Vol. 27 No. 3 (2020): Reptiles & Amphibians

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v27i3

Published: 2020-11-29

Articles

The Bushmasters (Lachesis spp.): Queens of the rainforest An overview of the taxonomy, distribution, natural history, lore, and conservation of the largest vipers in the world

Cesar L. Barrio-Amorós, Greivin Corrales, Sylvia Rodríguez, Jaime Culebras, Quetzal Dwyer, Diego Alejandro Flores

358-381
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Mites (Geckobia hemidactyli, Actinedida: Pterygosomatidae) in Tropical House Geckos (Hemidactylus mabouia) in Cuba A review with new distribution records

Rafael Borroto-Páez; Carlos C. Martínez Rivera; Denise Reyes Pérez

382-389
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Range extension of the Western Burrowing Frog, Sphaerotheca pashchima (Anura: Dicroglossidae), in central and northern India with an overview of the distribution of other Indian species in the Genus Sphaerotheca

Nikhil Dandekar, Shauri Sulakhe, Anand Padhye

390-396
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Herpetofauna of the Amarkantak Plateau in central India

Mukesh Ingle

397-410
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Notes

Range extension of the Checkered Gartersnake, Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard 1853), from Costa Rica

Juan G. Abarca, Alejandro Solórzano

411-412
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First record of the Copper-headed Trinket Snake, Coelognathus radiatus (Boie 1827) (Reptilia: Colubridae), from Bihar, India

Arif, Ayesha Mohammad Maslehuddin, Sourabh Verma, Uttam

413-414
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Tail bifurcation in a Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Iguanidae), from Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands

Cristina Arrivillaga, Tom W. Brown

415-418
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Using citizen science to rapidly determine the distribution of exploited Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) across urban areas in Trinidad and Tobago

Renoir J. Auguste

419-421
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Predation on Rainbow Ameivas, Holcosus undulatus (sensu lato), and a second record of predation on H. amphigrammus (Smith and Laufe 1945) by a Terciopelo (Bothrops asper) in Veracruz, Mexico

Rene Avalos Vela, Jorge Luis Castillo Juárez, Ángel Iván Contreras Calvario

422-425
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Nocturnal emergence of small freshwater turtles in temple ponds in Assam, India A strategy to avoid aggression and predation by large softshells?

Gaurav Barhadiya, Gautam Singh, Chirashree Ghosh, Shailendra Singh

426-427
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Distribution of the Costa Rican Glasstail, Urotheca myersi Savage and Lahanas 1979

Cesar L. Barrio-Amorós

428-429
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Comments on the type locality of the Marbled Toad, Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lütken 1864) (Anura: Bufonidae), and the first record from the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India

Sanath Chandra Bohra, Jayaditya Purkayastha

430-431
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Leucism in a Sabinal Frog, Leptodactylus melanonotus (Anura; Leptodactylidae), from Utila Island, Honduras

Tom W. Brown, Flavia Papini, Steven M. Clayson

432-433
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New records of the Costa Rican Snaileater, Sibon lamari Solorzano 2001 (Squamata: Dipsadidae), from Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Jorge Campos-Villalobos, Gerald Pereira-Castillo, Víctor Serrano-Hernández

434-435
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First Record of the Arrowback Tree Snake, Boiga gocool (Gray 1835) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from Uttar Pradesh, India

Girish Choure, Prateek Kashyap, Shubham Adhikari, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

436-437
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Road mortality of an Oriental Garden Lizard, Calotes versicolor (Daudin 1802)

Puja Deb, Debaprasad Sengupta

438-439
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Consumption of a plastic bag and predation on a Banded Kukri, Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802), by Indian Bullfrogs, Hoplobactrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1803)

Rahul V. Deshmukh, Sagar A. Deshmukh, Swapnil A. Badhekar, Ankit N. Khalonde, Shubham D. Katgube

440-441
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New district records of snakes in Nepal

Rohit Giri, Roshan Giri, Kamal Devkota

442-443
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An amelanistic tadpole of the Purple Frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae)

