Vol. 28 No. 1 (2021): Reptiles & Amphibians

This chocolate and nougat-colored Banded Bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra) will use its coloration and various poses to startle predators.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v28i1

Published: 2021-05-13

Articles

Snakes of urban Delhi, India: An updated annotated checklist with eight new geographical records

Gaurav Barhadiya, Chirashree Ghosh

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Notes

First Record of Neuwied’s False Boa, Pseudoboa neuwiedii (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854), in Costa Rica

Juan G. Abarca, Julie M. Ray

8-9
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Tail-vibrating Behavior in a Bamboo Pitviper, Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw 1802) (Squamata: Viperidae)

Prathamesh Amberkar, Manan Mehta

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Least Water-Snipeflies, Atrichops crassipes (Insecta: Diptera: Athericidae), biting an Iberian Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi) (Amphibia: Anura: Alytidae)

Cesar Ayres, Miguel Carles-Tolra

11-12
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Arboreal behavior in the Lusitanian Wall Lizard, Podarcis guadarramae (Boscá 1916)

Cesar Ayres, Miguel Domínguez-Costas

13-14
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Invasive Red-eared Sliders, Trachemys scripta elegans (Weid 1838), in urban wetlands of Delhi, India

Gaurav Barhadiya, Chirashree Ghosh, Shailendra Singh

15-17
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Effects of invasive Tropical House Geckos (Hemidactylus mabouia) on electrical equipment :New evidence of damage to televisions and other electrical risks

Rafael Borroto-Páez, Denise Reyes Pérez, Boris A. Fabres

18-21
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Anophthalmia in a juvenile Pine Toad, Incilius occidentalis (Anura: Bufonidae), from Laguna de Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico

Marisol Castro-Torreblanca, Epifanio Blancas-Calva

22-23
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A Two-colored Forestsnake, Smithophis bicolor (Blyth 1855) (Reptilia: Natricidae), from the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India

S.R. Chandramouli, P. Karthik, R. Naveen, S. Babu, P.V. Karunakaran, H.N. Kumara

24-25
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Basking behavior of Marsh Crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in Pond Deva, Anand District, Gujarat, India

Urvi Dave, Nikunj Bhatt

26-29
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Coprophagy and cannibalism in the Cuban Green Anole, Anolis porcatus Gray 1840 (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Luis F. de Armas

30-31
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Unusual feeding behavior by a Spectacled Cobra, Naja naja (Linnaeus 1785) in India

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

32-33
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Notes on behavior in Green Keelbacks, Rhabdophis plumbicolor (Cantor 1839) (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae)

Rahul V. Deshmukh, Sagar A. Deshmukh, Swapnil A. Badhekar, Shubham D. Katgube, Atul Bhelkar

34-36
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Extended breeding of the Marsh Frog, Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas 1771)

Mykola Drohvalenko

37-39
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Female vocalization in the Oriente Streamside Frog, Eleutherodactylus cuneatus (Eleutherodactylidae), from Cuba

Ansel Fong G., Irelis Bignotte-Giró

40-42
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Cannibalism in juvenile Tropical House Geckos, Hemidactylus mabouia (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Daylon Fundora Caballero, Llilian Martínez Pérez

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Cuban Green Anoles (Anolis porcatus): Communal nesting in bromeliads

L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón

44-46
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Snakes of the Matheran Hill Station in Maharashtra, India, with notes on natural history

Gaurav Gharat, Anurag Nashirabadkar, Ameya Kulkarni, Samruddha Patil

47-51
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First record of the exotic Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied 1838) (Emydidae), from Mizoram, India

Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, Lalbiakzuala, Lalmuansanga, Dadina Zote, Vanlalhruaia, H.B. Ramengmawii, Ht. Decemson, K.C. Das, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

52-53
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First locality record for the Ladakh Cliff Racer, Platyceps ladacensis (Anderson 1871) from Kargil, Ladakh, India

