Reptiles & Amphibians

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.

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2022): Reptiles & Amphibians

San Salvador Rock Iguana (Cyclura rileyi). This photograph was taken by John Binns on 13 November 2004 at the Ardastra Gardens & Wildlife Conservation Centre in Nassau.

San Salvador Rock Iguana (Cyclura rileyi). This photograph was taken by John Binns on 13 November 2004 at the Ardastra Gardens & Wildlife Conservation Centre in Nassau.

San Salvador Rock Iguanas are endangered. Three currently recognized subspecies are restricted to three small Bahamian island groups. Principal threats to the species include habitat encroachment by human development and predation by feral dogs and cats.

Published: 2022-01-09

Articles

A rapid survey of herpetofaunal diversity in Nijhum Dwip National Park, Bangladesh

Md. Fazle Rabbe, Nur Mohammad, Dipongkor Roy, M. Firoj Jaman, M Niamul Naser

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Living near water: Ecological observations on the Ecuador Sipo, Chironius grandisquamis, (Peters 1869) (Serpentes: Colubridae), in the Middle Magdalena River Valley, Colombia

Julián Andrés Rojas, Mateo Marín Martínez

46-51
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Behavior in a captive family group of Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust near Chennai, India

Nikhil Whitaker, Chelamuthu Sivaraman

71-75
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Using the iNaturalist application to identify reports of Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) on the mainland United States of America outside of populations in Florida

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

85-92
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Reptiles and Amphibians on a University Campus in a Peri-urban Area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Matthew Mo

122-133
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The diet of Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene bauri) in a coastal ecosystem in southwestern Florida

Julianna Loredo, Cristal Navarrete, Jordan Donini

175-181
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Confirmed report of the Aniqiao Torrent Frog, Amolops aniqiaoensis (Anura: Ranidae), from India, with additional distributional records for two other Indian pecies of Amolops

Bhaskar Saikia, Mostaque A. Laskar, Bikramjit Sinha, Manisha Debnath, Samrat Sengupta, Hiramoni Das, N. A. Shabnam, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor, K. P. Dinesh

214-224
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Notes

Predation of a Mizoram Ground Snake, Blythia hmuifang (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), by a Common Mock Viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

Malsawmdawngliana, K. Laldinliana, Gabriel C. Lalmuanpuia, Lalneihtluangi

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Interspecific amplexus between male Terai Treefrogs, Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois 1987), and female Large Treefrogs, Zhangixalus smaragdinus (Blyth 1852)

Lalkhawngaiha Sailo, Malsawmdawngliana, Saipari Sailo, Samuel Lalronunga, Esther Lalhmingliani

2-3
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Interfamilial amplexus between a male Crying Stream Frog, Sylvirana lacrima (Anura: Ranidae), and a female Kalasgram Skittering Frog, Euphlictys kalasgraminensis (Anura: Dicroglossidae), with a recommendation for an English common name for Sylvirana lacrima

Samuel Lalronunga, K. Lalhmangaiha, Isaac Zosangliana, Saipari Sailo, Esther Lalhmingliani

4-5
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An unusual predation attempt by a Cuban Racer, Cubophis cantherigerus schwartzi (Squamata: Dipsadidae), on a Bar Jack, Caranx ruber (Perciformes: Carangidae)

Alieski Gil Carballo, Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera

6-8
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Oral structure and diet of larval Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frogs, Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth 1856) from Mizoram, India.

H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga

25-27
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First record of Leschenault’s Leaf-toed Gecko, Hemidactylus leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron 1836, from the northwestern part of Bangladesh

Faysal Ahmad, Imam Mehedi Hasan, Md Abdur Rahman

28-29
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Male-male aggression in the introduced Cuban Brown Anole, Norops sagrei (Reptilia: Dactyloidae), in Honduras

Cristopher Antúnez; Fausto Elvir; Juan Díaz

30-32
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Agregating behavior in the Cuban Short-Tailed Racerlet, Arrhyton vittatum (Squamata: Dipsadidae)

Daylon Fundora, Javier Torres López

33-34
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Abnormal coloration of a Western Ribbonsnake, Thamnophis proximus (Say 1823), from Sutton County, Texas, USA

Lawrence G. Bassett; Sarah Bullard, Michael R.J. Forstner

35-36
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Construction affects the numbers and sizes of Common Bamboo Pit Vipers, Craspedocephalus gramineus (Shaw 1802), at the Matheran Hill Station in Maharashtra, India

Reyhan Motiwala, Mandar Sawant, Pramod Aher

37-38
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Clutches of two bromeliad-dwelling frogs (Eleutherodactylus guantanamera and E. ionthus) from Cuba

Irelis Bignotte, Ansel Fong, Gerardo Begue

39-43
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Attack by Jungle Babblers (Argya striata) on a Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena) elicited death-feigning behavior

Anuj D. Raina, Rakesh Pampaniya

44-45
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When running on water isn't enough, you can dive: Field observation of diving behaviour as antipredator strategy of the Western Basilisk Basiliscus galeritus Duméril 1851

Juan Camilo Zuluaga Isaza; Sergio Escobar Lasso, Cristhian Londoño Quiceno

52-54
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Color polymorphism in Jerdon's Treefrog, Nasutixalus jerdonii (Günther 1876), from Northeast India with notes on diet and distribution in Mizoram, India.