Sujith V. Gopalan, D.A. Evans

444-445
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A new record of the Myristica Swamp Treefrog, Mercurana myristicapalustris (Anura: Rhacophoridae), from the Vazhachal Reserve Forest, Kerala, India

Sujith V. Gopalan, Sanil George, D.A. Evans

446-449
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Predation by a Marbled Toad, Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Anura: Bufonidae), on a blindsnake, Indotyphlops sp. (Typhlopidae)

Biswajit Harpal

450
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An albino Butler’s Gartersnake (Thamnophis butleri) from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Billie Harrison, Cindy Steinle

451
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Remarks on coloration and shedding in a Hart’s Glass Lizard, Dopasia harti (Anguidae)

Daniel Jablonski, Martina Lawson

452-453
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Mosquitoes (Uranotaenia sp.) biting an Indian Golden-backed Frog (Indosylvirana indica)

Yatin Kalki, Robin Huizinga, Merlin Weiss

454-455
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Amphibian mortality on the roads of Nijhum Dweep National Park in Bangladesh

Naim Khandakar, Irin Sultana, Md. Soab Ali

456-459
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An unusual yellow morph of the Bamboo Pitviper, Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw 1802), from Amboli, Maharashtra

Mayuresh Kulkarni, Samruddha Patil, Ameya Kulkarni

460-461
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Modern-day record of the Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst 1807), from Pinellas County, Florida

Kenneth L. Krysko, Wiley G. Griste IV

462-463
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Notes on the diet and feeding behavior of the Khumhzi Striped Ichthyophis, Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower, and Biju 2009 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae), from Mizoram in northeastern India

Tbc Lalhruaitluangi, Ro Malsawma, Lal Biakzuala, Lal Muansanga, Ht Decemson, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Rinsanga, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

464-466
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First record of the Nagaland Montane Torrent Toad, Duttaphrynus chandai Das, Chetia, Dutta, and Sengupta 2013 (Anura: Bufonidae), from Mizoram, India, with comments on phylogenetic relationships

Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Biakzuala, Lal Rinsanga, John Zothanzama, Nichimuthu Senthil Kumar, Jayaditya Purkayastha

467-471
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First record of the Naga Hills Horned Frog, Megophrys awuh Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae), from Mizoram, India

Samuel Lalronunga, Vanramliana, Isaac Zosangliana, K. Lalhmangaiha, Esther Lalhmingliani

472-473
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Confirmation of the occurrence of Jerdon’s White-lipped Horned Frog, Megophrys major (Boulenger 1908) (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae), in Mizoram, India

Samuel Lalronunga, Vanramliana, Vanlalhriatzuala Sailo, Esther Lalhmingliani

474-475
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Observations of Himalayan Pitvipers, Gloydius himalayanus (Günther 1864), in the Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Amit Manhas

476-478
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The Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) established in natural vegetation of Oaxaca, Mexico

J. Lindley McKay, Olga Milenkaya

479-484
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Two instances of tail regeneration and one case of tail bifurcation in adult Eastern Blue-tongued Lizards (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) in Australia

Matthew Mo

485-486
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Feeding behavior of the Mizo Rainsnake, Smithophis atemporalis (Squamata: Natricidae), in Mizoram, India

Lal Muansanga, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

487-488
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Predation of a Plantation Glassfrog, Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphylum (Anura: Centrolenidae), by an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira ornata (Squamata: Dipsadidae), in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, David Garro Acuña

489-490
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The Osa Caecilian (Oscaecilia osae): New localities, elevational record, and predation by a Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Henry Sandi Amador

491-493
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A failed predation attempt by a Central American Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus) on a Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus) in Campeche, Mexico

Joseph Oakley, Alexandros Theodorou

494-495
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Plastral asymmetries in young European Pond Turtles, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)