Amjad Hussain, V.T. Tantarpale

54-55
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Predation on Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Lütken, 1864) (Anura: Bufonidae), tadpoles by a Fish-eating Spider, Nilus sp. (Araneae: Pisauridae)

V. Jithin, A. Devarajan, J. Dharmaraj

56-58
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Attempted predation of a Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii) by a Bahamian Boa (Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus) on New Providence, The Bahamas

Scott Johnson

59-60
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Records of mating in the Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii)

Scott Johnson, Bradley Watson

61-62
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New sightings of Nagarjunasagar Racers, Platyceps bholanathi (Sharma 1976), from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Viral Joshi

63-64
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New locality records for the Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni) and the Stout Sandsnake (Psammophis longifrons) in Karnataka, India

Yatin Kalki, Sachin Gowda

65-66
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Recent record of the rare Travancore Catsnake, Boiga dightoni (Boulenger 1894) (Reptilia: Colubridae), from the Ponmudi Hills in the southern Western Ghats, India

Arun Kanagavel, S.R. Ganesh

67-70
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Death-feigning in a Red Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla rubra (Boulenger 1882), in India

Dinesh D. Khate, Suraj P. Dahaki, Pintu A. Uike, Nayan M. Kumbhare

71-72
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Some snakes of the arid and semiarid regions of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India

Rakesh Kumawat, Ashok Purohit

73-76
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Notes on two species of threatened turtles at the Forestry Campus Complex, Hetauda, Makwanpur, Nepal

Sandeep Chhetri Luitel, Aavas Pradhan, Bhuwan Singh Bist, Arjun Bhusal, Rakshanda Sedhain

77-78
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Rediscovery of Doria’s Foam-nesting Treefrog, Chirixalus doriae Boulenger 1893 (Anura: Rhacophoridae), in India

Lal Muansanga, Lal Duhzuali, Lal Biakzuala, Vabeiryureilai Mathipi, Saisangpuia Sailo, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

79-81
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Observations of feeding behavior and a note on clutch size in Wall’s Keelback, Herpetoreas xenura (Wall 1907) (Squamata: Natricidae)

Lal Muansanga, L.H. Laltlanhlui, Lal Biakzuala, Yash Singh Rathee, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

82-83
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Interspecific amplexus of a male Terai Treefrog, Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois 1897), and a female Cope’s Assam Frog, Hydrophylax leptoglossa (Cope 1868), at Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary in Mizoram, India

Lal Muansanga, Saisangpuia Sailo, Lal Biakzuala, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, John Zothanzama, Ht Decemson, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

84-85
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New records of the Sikkimese Caecilian, Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor 1960 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae), in Nepal

Pit Bahadur Nepali, Nanda Bahadur Singh

86-88
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Recent records of the Nagarjunasagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi (Sharma 1976), from Telangana, India

B. Laxmi Narayana, M. Sandeep

89-90
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Connecting the dots: New distribution records of the rare Coral Red Kukri Snake, Oligodon kheriensis Acharjee and Ray 1936, in India

Anukul Nath, Vivek Sarkar, Pathik Saha, Pushpal Goswami, Sanjoy Sutradhar, Sanjeev Ray, Kingshuk Das Chaudhuri, Biswajit Chakdar, abhijit@wii.gov.in

91-93
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A Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma maxicanum) preying on a Yellow-bellied Seasnake (Hydrophis platurus) in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Gabriel Calvo Benavides

94-95
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Tailless Whip Scorpions (Paraphrynus laevifrons) preying on metamorphic juvenile Gliding Leaf Frogs (Agalychnis spurrelli) in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, David Garro Acuña

96-97
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Predation on a Middle American White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus fragilis) (Anura:Leptodactylidae) by a Caribbean Ditchfrog (Leptodactylus insularum) (Anura:Leptodactylidae) in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Maikol Marin Sánchez

98-99
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First record of the Collared Pygmy Snake (Trimetopon pliolepis) from the Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Luis Acuña Obando, Yeudi Salgera García, Henry Sandi Amador, Robin Gloor

100-101
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Second report of ophiophagy in a Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira sp.) in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Cinthia Alvarado Acuna, Alex Alvarado Acuna

