Vol. 30 No. 1 (2023): Reptiles & Amphibians

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v30i1

Published: 2023-01-18

Articles

Updated geographic distributions for Texas amphibians

Lawrence Bassett

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Amphibians and reptiles encountered during an expedition to Panama

Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós, Michelle Quiroz, Cristian Porras-Ramírez, Rene Villanueva-Maldonado, Alejandro Estrada-García, Abel Batista

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Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama

Rogemif Fuentes Magallón, Jesse Aschcroft, Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce

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An evaluation of sexual dimorphism in head size and shape of Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber)

Kenneth Wang, Tyshiona Brandon, Kelly-Ann McDonald, Todd Pierson

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Taste the rainbow: A review of color abnormalities affecting the herpetofauna of the British Isles

Steven Allain, David J. Clemens, Oliver Thomas

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The mysterious death of Marsh Crocodiles, Crocodylus palustris, Vadodara, Gujarat State, India

Raju Vyas

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Occurrence of the Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) on the margins of a disjunct range

Matthew Schaaf, Andrew Caven

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Herps at height: Records of seven species utilizing the upper canopy in northwestern Ecuador

Ollie Thomas, Sam Preston, Thom Cole, Ross Vernon McDonald, Ismael Castellano, Karla Neira-Salamea

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Notes

Distribution of the Sri Lankan Flying Snake, Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith 1943, in southern India

Ayuthavel Kalaimani, M.Satheesh Kumar, Srinivasan Kumaran

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Note on clutch size, incubation period, and hatchling size of the Ornate Flying Snake (Chrysopelea ornata)

Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Ashwini Kumar, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Attempted cannibalism in the Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes imperialis) in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico

Joseph L. Oakley, Daniel Núñez-Robles

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The Chin Woodfrog, Sylvirana lacrima Sheridan and Stuart 2018 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), from Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, a New State Record for Arunachal Pradesh, India

Kirty Prosad Nath; H. T. Lalremsanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Bikramjit Sinha

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Failed predation by a Cuban Giant Trope, Tropidophis melanurus (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae), on a Cuban Giant Anole, Anolis equestris (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Daylon Fundora Caballero, Yuney Hamedh Cruz Antigua

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First observation of a Tuberculated Agama, Laudakia tuberculata (Gray 1827) feeding on a low-spreading shrub (Ficus squamosa)

Tapil Rai

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Merolepid Common Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena helena)

Raju Vyas

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Presence of the Ornate Rainfrog, Pristimantis ornatissimus (Despax, 1911), in Colombia

Juan Carlos Luna, Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós

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New distributional records of Asian Chameleons (Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768) from the northern Aravali Hill Range, India

Debaprasad Sengupta

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New district record of the Bamboo Pit Viper, Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw 1802), from Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India.

Ajay P. Giradkar, Dipesh R. Wankar, Liladhar P. Matte, Jagdish Rewatkar

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Unusual mating behavior of Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin 1803)

Amit Sayyed, Roma Tripathi

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Notes on the natural history of the endangered La Loma Treefrog, Hyloscirtus colymba (Anura: Hylidae), from Santa Fe National Park, Panamá

Ángel Sosa-Bartuano; Rafael Samudio Jr., Julieta Carrión de Samudio, Edgar Toribio

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Updated checklist of snakes with the first record of Spalerosophis arenarius in Gujarat and range extensions of five species of snakes in the northern region of Gujarat, India

Jaydeep Maheta; Ranjeet Thakor, Prakash Shankhala, Dinesh Prajapati, Atulsinh Zala, Laxman Bharavad, Hasti Panseriya; Shruti Patel
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Interspecific amplexus between Buergeria buergeri (Rhacophoridae) and Bufo japonicus formosus (Bufonidae)

Keigo Takahashi

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Range expansion and a new district record for the Laudankia Vine snake (Ahaetulla laudankia) at Palghar, Maharashtra, India

Sagar Vijay Patel, Jyoti Shankar Sahu, Swarup Fullonton, Aurobindo Samal, Aadit Patel

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Two cases of ophiophagia by Clelia clelia, (Daudin 1803) (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Bolivian Amazon and a list of snake species recorded as prey

Luis Rivas; Vincent Voss, Cord Eversole, Randy Powell

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Predation attempt by a Southern Heath Monitor, Varanus rosenbergi (Varanidae), on a Western Shingleback Lizard, Tiliqua rugosa (Scincidae), in Southwest Australia

Przemysław Zdunek; John Sullivan

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On the defensive behavior of the High-Andean Toad-headed Pitviper, Bothrocophias myrringae (Squamata: Viperidae), in central Colombia

Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez; Juan Timms-Rangel

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Predation on Zaw's Wolf Snake (Lycodon zawi) by a Malaysian Cherry Red Centipede (Scolopendra dehaani)

Arnab Deb, Debendra Sinha, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Closed-litter Rainbow Skink (Carlia longipes) foraging on flies attracted to fallen fig fruits

James Fitzsimons

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Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974: A long-awaited rediscovery through Citizen Science

Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós, Denis Torres

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Predation by Mugger Crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) on Spotted Deer (Axis axis)

Rahul Gour

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New locality record of endangered Cuora mouhotii (Gray 1862) from Doimara Reserve Forest, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India.

