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

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

Published: 2023-01-18

Articles

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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Discovery of a new population of boas on the Turks Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands

Graham Reynolds

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Transient albinism in the state endangered Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) with a review of color abnormalities in Ambystoma

Julia M. Thulander, Joshua M. Hall

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Home ranges of Ornate Box Turtles in remnant prairies in north-central Illinois

Brock Struecker, Andrés Muñoz, Stanislaw Warcholek, Leigh Anne Harden, Joseph Milanovich

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Recent demographic survey of the Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) in southwest Madagascar

Andrée Nambinina, Cynthia Frasier, Timothy Sefczek, Lily René de Roland, Sylvain Randrianjaka, Edward Louis

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Living in the city: Reproductive and population ecology of Green Iguanas, Iguana iguana (Linnaeus 1758), inhabiting an urban landscape in Colombia

Eliana Ramos, Fabio Leonardo Meza-Joya, Mauricio Torres, Martha P. Ramírez-Pinilla, Victor H. Serrano-Cardozo

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

Raju Vyas

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

Matthew Schaaf, Andrew Caven

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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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Reproductive phenology, interclutch intervals, and among-year clutch frequency of two freshwater turtles inhabiting an urban spring system

Francis L. Rose, Ivana Mali

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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 assessment of potential vertebrate predators of the non-native Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) in Hong Kong

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

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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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Updated geographic distributions for Texas amphibians

Lawrence Bassett

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Notes

Interspecific amplexus between Buergeria buergeri (Rhacophoridae) and Bufo japonicus formosus (Bufonidae)

Keigo Takahashi

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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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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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Notes on a road-killed Red Bamboo Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor 1839), in Hong Kong

Ho Yuen Yeung, Bosco Pui Lok Chan, Jian-Huan Yang

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An additional record of the Sri Lankan Flying Snake, Chrysopelea cf. taprobanica Smith 1943, from the Agasthyamalai Region in the southern Western Ghats, India

R. Sankaranarayanan

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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 report of leucism in the Purple Caecilian (Gymnopis multiplicata) from Río Tigre, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Neftalí Chavarría Villagra, Raby Nuñez Escalante

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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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Notes on the natural history and distribution of the Graceful Racer, Coluber gracilis (Gunther 1862), in Gujarat, India

Hiren Patel, Ravikumar Patel

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Predation record of a Common Chuckwalla, Sauromalus ater (Iguanidae), by a Giant Desert Centipede, Scolopendra heros (Scolopendridae)

Daniel Koleska, Martin Ertner, Petr Hammerschmied, Ondřej Trávníček, Tomáš Holer, Dylan Souder

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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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A mating congregation of Yellow-Lipped Sea Kraits, Laticauda colubrina (Schneider 1799), from the Andaman Islands, India

Karthy Sivapushanam, Thirumurugan Vedagiri, Mayur Fulmali, Nehru Prabakaran

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First locality record of the Ladakh Cliff Racer, Platyceps ladacensis (Anderson 1871), from the Spiti Valley, Lahaul and Spiti, India

Kalzang Targe, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari, Tushar P. Parab, Salvador Lyngdoh

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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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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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A new record of the Sri Lankan Painted Frog, Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker 1934) (Microhylidae), from Sangli, Maharashtra, India

Omkar Yadav, Amrut Bhosale, Chaitali Gavali, Prakash Sajjan

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Range extension of Khaire’s Black Shieldtail, Melanophidium khairei (Gower, Giri , Captain, and Wilkinson 2016), to Sirsi, Karnataka, India

Omkar Pai, Amatya Sharma, Roozbeh Gazdar

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First occurrence of Kanger Valley Rock Gecko, Hemidactylus kangerensis Mirza, Bhosale, and Patil 2017, from Odisha, India

Bhabani Sankar Mohapatra, Swarup Ranjan Mohanty, Shubhransu Nayak, Satyaranjan Behera

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

Oliver Quinteros Muñoz, Pedro Gómez Murillo, Bladimir Marca

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First report of death-feigning behavior in Twin-spotted Wolfsnake, Lycodon jara (Shaw 1802), from Nepal

