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. 28 No. 2 (2021): Reptiles & Amphibians

This Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus is displaying one of three color patterns known for this species.

Published: 2021-07-15

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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Articles

Predation attempt on Miranda Ribeiro's Toad, Rhinella mirandaribeiroi (Anura: Bufonidae,) by Cope's Toad Rhinella diptycha (Anura: Bufonidae), and a review of batracophagy in Brazil

Ronildo Alves Benício

191-196
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Save The King: Human-King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836), conflicts and the need for conservation strategies in Nepal

Kamal Devkota; Bishnu Maharjan, Dev Narayan Mandal, Rohit Giri, Matt Goode (Author)

197-204
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On the phylogenetic relationships of Pterorana khare, Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986 (Anura: Ranidae), with new distributional records from Mizoram, India

Lal Muansanga, Ht Decemson, Lal Biakzuala, LH Laltlanhlui, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

205-212
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From pets to threats: Invasive iguanas and other species cause significant harm to native iguanas

Gad Perry, Charles R. Knapp, Tandora D. Grant, Stesha A. Pasachnik, Ioana Coman

213-217
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Notes

Predation of a Legler's Stream Frog, Duellmanohyla legleri (Anura: Hylidae), by an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira cf. ornata (Squamata: Dipsadidae)

Juan G. Abarca Alvarado, Esteban Hidalgo-Mora, Rolando Ramírez-Campos, Alejandro Valverde-Castillo

218-219
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Interspecific amplexus of a Gulf Coast Toad, Incilius nebulifer (Girard 1854), and a Hurter's Spadefoot, Scaphiopus hurterii (Strecker 1910), in Bastrop County, Texas, USA)

Lawrence Grant Bassett, Michael R.J. Forstner

220-221
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A new distribution record of the Arrow-headed Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena nigriangularis) in Chhattisgarh, India

Aakash Bhushan, Atul Kumar

222-223
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Intestinal obstruction associated with helminth parasitic infection in a wild-caught Pope’s Green Pitviper, Trimeresurus popeiorum Smith 1937

Lal Biakzuala, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Vishal Santra, Joseph Ramhermawia, Chenkual Malsawmtluangi, Hmar Lalrinkima

224-226
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Predation of a Mesoamerican Cane Toad, Rhinella horribilis (Anura: Bufonidae), by a White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) in Laguna de Tixtla, Guerrero, México

Epifanio Blancas-Calva, Marisol Castro-Torreblanca

227-228
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Snakes on the menu: A predation attempt by a Central American Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus) on a Central American Boa (Boa imperator) and remains of a Mexican Parrot Snake (Leptophis mexicanus) identified in feces on Utila Island, Honduras

Tom Brown; Francin Murcia (Author)

229-233
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Habitat-modification by an herbivorous marsupial benefits the Papuan Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus canni Slater 1956, within an anthropogenic environment in Central Province, Papua New Guinea

Tom Charlton, David Nixon

234-237
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First record of the Yellow-green Cat Snake, Boiga flaviviridis Vogel & Ganesh, 2013 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Telangana, India

Girish Choure, Aakansha Komanduri, Pallavi Choure, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

238-239
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First record of a leucistic Indian Rat Snake, Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758), from India

Girish Choure, Shubham Adhikari, Pallavi Choure, Ajinkya Unawane, Lal Biakzuala, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

240-241
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A range extension and natural history notes on thePainted Globular Frog, Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker 1934), in Bangladesh

Ashis Kumar Datta, Md. Kamrul Hasan

242-244
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Sleep-site Fidelity in Cuban Green Anoles, Anolis porcatus Gray 1840 (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Luis F. de Armas

245-247
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Cuban Green Anole, Anolis porcatus Gray 1840 (squamata: Dactyloidae: Precopulatory behavior interrupted by another male

Luis F de Armas

248-249
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A new record of the Banladeshi Cricket Frog, Minervarya asmati (Howlader, 2011), from Manipur State, with comments on the occurrence of the Paddy Frog, Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861) (Anura: Dicroglossidae), in Mizoram, India

Ht Decemson, Vabeiryureilai Mathipi, Vanlal Siammawii, Lal Biakzuala, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

250-254
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First record of an Asian tongueworm, Raillietiella orientalis (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae), parasitizing a Tokay Gecko, (Gekko gecko, Squamata: Gekkonidae): a novel interaction between two non-native species in Florida

Thomas Fieldsend, Madison E.A. Harman, Melissa A. Miller

255-256
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Extreme male color polymorphism supports the introduction of multiple native-range Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) lineages to Florida, USA

Thomas Fieldsend, Natalie Claunch, Brian Fridie, Colin Goodman, Madison Harman, Kenneth Krysko, Christopher Raxworthy, Christina Romagosa, Timothy Collins

257-261
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First Record of the Green Catsnake, Boiga cyanea (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854) (Reptilia: Colubridae), from Narcondam Island, India

G. Gokulakrishnan, A.K. Das, C. Sivaperuman, S.R. Chandramouli

262-263
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Range extension of the Blue-Sided Leaf Frog, Agalychnis annae (Anura: Hylidae): Using citizen science across suburban areas in Costa Rica.