Genius Teron, Benjamin Tapley, Aribam Rocky Sharma, Ashish Paul, Lobsang Tashi Thungon, Om Prakash Tripathi

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First photographic evidence of the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836), from Bardia National Park, Nepal

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

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Cannibalism in the Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus cf. frenatus Duméril and Bibron 1836 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), from Tamil Nadu, India.

Yashaswini Narayanappa; Anamika Gautam

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Attempted predation of a snail (Pila sp.) by a Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum)

Elangbam Premjit Singh, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Combat activity in Green Keelbacks (Macropisthodon plumbicolor)

Suresh Kshirsagar, Santosh Dhakpade

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First record of Siebold’s Watersnake, Ferania sieboldii (Schlegel 1837), from Tripura, India

Arnab Deb, Aditya Karmakar, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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The emergence of a new human-animal conflict? Predation of a Domestic Chicken, Gallus gallus (Galliformes: Phasianidae), by a Smoky Jungle Frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Darío Alarcón Naforo, Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez

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New distribution record of the Assam Hill Worm Snake, Trachischium monticola (Cantor 1839) (Colubridae: Natricinae), from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Kirty Prosad Nath, Temjenmongla, Yomto Mayi, Britijoy Khersa

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First record of the Dwarf Green Anole, Anolis isolepis (Dactyloidae) from Lomas de Banao Ecological Reserve, in central Cuba

Tomás Michel Rodríguez Cabrera; Javier Torres

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Two cases of epibiosis in the Pelagic Seasnake, Hydrophis platurus (Serpentes: Elapidae), on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Alejandro Solórzano, Mahmood Sasa

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Record of the Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858) in the Jogimatti Forest Reserve, Karnataka, India

Mahesh Bilaskar

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Predatory behavior of the Yellow-spotted Keelback (Chironius flavopictus) in the Golfito Wildlife Reserve, Costa Rica

Pablo José Gutierrez-Campos, Raquel Gil Carrasco

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Emerging community reports of the highly invasive American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Hong Kong

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

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A review of the declining status of the Indian Star Tortoise in India with special reference to Rajasthan

Monali Sen

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Love Bite : A courtship trait in the South Indian Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)

C.S. Vishnu, Anbazhagan Abinesh

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DNA barcoding reveals the first record of the Burmese Whipping Frog, Polypedates mutus (Anura: Rhacophoridae), from India

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

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Occurrence of Indian Eyed Turtle, Morenia petersi Anderson 1879 (Geoemydidae), in state of Odisha, India: A new record for the state

Satyaranjan Behera; Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Prakash Mardaraj

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Observation of an Indo-Chinese Rat Snake (Ptyas korros) preying on a Mock Viper (Pssamodynastes pulverulentus)

Sanath Bohra, Pranjal Swargiary, Rita Roy, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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A morphometric analysis of developing cannibalistic Indian Bullfrog, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1803), tadpoles

Samadhan Phuge, Andrea Sequeira, Sameer Padhye, Radhakrishna Pandit

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Communal sleeping and sleeping-perch fidelity in the Stream Anole, Anolis (Norops) oxylophus, in Costa Rica

Joseph L. Oakley

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Scavenging of the Sharavathy Vinesnake Ahaetulla farnsworthi (Mallik et al. 2020) by a land snail (Ariophanta sp.)

Ryan Satish

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First record of mating and dichromatism in the Himalayan Pit Viper (Gloydius himalayanus Günther 1864)

Jignasu Dolia, Abhijit Das

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New distribution record of Kerala Skittering frog, Euphlyctis kerala (Amphibia: Anura), from Kerala, India

Anoop V S, Sanil George

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Limb and tail loss and regeneration in the Nauta Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) in the Madre de Dios Region, Peru

Joseph L. Oakley, Daniel Ash

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Use of leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens as nurseries for eggs of Ashmead's Banded Cat-Eyed Snakes, Leptodeira Ashmeadii (Hallowell 1845)

Oscar Sierra-Serrano; Gerson Salcedo-Rivera, Anny Marmolejo-Vargas, Juan David Jiménez Bolaño

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Maximum clutch size of an invasive Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) in Florida, USA

Andrea Currylow, Teah Evers, Gretchen Anderson, Lisa McBride, Matthew McCollister, Jacquelyn Guzy, Christina Romagosa, Kristen Hart, Amy Yackel Adams

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Interspecific amplexus between Warty Tree Frogs and Trinidad Leaf-nesting Frogs

Zakariyya Ali, Hukaymah Ali

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A new distributional record and morphometry of the Kashmir Rock Agama, Laudakia tuberculata (Hardwickii & Gray 1827), from the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India

Debaprasad Sengupta, Yashi Upadhyay, Kumar Preetam, Tania Ray Bhattacharya

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Anopthalmia in Lithobates Vaillanti (Brocchi 1877) (Anura: Ranidae) in Colombia

