kalki, Ashok Captain

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First records of the Black False Boa, Pseudoboa nigra (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854) (Squamata: Dipsadidae), in Peru

Luis García-Ayachi, Sandro Ramírez-Castillo, Diego Deza, Ms Verónica Flores, Alessandro Catenazzi, Mr. Pablo J. Venegas

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A new locality and reproductive record for the Hispaniolan Gracile Boa (Chilabothrus gracilis)

Miguel Landestoy, Piero Bello De Lillo

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First report of scavenging in an Oriental Ratsnake, Ptyas mucosa, (Linnaeus 1758) (Squamata: Colubridae), from West Bengal, India

Anirban Das

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Interspecific amplexus of a male Himalayan Toad, Duttaphrynus cf. himalayanus (Gunther 1864), and a female Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799), in West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Vikas Gautam

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Introduced Species

Establishment of aquatic Rio Cauca Caecilians, Typhlonectes natans (Fischer 1880) (Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae), in Florida, with notes on their relative abundance, distribution, and natural history

Dr. Coleman M. Sheehy III, Robert H. Robins, Dr. David C. Blackburn, Dr. Jaimi A. Gray, Magalie B.S. Zoungrana, Dr. Marcel T. Kouete

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Conservation in Action

Community-led turtle conservation in the Rivers Ganga and Ramganga, Uttar Pradesh, India

K.P. Dubey, Niraj Kumar, N.K. Janoo, Ganga Prasad, Aditi Sharma, Suresh Babu, Nitin Kaushal, Sanjeev Yadav, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan

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Book Reviews

Book Review: California Amphibians and Reptiles

Steven J. R. Allain

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Book Review: Fieldwork is the Beginning and the End

Robert Powell

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Focus on Conservation

The political economy of amphibian declines

Ryan Gunderson, Diana Stuart, Brian Petersen

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