Esteban Hidalgo-Mora, Alejandro Valverde-Castillo, Juan G. Abarca Alvarado

264-267
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New records of Castoe’s Coralsnake, Calliophis castoe, from Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India

Mayur Jadhav, Swapnil Asode, Saurabh Kininge, Shubham Kurundwadkar, Omkar Yadav

268-269
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First record of interspecific amplexus between a Himalayan Toad, Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Bufonidae), and a Himalayan Paa Frog, Nanorana vicina (Dicroglossidae), from the Western Himalaya, India

V Jithin, Sanul Kumar, Abhijit Das

270-273
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First record of a "mating ball" in Bahamian Racers (Cubophis vudii) on Eleuthera, The Bahamas

Scott Johnson

274
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Notes on the diet of the Checkered Keelback Watersnake (Fowlea piscator) including the first record of saurophagy

Yatin Kalki

275-277
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Interspecific amplexus by a male Terai Tree Frog, Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois 1987) (Anura: Racophoridae), and female Serchhip Horned Frog, Xenophrys serchhipii (Mathew and Sen 2007) (Anura: Megophryidae), from Mizoram State, India

Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga, Ht Decemson, Lal Biakzuala

278-279
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New locality records of the Zunheboto Horned Frog, Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen 2007 (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) from India

Samuel Lalronunga, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lalkhawngaiha Sailo, Vanlalvuana, Esther Lalhmingliani

280-284
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Additional locality records of the Nagarjunasagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from Karnataka, India

Spoorthi Lokesh, Sanjeev Prakash, Akshay Chanderr, Chayant Gonsalves, Yatin Kalki

285-287
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A new distribution record and a previously undocumented color pattern of the Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Hylidae), in the Dominican Republic

Cristian F. Marte-Pimentel; Miguel S. Núñez-Novas, Arturo León-Benítez (Author)

288-291
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Observations of Southern Italian Wall Lizards (Podarcis siculus siculus) scavenging artificial foods in the Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

292-294
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New elevation and locality records and notes on the natural history of the Tamdil Leaf-Litter Frog, Leptobrachella tamdil (Sengupta, Sailo, Lalremsanga, Das, and Das, 2010) (Megophriydae), in Mizoram, India

Lal Muansanga, Vanlal Siammawii, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lal Biakzuala, Ht Decemson, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

295-297
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Notes on the natural history and distribution of Uribe’s False Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira uribei (Dipsadidae)

Luis Francisco Nieto-Toscano, Matías Martínez-Coronel

298-299
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First report of predation by Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus) on a Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) on the Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante , Dennis Atencio Valverde

300-301
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Observations of arthropods preying an amphibians and reptiles in Sierpe de Osa, Costa Rica.

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Alex Alvarado A, David Garro A, Pol Rigabert D

302-305
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An amelanistic Western Wormsnake (Carphophis vermis) from Missouri, USA

John S. Parmerlee Jr., Robert Powell

306
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Prey of Many-keeled Grass Skinks, Eutropis carinata (Schneider 1801), in Satara District, Maharashtra, India

Vidya Patil, V.I. Kalamade, Prajakta Chavan

307
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First record of Laudankia Vine Snake, Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta and Mohapatra 2019, from Assam, India First record of Laudankia Vine Snake from Assam

Jayaditya Purkayastha, Sanath Chadra Bohra, Chitra B. Tamang, Milu Medhi

308-309
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Interspecific amplexus between a Bangladeshi Cricket Frog, Minervarya asmati (Bolkay, 1915), and a male Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla ornata (Microhylidae), from Bangladesh

Md. Fazle Rabbe

310-311
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Tail Bifurcation in a Tokay Gecko, Gekko gecko (Linnaeus 1758), with notes on the natural history of the species in Ilam, Nepal

Tapil P. Rai

312-313
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Anophthalmia in a Marbled Globular Frog, Uperodon systoma (Schneider 1799), from Gujarat, India