P.M. Parés-Casanova, M. Cardoner, C. Raüll, A. Martinez-Silvestre

496-498
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Notes on Rough Dwarf Toads, Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider 1779) (Anura: Bufonidae), in Surat District, Gujarat, India

Dikansh S. Parmar

499-500
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Amphibians and reptiles from cloud forest at Cumbre de Tonalixco in the central Veracruz highlands of Mexico

Rafael Peralta-Hernández, Raúl Osvaldo Peralta-Hernández, Gabriela Parra-Olea, Aldo López-Velázquez, Mirna G. García-Castillo

501-505
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A fight between two MacClelland’s Coralsnakes, Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt 1844), in Darjeeling, India

Aditya Pradhan

506-507
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Notes on Asian Glass Lizards, Dopasia gracilis (Gray 1845), in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India

Aditya Pradhan, Rujas Yonle

508-511
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First record of the Urban Bent-toed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus urbanus Purkayastha, Das, Bohra, Bauer, and Agarwal 2018 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Meghalaya, India

Jayaditya Purkayastha, Sanath Chandra Bohra, Madhurima Das

512-513
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Cannibalism in the Kachin Smooth Gecko, Hemidactylus aquilonius Zug and McMahan 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Assam, India

Sachin Ranade, Jayaditya Purkayastha

514
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Maximum size record for the Broad-banded Trope, Tropidophis feicki (Squamata: Tropidophiidae)

Alejandro M. Rodríguez-González

515
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A Common Krait, Bungarus caeruleus (Schneider 1801), preying on a Streaked Kukri Snake, Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon 1853)

Sibasish Sahoo, Shantibhushan Sahoo

516
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A note on the type Locality of the Himalayan Treefrog, Polypedates himalayensis (Annandale 1912) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Bhaskar Saikia, Amritee Bora, Bikramjit Sinha, Jayaditya Purkayastha

517-518
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Sightings of Burmese Pythons (Python bivittatus) in and around the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, India

Shariq Shafi, Abhishek, Kamlesh K. Maurya, Gaurav Ojha, Ambarish Mall, Hemkant Roy

519-521
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Confirmation and range extension of the Isthmian Dwarf Boa, Ungaliophis continentalis (Müller 1880), from western Intibucá, Honduras

José Mario Solís, Leonel Marineros, Carlos Manuel O’Reilly, Claudia Mossi

522-524
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First resighting since the 1940s of Siebold’s Watersnake, Ferania sieboldii (Schlegel 1837), in Delhi, India

D.P. Srivastava, Sameer Gautam, Mohan Singh, Umendra Sirohi, Debanik Mukherjee, Faiyaz A. Khudsar

525-527
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A new locality record for the Condanarus Sandsnake, Psammophis condanarus (Psammophiidae), from Buxwaha, Chhatarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Vishal Varma, Yogesh H. Vamdev, Akshay Parashar

528-529
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A dicephalic Western Dusky Rattlesnake, Crotalus triseriatus (Squamata: Viperidae)

Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, Felipe A. Lara-Hernández, Jair Peña-Serrano

530-531
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New distribution records from the Colonia Agrícola Rincón de las Flores, Tezonapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, Arleth Reynoso-Martínez, Alfonso Kelly-Hernández, Eduardo M. Pérez-Gámez, Luis Canseco-Márquez

532-533
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Indian Rock Pythons (Python molurus) rescued from fishing nets

Raju Vyas, Aadit Patel

534-538
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A bifid tail in a Northern House Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell 1835, in Gujarat, India

Raju Vyas, Kartik Upadhyay

539-540
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Introduced Species

New Cuban locality records for the Smooth-scaled Tegulet, Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant 1958

Diego Salas

541-542
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Husbandry

Observations of captive Rough-backed Litter Snakes, Xenodermus javanicus (Reinhardt 1836) (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae)

Jason A. Fantuzzi

543-545
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Conservation in Action

The Ganga Aqualife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, Narora, Bulandshahar District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Akshay Bajaj, Parag Nigam, reptilesandamphibiansjournal@gmail.com

546-550
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