Sandeep Chhetri Luitel; Kamal Devkota

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A new distributional record of the Diard’s Blindsnake, Argyrophis diardii (Schlegel 1839), from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

Deepa Jaiswal, Bharath Bhupathi, Karuthapandi Madasamy, Shrikanth Jadhav, Kalyani B Kunte

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First dietary record for the Camila’s Coralsnake, Micrurus camilae (Squamata: Elapidae), predation on a caecilian (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

Felipe Barrera Ocampo, Carlos Bran-Castrillón

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Predation on Rivero's Toad, Rhinella humboldti (Gallardo 1965), by a Caribbean Ditchfrog, Leptodactylus insularum (Barbour 1906)

Luis Santiago Caicedo Martínez

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Second report of cannibalism in the Terciopelo, Bothrops asper (Squamata: Viperidae) from Costa Rica

Carlos González Quesada, Raby Nuñez

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Testicular abnormalities in the invasive Argentine Black-and-White Tegu (Salvator merianae) in the Florida Everglades

Kyra Woytek, Gretchen Anderson, Kevin Donmoyer, Frank Ridgley, Christina Romagosa, Amy Yackel Adams, Andrea Currylow

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Two new records of frogs from southwestern Colombia

Andrés Camilo Montes Correa, Juan David Jiménez-Bolaño, Cristian Collazos-Astudillo, Juan Manuel Renjifo

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

James Fitzsimons

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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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A case of batrachophagy by the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836) Reptilia: Elapidae, from the Andaman Islands, India

Subratha Basu, S.R. Chandramouli

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An Indian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) Preying on an Indian Burrowing Frog (Sphaerotheca sp.)

Hrushikesh Awale

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A Giant Spotted Gecko (Hemidactylus maculatus Dumeril and Bibron 1936) preying on Cnemaspis sp.

Mahesh Manik Bandgar, Kranti Pandare, Vikas Jagatap, Kiran Ahire

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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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A note on the distribution of the Common Mock Viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie 1827), from the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India

Bharath Bhupathi, Deepa Jaiswal, M. Karuthapandi, Srikanth Jadhav, B. Laxmi Narayana

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

Rahul Gour

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Two cases of tail bifurcation in lizards endemic to Mexico: The Yellow-bellied Gecko, Phyllodactylus magnus (Taylor 1942) and the Mexican Racerunner Aspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann 1834)

Luis Francisco Nieto Toscano, Karla Cruz-Ramírez

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A new record for the endangered Marbled Slender Litter Frog, Leptobrachella marmorata (Anura: Megophryidae), from West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Ferdian Wira Pratama

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First record of predation on South American Wormlizards (Ophiodes sp.) by Duméril’s False Coralsnake (Oxyrhopus clathratus)

Ana Paula Gomes Dias, Kaíque Ferreira de Macedo, Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis, Eduarda Melo de Abreu Vieira, Renato Neves Feio

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Evaluating the use of a quad-copter drone to detect Siamese Crocodile nests in Lao PDR, with incidental observations of female nest attendance

Steven Platt, Jay White, Sounantha Boutxakittilath, Dukky Phasavath, Oudomxay Thongsavath, Lonnie McCaskill, Samuel Leslie, Thomas Rainwater

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Tail bifurcation in a Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

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Florida Kingsnake (Lampropeltis floridana) consumes a juvenile Burmese Python (Python molurus bivitattus) in southern Florida

Peter F. Crawford, Jose A. Torres, Jacquelyn C. Guzy, Andrea F. Currylow, Lisa M. McBride, Gretchen E. Anderson, Matthew F. McCollister, Christina M. Romagosa, Amy A. Yackel Adams, Kristen M. Hart

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New distribution record of the Six-striped Mabouya, Eutropis englei (Taylor 1925), extends its range inland on Mindanao, Philippines

Andrei Von Mariano Tirona; Tristan Luap Senarillos, Kier Pitogo

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First report of albinism in the Blue-necked Keelback, (Rhabdophis rhodomelas) (Boie 1827), from Singapore

John Foenander, Tom Charlton

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Attempted Congeneric Predation in Hemidactylus Geckos from Brahmanbaria District, Bangladesh

Sajib Biswas; Md Zubaidur Rahman Mahady, Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam

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Death-feigning in the Red-bellied Ground Lizard, Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell 1856) (Squamata: Tropiduridae), in Colombia

Andrés Rojas; Sara Estrada, Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa; Juan David Jiménez Bolaño

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First seizure of trafficked Earless Monitor Lizards (Lanthanotus borneensis) in Vietnam with additional notes on illegal trade

Chris Shepherd

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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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Case of complete albinism in Spectacled Cobra, Naja naja (Linnaeus 1758), in Nepal

Sabin Adhikari, Tapil Prakash Rai

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A Many-banded Catsnake, Boiga multifasciata (Blyth 1861), preying on a Kashmir Rock Agama, Laudakia tuberculata (Gray 1827), in Himachal Pradesh, India

Rakeshwar Kapoor, Virender Kumar Bhardwaj, Chetan S. Kashyap

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Anomalies in three species of anurans in the state of Chiapas, Mexico

Miguel E. Hernández Vázquez, Marco Antonio García Jiménez, Romeo Montejo Hernández

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A new record for Suriname: Atractus dapsilis Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Costa-Prudente, and Torres-Carvajal 2019 (Reptilia: Dipsadidae)

Edgar Lehr, Rawien Jairam

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Predation on a Yellow-spotted Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) by a Misquito Coralsnake (Micrurus mosquitensis) in Upala, Costa Rica

Pablo Camacho; Alejandro Solórzano

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Observations of Painted Bronzeback Snake, Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin 1789), preying on Berdmore’s Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth 1856), in Teknaf, Bangladesh

Samir Saha, Ashis Kumar Datta, Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud, Md. Zia Uddin Foisal

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A Trinidad Coralsnake (Micrurus circinalis) feeding on a Marbled Swamp Eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) in Trinidad, West Indies

Shaquille Everod George, Hukaymah Ali, Zakarriya Ali

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Tadpole transport behavior of the Philippine Small-disked Frog, Limnonectes parvus (Taylor 1920), from Western Mindanao, Philippines

Joe Merfurt Lama, Tristan Luap P. Senarillos

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New elevation record of the Dry Forest Toad, Incilius coccifer (Cope 1866), in Cartago Province, Costa Rica

Alexander Moya Valverde, Marck Leiva-Méndez

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New distribution record of the Chin Hills Keelback, Hebius venningi (Wall 1910) (Natricidae), from Manipur, Northeast India

Jon Hakim

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Record of albinism in a Tillack’s Kukri (Oligodon tillacki) from Kamshet, Maval Taluka, Pune, India

Jigar Solanki; Rounak Khare

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Skinks can swim! Swimming behavior of White-spotted Supple Skinks, Riopa albopunctata Gray 1846

Sajib Biswas Sajib; Md. Samrat Akbar, Dawn Kowshik Mree, Durjoy Raha Antu, Md. Sakhawat Hossain

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Rediscovery of the Altagracia Giant Galliwasp (Caribicus anelpistus) at Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Nelvinson De Jesus, Cristian Marte, Ramón Joel Espinal, Sixto J. Incháustegui

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Caudal pseudoautotomy in three Sri Lankan species of snakes (Natricidae and Viperidae)

Sameera Karunarathna, Mahesh De Silva, Dushantha Kandambi, Anusha Atthanagoda, Thilina Surathinghe

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Maximum length records for the Banded Racer (Platyceps plinii) and the Laudankia Vinesnake (Ahaetulla laudankia) and a new geographic record from Gujarat, India

Dikansh Parmar, Alkesh I. Shah

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Caribbean island hopping: Community science reveals the first report, establishment, and range expansion of the Lesser Dark-spotted Thin-toed Frog (Adenomera cf. hylaedactyla) on Tobago

Renoir Auguste, Nicole M. Auguste, Marie-Elise Maingot, Darshey R.W. Pandey, Saifudeen Muhammad

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An Amazon Coachwhip, Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus 1758), Preying on a Pepper Treefrog, Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus 1758), in Trinidad, West Indies

Shaquille George

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Cannibalism by a Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in the Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

Shantanu S. Ugemuge, Akash Deep Badhawan, Pulkit Gupta, Gaurav Vashistha

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An update on the Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) (Linnaeus 1758) in Trinidad, West Indies