Oscar Sierra-Serrano, Juan David Jiménez Bolaño, Jorge Alberto Zúñiga-Baos, Hernán Darío Granda-Rodríguez

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Evidence of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in Brazilian subtropical coastal waters

Juliana Mello Fonseca, Fabio Soares Cruz , Mariana Soares , Pedro Mattos Pereira de Souza, Thiago Leal Tavares , Raquel de Azeredo Muniz

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Evidence of facultative scavenging by Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala) larvae

Lawrence Bassett, Andrea Villamizar-Gomez, Michael R.J. Forstner

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Predation attempt on a Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) by a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

David Rodriguez-Sobreira

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Texas River Cooter, Pseudemys texana (Testudines: Emydidae) carcass displaying evidence of boat strike damage

Lawrence Bassett, Michael Forstner

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Cannibalism in the Yucatecan Casquehead Treefrog (Triprion petasatus) in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico

Joseph Oakley, Daniel Núñez-Robles, Steven Blaine

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Color change in an Upland Treefrog (Polypedates braueri) from Mizoram, India

Vanlal Siammawii, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

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First record of the Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron), in Martinique, French Antilles

Alice Armand, Benjamin Ferlay

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New distribution data for the endemic Ichthyosaura alpestris veluchiensis Wolterstorff 1935 from the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece

Elias Tzoras

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Metabolic rate and evaporative water loss during a shedding event in the Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus

Reut Vardi, Shahar Dubiner, Roy Ben Bezalel, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin

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Anurophagy by the Brown-banded Watersnake, Helicops angulatus (Serpentes: Colubridae): A review with new records

Juan Manuel Acosta-Ortiz, Vincent A. Vos

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Helmeted Basilisk (Corytophanes cristatus) predation by Red-eyed Tree Snake (Siphlophis compressus) in Rainmaker, Parrita, Costa Rica

Jorge A. Sandi Zúñiga, Raby Nuñez

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The Central American Milk Frog Trachycephalus “vermiculatus” (Anura, Hylidae); observations of explosive breeding activity and a novel release call

Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós, Brandon Guell

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Swimming behavior of Amphisbaena bassleri Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Bolivia

Oliver Quinteros Muñoz, Pedro Gómez Murillo, Bladimir Marca

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Predation on a Roughskin Anole (Anolis trachyderma) by a Smooth-billed Ani (Aves: Cuculidae)

Felipe Espinoza, Mario Yánez-Muñoz

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Predation of the Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus sepentrionalis) and three nonnative lizard species by Eastern Screech-Owls (Megascops asio) in Manatee County, Florida, USA

William Steele, Kevin Enge

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Vocalizations of the Talamancan Robber Frog, Craugastor talamancae (Anura: Craugastoridae)

Jonathan Twining, John Cossel, Jr

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Axial dicephaly in the false coral snake, Oxyrhopus emberti (Gonzales, Reichle, and Entiauspe-Neto 2020; Colubridae: Dispsadinae), Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Paola De la Quintana

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First evidential record of predation by an Ornate Flying Snake, Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw 1802), on an insectivorous bat in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India

Joel Correa; Ajay V Giri, Vijay Kumar, Vivek Hasyagar

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Confirmation of Irawadi Forest Lizard, Calotes irawadi Zug, Brown, Schulte and Vindum 2006 (Squamata: Agamidae), from Manipur, Northeast India

Ht. Decemson, Ronald Rohluosang Sinate, Lal Biakzuala, Vabeiryureilai Mathipi, Paul Lalnuntluanga, Jehova Malsawma, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

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Record of freshwater crab Fredius reflexifrons, (Ortmann 1897) (Brachyura, Pseudothelphusidae), in the diet of the Smoky Jungle Frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti 1768) (Anura, Leptodactylidae), in the Amazonian Forest, Brazil

Carla Juliana Santos-Souza, Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos, Inácia Maria Vieira

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A Terciopelo (Bothrops asper) swimming in the Carribean Sea, Bocas del Toro, Panamá

Ángel Sosa-Bartuano

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Mating behavior of Otocryptis nigristigma (Bahir and Silva, 2005) (Reptilia: Agamidae), in Sri Lanka.

Dayupathi Eranda Nipunika Mandawala, Panadura Arachchige Don Mokshi Viragi Perera

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Limb malformation in a Lesser Spiny Frog, Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu & Hu 1975) (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Ho Yuen Yeung, Jian-Huan Yang

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Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) preying on a Mottled Wood Owl (Strix ocellata) at Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India

Dipak Vadher, Pranav Vaghashiya, Raju Vyas

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Presence of the Plump Frog, Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven 1914), in Costa Rica

Josué Vargas; Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós

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The distribution of Tillack’s Kukri Snake, Oligodon tillacki Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel, and Amarasinghe 2022, in Gujarat, India

Dikansh Parmar

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Introduced Species

Invasive vertebrate interactions in Cuba: Black Rat (Rattus rattus) predation on eggs of Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)

Rafael Borroto-Paez, Boris A. Fabres

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Invasive Species

First record of the Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) from Hudspeth County, Texas, USA, with an updated statewide distribution map for the species

Lawrence Bassett, Michael R.J. Forstner

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