Lal Muansanga, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Tlauliana Bualchhuak, H.T. Lalremsanga

55-58
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Use of Gaur (Bos gaurus) dung as a foraging site by Sarojamma's Leaping Frog (Indirana sarojamma)

Gopal Murali

59-60
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Maximum clutch size in the Cuban Pale-necked Galliwasp, Diploglossus Delasagra (Squamata: Anguidae), with comments on behavior and natural history

Tomás Michel Rodríguez Cabrera, Yoan Oliver Cárdenas

61-65
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New distributional records of the Baibung Small Treefrog, Theloderma baibungense (Jiang, Fei, and Huang 2009) (Anura: Rhacophoridae), from Mizoram, India with comments on taxonomy, natural history and conservation status.

Lal Biakzuala, Lal Muansanga, Ht Decemson, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Vabeiryureilai Mathipi, H.T. Lalremsanga

66-70
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Vocalization in Maskey's Burrowing Frog, Sphaerotheca maskeyi (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Ninad Gosavi, Omkar Yadav

79-82
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Predation on Gliding Leaf Frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) eggs by Savage’s Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei) tadpoles in Sierpe de Osa, Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez

83-84
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Predation by a Cuban Brown Curlytail (Leiocephalus cubensis) on A Cuban Green Anole (Anolis porcatus)

Luis F. de Armas

93-94
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Predation by a Cope’s False Coralsnake, Pliocercus euryzonus (Cope 1862) (Dipsadidae), on a catfish (Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterus) in the northern Andes of Colombia

Juan Durango, Esteban Garzón Franco, María C. Castellanos Mejía, Juan C. Arredondo

95-97
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Predation by a Cuban Treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis (Anura: Hylidae), on a Cuban Green Anole, Anolis porcatus (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Carlos Hernandez-Peraza, Luis F. de Armas

98-100
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Limb malformation and ocular abnormalities in a Large Odorous Frog, Odorrana graminea (Boulenger, 1899) (Anura: Ranidae)

Ho Yuen Yeung, Jian-Huan Yang

101-102
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Ongoing assessment of the Marsh Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) population in the wetlands of Anand and Kheda Districts, Gujarat, India

Neel Talati, Dr. Rita Kumar, Dhara Tuteja , Nirmal Kumar, J. I.

103-106
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A New Record of the Calamaria Reedsnake, Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858), from the Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh, India

Akshay Bajaj

107-108
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The Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) in the Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat, India: Evidence of Reproduction and a Roadkill

Jaydeep Maheta, Shruti Patel, Brijesh Chaudhary

109-110
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Attempted Predation of a Large Oriental Garden Lizard, Calotes versicolor (Daudin 1802), by a Common Cat Snake, Boiga trigonata (Schneider 1802)

Reyhan Motiwala, Pramod Aher, Mandar Sawant, Arvind Shahare

111-112
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Anophthalmia in Palmate Newts (Lissotriton helveticus) in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)

Cesar Ayres, Moises Asensi-Cabirta, Miguel Dominguez-Costas

113-114
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Consumption and Dispersal of West Indian Holly (Turnera ulmifolia, Turneraceae) Seeds by Cuban Green Anoles, Anolis porcatus (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Luis F. de Armas

115-116
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First record of an amphisbaenian, a Kalahari Dwarf Wormlizard, Zygaspis quadrifrons (Amphisbaenia), as prey of Sundevall’s Writhing Skink, Mochlus sundevallii (Squamata: Scincidae)

Henrique Costa, Joshua Mata, Luis Ceriaco

117-118
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A Dog-faced Water Snake, Cerberus rynchops (Schneider 1799), with a rubber-band around its body preying on a Bearded Mudskipper, Scartelaos histophorus (Oxudercinae), near Valsad, Gujarat, India

Aadit Patel, Aurobindo Samal

119-120
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A road-killed Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) scavenged by a Round-backed Slug (Arion sp.) in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)

Cesar Ayres

121
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Defensive head-mimicry in coralsnakes, Micrurus spp. (Squamata: Elapidae): Three new records and a review of congeners exhibiting this behavior.

Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez; Carlos Brand, Alexandra Montoya

134-136
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Mortality of an Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)

Jason Fantuzzi, John F. Bunnell, Michael Bisignano

137
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A leucistic Common Wolf Snake, Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus 1758), from Nagpur, Maharashtra

Reyhan Motiwala; Pramod Aher, Mandar Sawant, Dhiraj Chavan

138
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A Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) with a Bifurcated Tail

Duminda Dissanayake, Nick Clemann

139-140
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New southernmost record and an updated distribution map for the Serra da Mesa Wormlizard, Amphisbaena anaemariae (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)

Marcella Souza, Henrique Costa

141-145
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Observations of nocturnal activity in diurnal Indian snakes

Soham Mukherjee; Ram Mohan

146-147
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Scavenging by Checkered Keelbacks, Fowlea piscator (Schneider 1799), at Ameenpur Lake, Hyderabad, India

Anbazhagan Abinesh, Parakuth Pradeep, Sreedharan Nair Vishnu

148-149
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Feeding behavior and prey of Common Kraits, Bungarus caeruleus (Schneider 1801), from Western Maharashtra, India

Pranav Kulkarni; Yogesh Gurav

250-251
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New elevational record for Walker’s Slender Snake, Tachymenis attenuata Walker 1945 (Squamata: Dipsadidae), with notes on taxonomy and natural history

Oliver Quinteros; Rodrigo Aguayo

152-154
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Ocular abnormality in a Mesoamerican Cane Toad, Rhinella horribilis (Anura: Bufonidae), in Sinaloa, Mexico

Héctor Alexis Castro Bastidas, Benito Miranda-Ángulo, Antonella Valdez-Montoya

155-156
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An Asian Chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) (Laurenti) from high-elevation shola vegetation in Upper Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

Anbazhagan Abinesh, Sreedharan Nair Vishnu

157-158
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Predation attempt by a Tropical House Gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia (Gekkonidae), on a Cuban Blue Anole, Anolis allisoni (Dactyloidae) in south-central Cuba

Tomás Michel Rodríguez Cabrera, Rosalina Montes Espín, Javier Torres

159-161
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Presumptive nest excavation by a Banded Racer (Platyceps plinii)

Sagar Patel, Yatin Kalki

167-168
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Robert's Wormlizard, Amphisbaena roberti (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae): attempted predation and an updated distribution map

Henrique Oliveira, Thomaz Sinani, Roullien Silva, Henrique Costa

169-174
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A survey of snake diversity in Bardiya National Park and associated corridor forest in Nepal

Ankush Lohani, Rabin Kadariya, Umesh Paudel, Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, Rabin Bahadur K.C.

182-186
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Rapid color change in a Horsfield’s Spiny Lizard (Salea horsfieldii) in Nilgiris, India

Anbazhagan Abinesh, Sreedharan Nair Vishnu

187-188
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A new departmental and elevational record for the Villavicencio Coralsnake, Micrurus medemi Roze 1967 (Squamata: Elapidae), in Colombia

Alexandra Montoya, Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez; Didier Mancera

189-190
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Herpetofauna of the Elemento Natural Destacado Dunas de Playa Pilar, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Daylon Fundora, Félix Bravo Cabrera, Ailín Abreu Portales, Odey Martínez Llánes

191-194
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Hindlimb malformation in a Bangladesh Skittering Frog, Euphlyctis kalasgramensis Howlader, Nair, Gopalan, and Merila 2015 (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Vanlal Siammawii, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lal Muansanga, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

195-196
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Novel prey species in the diet of the Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)

Yatin Kalki, Subhadra Cherukuri, Shubham Adhikari

197-198
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Predation of a Caribbean Ditchfrog, Leptodactylus insularum (Anura: Leptodactylidae), by a Lined Groundsnake, Lygophis lineatus (Squamata: Dipsadidae)

Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez, John Calderón

199-200
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Anopthalmia in a Greater Stream Horned Frog, Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908), from Tamdil National Wetland, Mizoram, India: Pollution-induced or predator-mediated?