Zakariyya Ali; Saifudeen Muhammad ; Dominic Berment, Nicholas Walker, Shirvan Baboolal, Sabira Ali

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Asian Swamp Eel, Monopterus javanensis (La Cepède 1800), as natural prey for the Malayan Krait, Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus 1758), in Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand

Tom Charlton; David Howard, Tom Williams

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A new locality for the critically endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Toad, Peltophryne florentinoi (Anura: Bufonidae), outside of the Zapata Swamp

Rafael Borroto-Paez; Gilberto Socorro Llanes, Roberto Alonso Bosch

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Abnormal amplexus of a Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) and an Indian Tree Frog (Polypedates maculatus)

Anuraj Anant Goankar, Vaishnavi Rajesh Naik

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Morphological anomalies in frogs of the genera Pelophylax and Rana (Anura: Ranidae) from polluted environments of southern Italy

Massimo Capula, Teresa Bonacci, Gaetano Aloise

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Predation on a House Gecko, Hemidactylus sp., by a Spotted Supple Skink, Riopa punctata (Linnaeus 1758)

Ryan Satish; Manoj Kumar. B.R., Jayshree Borgohain, Rohan Sharma, Naveen M.

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New locality record of the Lesser Foamfrog (Leptodactylus macrosternum) in Eastern Trinidad

Zakariyya Ali, Dejean Mendoza

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A report of a White-banded Wolf Snake Lycodon septentrionalis (Günther 1875) from the state of West Bengal, India, after 114 years

Avrajjal Ghosh, Karunakar Majhi, Kezajacho Dukpa, Ashlesh Pattanaik

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First confirmed record of Boettger’s Caecilian, Siphonops paulensis Boettger 1892 (Gymnophiona: Siphonopsidae), for the Department of Beni, Bolivia

Luis Rolando Rivas; Cord Eversole, Randy Powell

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Notes on clutch size, incubation period, and hatchling size of the Elegant-eyed Lizard, Cercosaura argulus Peters 1862

Juan Felipe Herrera-Alzate

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Anurophagy by an Aloysi Skipper Frog, Euphlyctis aloysii (Amphibia: Anura), from Goa, India

Mahi Sirsat; Saheel Maulingkar, Nitin Sawant

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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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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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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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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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Combat activity in Green Keelbacks (Macropisthodon plumbicolor)

Suresh Kshirsagar, Santosh Dhakpade

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Interspecific amplexus between an Asian Black-spined Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Bufonidae), and a Giant Treefrog, Zhangixalus smaragdinus (Rhacophoridae), in Meghalaya, Northeast India

Bashida Massar, Lal Muansanga, Angshuman Das Tariang, H.T. Lalremsanga

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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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A review of Malabar Pit Viper, Craspedocephalus malabaricus (Jerdon 1854), ecology from the Western Ghats of India and notes on feeding behavior.

Mayur Gawas; Shubham Rane, Dr. Nitin Sawant

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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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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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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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Confirmation of Trachischium tenuiceps and Trachischium fuscum (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Bhutan

Bal Krishna Koirala

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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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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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First record of the Sri Lankan Flying Snake, Chrysopelea taprobanica (Smith 1943), from Karnataka, India

Prathamesh Amberkar, H.B. Sathyapramodh, B. Shashi Kumar

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

Zakariyya Ali, Hukaymah Ali

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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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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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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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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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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

e18263
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Presence of the Ornate Rainfrog, Pristimantis ornatissimus (Despax, 1911), in Colombia

Juan Carlos Luna, Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós

e18629
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A review of the declining status of the Indian Star Tortoise in India with special reference to Rajasthan

Monali Sen

e18321
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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

e18326
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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

e18327
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Texas River Cooter, Pseudemys texana (Testudines: Emydidae) carcass displaying evidence of boat strike damage

Lawrence Bassett, Michael Forstner

e18352
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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

e18361
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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

e18391
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First record of the Mourning Gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron), in Martinique, French Antilles

Alice Armand, Benjamin Ferlay

e18399
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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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Communal sleeping and sleeping-perch fidelity in the Stream Anole, Anolis (Norops) oxylophus, in Costa Rica