Tika Regmi, Jaydee Maheta, Dinesh Prajapati

314-315
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A pregnant Common Lancehead, Bothrops atrox (Viperidae), from the Northern Andes of Colombia

Julián A. Rojas-Morales, Juan Felipe León-León, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves

316-317
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Nesting and egg-laying behavior of a Common Green Forest Lizard, Calotes calotes (Linnaeus 1758), from Tamil Nadu, southern Western Ghats of India

Amit Sayyed, Abhijit Nale, Kiran Ahire, Mahesh Bandgar, Hrushikesh Awale, Vikas Jagtap, G. Gokulakrishnan

318-319
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Blood on the Track: A case of Mugger (Crocodylus palustris) mortality in Jawai, Rajasthan, India

Ravi Kumar Sharma, Ashish Kumar Jangid, Abhijit Das

320-321
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Brachyphalangly in a Tamenglong Horned Frog, Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) (Megophryidae), from Mizoram, India.

Vanlalsiammawii, Malnica Vanlal Malsawmtluangi, Lal Muansanga, Lal Biakzuala, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

322-323
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Adactyly in a Mawphlang Odorous Frog, Odorrana mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda 1977) (Ranidae), from Mizoram, India

Vanlal Siammawii, Malnica Vanlal Malsawmtluangi, Lal Muansanga, Lal Biakzuala, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

324-325
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A new elevational and locality record of the Assam Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys gemeli (Geoemydidae), from the Darjeeling Hills, in the Central Himalayan Biogeographic Province

Avantika Thapa, Pujan Pradhan, Mukesh Thakur, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Kailash Chandra

326-328
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Review of prey taken by anacondas (Squamata, Boidae: Eunectes)

Ollie Thomas, Steven Allain

329-334
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New prey records for the Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake Crotalus ravus (Serpentes: Viperidae) with an update on prey species

Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, Arleth Reynoso-Martínez, Alejandra Vásquez-Cruz, Jorge Luis Castillo-Juárez

335-338
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Larval Indian Bullfrogs (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) scavenging on an Indian Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra hardwickei)

Nariman Vazifdar, Monowar Alam Khalid, Mervyn D’Costa

339-340
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A Centipede (Scolopendra dehaani) feeding on a juvenile Andaman Wolfsnake (Lycodon hypsirhinoides) on Havelock islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Nariman Vazifdar, Monowar Alam Khalid; Mervyn D’Costa (Author)

341-342
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A bifurcated tail in a Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus‎) from the Moyar River Valley, Tamil Nadu, India

Sreedharan Nair Vishnu, Chinnasamy Ramesh

343-344
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Notes on the natural history of Wallace’s Racer, (Wallaceophis gujaratensis) (Colubridae), in Gujarat, India.

Raju Vyas, Farukh Chauhan

345-347
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First record of scavenging by a Checkered keelback, Fowlea piscator (Schneider 1799) (Natriciidae) from Western Maharashtra,India

Nakul Wewhare; Ujwal Pandey (Author)

348-349
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Heterospecific amplexus between a male Paddy Frog, Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell 1861) (Anura: Dicroglossidae), and a male Banded Bullfrog, Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831 (Anura: Microhylidae), from Hong Kong

Ho Yuen Yeung

350-351
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Effects of drought on the larvae of the Short-legged Horned Toad, Panophrys brachykolos (Inger and Romer, 1961) (Anura: Megophryidae), and the Lesser Spiny Frog, Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu and Hu 1975) (Dicroglossidae, in Hong Kong

Colin Ho Yuen Yeung

352-354
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Introduced Species

First record of a caecilian (order Gymnophiona, Typhlonectes natans) in Florida and in the United States

Dr. Coleman M. Sheehy III, Dr. David C. Blackburn, Marcel T. Kouete, Kelly B. Gestring, Krissy Laurie, Austin Prechtel, Eric Suarez, Brooke L. Talley

355-357
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First report of a non-native Western Painted Turtle, (Chrysemys picta bellii) (Gray 1831), in Miami, Florida, in 50 years

Leyna Stemle

358-359
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Husbandry

How long can an Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) survive without food?

Tapil P. Rai

360-362
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Conservation in Action

Turtle Rescue Centre, Bhagalpur (Bihar), India

Akshay Bajaj, Dr. Rajeev Chauhan, Sudhakar Sathiaseelan

363-366
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Conservation in the News

Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species

Pavel Toropov

367-370
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Book Reviews

Giant Tortoises: A challenging history and a way forward A review of Galapagos Giant Tortoises edited by james Gibbs., Linda Cayot, and Washington Tapis A.

Charles Jacobi, Kristin L. Kabat, Gad Perry

371-373
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