102-103
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A new locality for Barbour's Pygmy Snake (Trimetopon barbouri) in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Jared Moreno Chinchilla, Isaac Pérez Acuña, Jeffrey González Espinoza

104-105
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Anurans of Gaya District, Bihar, India

Nalinaksh Pankaj, Bhrigu Nath

106-109
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Record of the Common Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius (Blyth 1854) (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from Kapilvastu District, Nepal

Roshan Panthi, Krishna Ghimire, Prabhat Kiran Bhattarai

110-111
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Herpetofauna of Sinhagad Forest Region, northern Western Ghats, India

Anish Pardeshi, Rohan V. Joglekar, Chaitanya S. Shukla

112-117
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Species composition and perceptions of snakes in a village within the National Chambal Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pawan Pareek, Shailendra Singh

118-123
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First record of the Painted Globular Frog, Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker 1934) (Microhylidae), from Surat District, Gujarat, India

Dikansh S. Parmar

124-125
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The post-tsunami status of Reticulated Pythons, Malayopython reticulatus (Schneider 1801), in the Nicobar Archipelago, India

Nehru Prabakaran, Chinnasamy Ramesh

126-130
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First record of Salazar’s Pitviper (Trimeresurus salazar) from Meghalaya, India, with comments on hemipenes

Yashpal Singh Rathee, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Siddharth Dalal, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

131-136
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Unilateral anophthalmia in an Indian Rock Python, Python molurus (Linnaeus 1758)

Mansi Shah, Jaydeep Maheta, Dr. Sakkira Begum R

137-138
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Defensive behavior of Banded Bullfrogs, Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831 (Anura: Microhylidae) from Kedah, peninsular Malaysia

Shahriza Shahrudin

139-141
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Comments on a disputed record of the Ringed Treeboa, Corallus annulatus (Cope 1875) (Squamata: Boidae), from northwestern Honduras

José Mario Solis, Mario Roberto Espinal, Louis W. Porras, José M. Mora

142-145
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New distributional records of freshwater turtles from west-central Veracruz, Mexico

Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, Erasmo Cazares-Hernández, Arleth Reynoso-Martínez, Alfonso Kelly-Hernández, Axel Fuentes-Moreno, Felipe A. Lara-Hernández

146-151
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A blue-colored Green Keelback (Rhabdophis plumbicolor) from Dhule District, Maharashtra, India

Nariman Vazifdar, Monowar Alam Khalid, Jash Solanki

152-153
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First record of the Coral Red Kukri Snake (Oligodon kheriensis Acharji and Ray 1936) from Bihar, India

Sourabh Verma, Soham Pattekar, Ashish Panda, Arif Siddiqui, Gaurav Ojha, Ambarish Mall, H.K. Roy

154-156
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Predation on a Common Wolfsnake, Lycodon aulicus (Colubridae), by an Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis (Coraciidae), in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India

Sreedharan Nair Vishnu, Chinnasamy Ramesh

157-158
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Presumed combat behavior in Greater Black Kraits, Bungarus niger Wall 1908, in Trongsa, Bhutan

Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal, Kado Rinchen, Damanti Kumari Sunwar

159-160
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A carabid beetle larva (Epomis sp.) preying on a Leith’s Leaping Frog (Indirana leithii)

Omkar Yadav, Neha Junghare, Madhavi Sapkal, Priya Kadam

161-162
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Introduced Species

First record of a Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vitattus) in The Bahamas

Scott Johnson

163-164
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Husbandry

Hatching Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) eggs in a home-made incubator

Tapil P. Rai, Sabin Adhikari

182-184
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Travelogue

Six nights in Bali: Wildlife on our holiday in the Gianyar Regency, Indonesia

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

165-181
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Book Reviews

Carl Hiaasen and Herpetological Crimes (review of Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen)

Gad Perry

185-187
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Lizards of the World (review of Lizards of the World. Natural History and Taxon Accounts by Gordon H. Rodda)

Robert Powell

188-190
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