Joseph L. Oakley

e18412
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The Painted Coral Snake, Micrurus corallinus (Serpentes: Elapidae), does use defensive tail displays

Rebecca Smith; Brianna Hukill, George Hicks, Paul Smith
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Limb malformation in a Lesser Spiny Frog, Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu & Hu 1975) (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Ho Yuen Yeung, Jian-Huan Yang

e18418
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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

e18435
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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

e18440
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New distribution record of Kerala Skittering frog, Euphlyctis kerala (Amphibia: Anura), from Kerala, India

Anoop V S, Sanil George

e18443
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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

e18445
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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

e18452
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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

e18468
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Record of the Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858) in the Jogimatti Forest Reserve, Karnataka, India

Mahesh Bilaskar

e18521
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Predation on a Roughskin Anole (Anolis trachyderma) by a Smooth-billed Ani (Aves: Cuculidae)

Felipe Espinoza, Mario Yánez-Muñoz

e18528
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Cope’s Parrot Snake, Leptophis depressirostris (Cope 1861), predation on the frog, Craugastor mimus, in Costa Rica

Jonathan Vega, Jorge M. De la O-Castro, Randall A. Montoya-Solano, David Romero Serrano

e18531
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Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974: A long-awaited rediscovery through Citizen Science

Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós, Denis Torres

e18534
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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

e18535
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Merolepid Common Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena helena)

Raju Vyas

e18569
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Emerging community reports of the highly invasive American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Hong Kong

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

e18577
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Vocalizations of the Talamancan Robber Frog, Craugastor talamancae (Anura: Craugastoridae)

Jonathan Twining, John Cossel, Jr

e18581
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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

e18598
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Evidence of facultative scavenging by Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala) larvae

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

e18605
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New distributional records of Asian Chameleons (Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768) from the northern Aravali Hill Range, India

Debaprasad Sengupta

e18614
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A Schneider's Toad, Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider 1799) (Anura: Bufonidae), with anophthalmia from Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu

Madhumita Rajkumar; Gautam Kadam

e18618
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Love Bite : A courtship trait in the South Indian Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)

C.S. Vishnu, Anbazhagan Abinesh

e18621
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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

e18626
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Attempted predation of a snail (Pila sp.) by a Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum)

Elangbam Premjit Singh, Jayaditya Purkayastha

e18635
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First record of predation on a Red-tailed Coralsnake (Micrurus mipartitus) by an Antioquian Coralsnake (Micrurus dumerilii antioquensis)

Felipe Barrera-Ocampo; Ronald A. Díaz-Floréz

e18645
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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

e18646
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Unusual mating behavior of Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin 1803)

Amit Sayyed, Roma Tripathi

e18666
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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

e18679
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A Terciopelo (Bothrops asper) swimming in the Carribean Sea, Bocas del Toro, Panamá

Ángel Sosa-Bartuano

e18684
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First record of Siebold’s Watersnake, Ferania sieboldii (Schlegel 1837), from Tripura, India

Arnab Deb, Aditya Karmakar, Jayaditya Purkayastha

e18686
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New distribution data for the endemic Ichthyosaura alpestris veluchiensis Wolterstorff 1935 from the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece

Elias Tzoras

e18698
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Presence of the Plump Frog, Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven 1914), in Costa Rica

Josué Vargas; Cesar Luis Barrio Amorós

e18393
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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

e18225
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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

e19670
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Evidence of free-living Common Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) in Hong Kong in the iNaturalist application

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

e19951
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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

e18446
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Conservation in Action

“Net it right, get it right”: A Saving our Species program initiative to encourage Australians to adopt small-aperture fruit-netting

Matthew Mo, Joshua Gregory

e20589
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Book Reviews

Without Snakes We Lose Our Humanity

Robert Powell, Billie Harrison

e20969
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Commentary

Critiques: On the first sighting report of Mugger Crocodile from Purna River, South Gujarat, India.

Raju Vyas

e18961
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Conservation Research Reports

Survey of southern Missouri Plethodontidae in Ozark caves

Samantha Grove, Charles D.R. Stephen, Grace Hall, Rachel Lange, Carlie Ronzano

e20990
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