Hmar Tawmte Lalremsanga

201-203
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Anomalies in Marsh Frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus) and hybrid waterfrogs (P. esculentus) (Anura: Ranidae) from two ponds in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine

Anastasia Kryvoltsevych, Anna Fedorova, Dmytro Shabanov, Eleonora Pustovalova

204-209
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Gliding Leaf Frogs (Agalychnis spurrelli): Interspecific amplexus in Sierpe de Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez, Steven Gallo Gutiérrez, Jeffrey Muñoz Garcìa

210-211
Caudal pseudoautotomy in Heller’s Red-necked Keelbacks, Rhabdophis helleri (Schmidt 1925)

Sourav Dutta, Debajit Mahanta, Tilak Kumar Pradhan, Hirakjyoti Das, Monish Kumar Thapa

212-213
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An albino Indian Flap-shelled Turtle, Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre 1789), from Telangana, India

Manoj Kumar Vittapu, Shravan Kumar Poshetty, Gaini Sailu, laxmi narayana

225-226
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Predation by the Giant Spotted Gecko, Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril and Bibron 1936, on the Indian Violet Tarantula, Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock 1899

Omkar Nar, Sagar Mahajan, Rohan Bhagat, Prathamesh Joshi

231-232
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Natural history Observations of Coralsnakes (Micrurus spp.) in Costa Rica

Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós; Rosbil González

233-234
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The Amazon Green Anole, Anolis punctatus Daudin 1802 (Squamata: Dactyloidae): A new geographic and elevational record in Bolivia

Oliver Quinteros, Rene Carpio Real, Edson Pérez Maldonado, Fidel Onofre Pacheco

235-236
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An updated distribution map and a new elevational record of the Coastal Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus litoralis)

H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga, Lal Biakzuala, Ht Decemson, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lal Rinsanga, Zosiamliana Colney, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai

237-240
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An unusually patterned Common Wolfsnake, Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus 1758), from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Sandipt Maharana, Aurobindo Samal, Swarup Fullonton, Shreya Pandey

241-242
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Interspecific diurnal refuge sharing in Cuban snakes of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae)

Tomás Michel Rodríguez-Cabrera; Ernesto Morell Savall, L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón, Javier Torres

252-254
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A new record of the Condanarus Sandsnake, Psammophis condanarus (Merrem 1820), from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Amit Manhas

255-256
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On the nomina Ramanella and Ramanella symbiotica (Anura: Microhylidae)

Danniella Sherwood

257-258
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A leucistic Checkered Keelback (Fowlea piscator) entangled in plastic netting in Valsad, Gujarat, India

Aadit Patel, Aurobindo Samal, Shreya Pandey

259-260
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An Eyeless Neonatal Common Sandboa (Eryx conicus) from Valsad, Gujarat, India

Aadit Patel , Aurobindo Samal, Barnava Pattnaik, Swarup Fullonton

261
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Predation of a Mouse-eared bat, Myotis sp. (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) by a Mangrove Treeboa, Corallus ruschenbergerii (Cope 1875) (Serpentes: Boidae) in Darién, Panama

Samuel Sucre, Edgardo Griffith, Melquiades Castillo, Ángel Sosa-Bartuano

262-263
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Predators of the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis)

raju vyas, Yagnesh Bhatt, Devvratsinh Mori

264-265
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New distribution records of Castoe's Coralsnake (Calliophis Castoe) from Dodamarg, Maharashtra, India

Varun Satose, Chaitanya Shukla, Vikrant Choursiya, Rahul Niralgi, Chitranand Pednekar

266-267
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A confirmed westernmost population of the Burmese Gliding Treefrog, Zhangixalus burmanus (Andersson 1939) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, Prasanta Nanda, Samrat Sengupta

268-269
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Maximum Size and a New Dietary Record for the Broad-banded Trope, Tropidophis feicki (Squamata: Tropidophiidae), in Cuba

L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón

270-272
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Death-feigning Behavior by a Spectacled Cobra, Naja naja (Linnaeus 1758) (Squamata: Elapidae)

Krunal Trivedi, Pravesh Kumar

273-274
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First Record of the Asian Painted Frog, Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831 (Anura: Microhylidae), from Jharkhand, India

Nalinaksh Pankaj; Bhrigu Nath

275-276
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Necrophilia in Himalayan Toads, Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther 1864), from Eastern Nepal

Tapil Rai

277-278
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Maximum size records for four species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from western Cuba

L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón

286-289
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Record number of mites, Geckobia hemidactyli (Pterygosomatidae), on a Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) in Cuba

Rafael Borroto-Paez, Denise Reyes Pérez

290-293
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Husbandry

Artificial incubation and mold treatment of European Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus) eggs in a home-made incubator

Alvand Mohammadalizadegan, Pourya Sardari

76-78
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Introduced Species

First georeferenced report of a non-native West African Mud Turtle, Pelusios castaneus (Schweigger 1812), in Florida

Leyna Stemle

150-151
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A summary of reports of the Cuban Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) in Texas, USA

Lawrence Bassett

162-166
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Travelogue

The Black Mambas of Balule Nature Reserve and other notes on the Limpopo Region of southern Africa

Gad Perry

17-24
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Book Reviews

The new and the relocated: non-native amphibians and reptiles in the continental US and Hawaii

Gad Perry

227-230
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Focus on Conservation

Saving the Fijian Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)

Stephen Anstey

243-249
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