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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2024): Reptiles & Amphibians
Vol. 31 No. 1 (2024): Reptiles & Amphibians
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v31i1
Published:
2024-01-05
Articles
Morphology, biology, and distribution of Ichthyophis kodaguensis (Amphibia:Gymnophiona), a rare caecilian from the Western Ghats, India
Venu, Govindaiah Venkatachalaiah, Gandlahalli N. Balakrishna, Kulkarni Varadh, Nishtha, Prithvi S. Ramakrishna, Narayanappa G. Raju, Robert K. Browne
e18714
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Establishing a baseline trend and diversity of snake rescues in the Kali Tiger Reserve, Karnataka.
Omkar Pai, Bismay Ranjan Tripathy, Aslam Abbas , Chandrakanth Naik, Gajanan Yallatti, Goudappa Dharennavar, Mahabaleshwar Kotagi, Parasappa Jajappagol, Parashuram Fakirappa Bhajantri, Parashuram Prabhu Bajantri, Pradhani Patrot, Prasanna Amaravati, Raghavendra Gouda, Ramesh Badiger, Ramesh Dambal, Sadanand Ganagi, Shankaranand Jiddimani, Pavan KS Kumar, Imran Patel
e19835
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Morphological variation of the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758), on the island of Menorca
Daniel Escoriza, Santiago Poch, Dani Boix
e20599
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Population changes in Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) vary spatially in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Bed Bahadur Khadka, Ashish Bashyal, Phoebe Griffith
e21018
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Environmental heterogeneity and lizard assemblages in riparian areas in Cyprus
Elena Erotokritou, Christos Mammides, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, Spyros Sfenthourakis
e18972
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Conservation of two freshwater turtle species in the Guru Gorakhnath Community Reserve in Western Haryana, India
Vikram Delu, Vinod Karwasra, Ashish Panda
e20609
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Salinity preferences of Diamondback Terrapin (
Malaclemys terrapin
) headstarts: A laboratory study
Erika Dahl, Hanna Banner, Itzick Vatnick
e21078
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Updated geographic distributions for Texas reptiles
Lawrence Bassett, Gregory Pandelis
e21492
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Nesting crawls and associated behaviors of turtles in the genus
Batagur
along the Chambal River, India
Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek, Shailendra Singh; Sreeparna Dutta
e21297
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Notes
Interesting ophiophagy observed in Common Krait, Bungarus caeruleus (Schneider 1801)
Ravikumar Patel
e18950
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New locality record of Castoe’s Coralsnake (Calliophis castoe) from Rajapur, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, India
Siddharth Parab; Vinayak Puranik, Anil Mahadev Parvati Kubal, Purvendra Jathar
e20043
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Artificial incubation of eggs of the Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus) and physical abnormalities in hatchlings
Foad Zohari, Gunther Köhler, Molood Asadi, Mohammad Kaboli
e20087
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Mushroom sprouting out of a living frog
Chinmay C . Maliye, Lohit Y.T.
e20966
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Invertebrate predators of Anolis lizards: A new observation and a summary of published reports
Daniel Warner, David Laurencio, James Zanzot
e21133
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First record of Lesser Black Krait, Bungarus lividus Cantor 1839 from the mountain region of Nepal
Tujin Rai, Shivaraj Limbu, Nischal Kunwar, Karan Bahadur Shah
e21194
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A Hook-Nosed Sea Snake, Hydrophis schistosus (Daudin 1803), killed trying to swallow a fish
Harsh Singhal
e21239
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A long-lived leucistic Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Dryophytes chrysoscelis) tadpole from northeastern Tennessee, USA
Michael Gartin, Lance Jessee
e21294
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First report of anopthalmia in Rivero's Toad, Rhinella humboldti (Gallardo 1965) (Anura:Bufonidae), in Colombia
Luis Angel Olivera; Jhesteiner Julio-Dávila; Manuel de Luna; Oswaldo Peña-Contreras, José Alvis
e21348
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Notes on the diet of the Kashmir Rock Agama, Laudakia tuberculata (Gray 1827), in Himachal Pradesh, India
Rakeshwar Kapoor, Virender Kumar Bhardwaj, Rahul Verma, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga
e21365
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Predation by a Painted Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin 1789), on a Crab at Garbhanga Reserve Forest, Assam, India
Anurudha Chakraborty, Rohan Dey, Mayoushree Gogoi, Bhitali Barkakati, Krishnaa Boro, Parimal Chandra Ray
e21369
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Interfamilial male-male amplexus between a Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus; Rhacophoridae) and a Bicolored Frog (Clinotarsus curtipes; Ranidae) from the Western Ghats, India
Romit Shilpe, Rohan K. Menzies
e21398
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Ophidiomycosis in a Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus (Linnaeus 1758), with behavioral and thermal observations: A case report from Georgia, USA
Amanda Duffus, Anna F. Tipton, Morgan Thompson, William Tillett, John Powers, Danielle Bartlett, Dominic DeSantis
e21443
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Erratum: First record of the Asian Painted Frog, Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831 (Anura: Microhylidae), from Jharkhand, India
Nalinaksh Pankaj
e21626
Predation on a Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) by a Barred Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica) in Great Britain
Lloyd Rose; James Bonthron
e21688
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Reproduction and tail bifurcation in the Wedge-snouted Skink,
Chalcides sepsoides
Reut Vardi, Adi Baram, Avigail Mitrani, Shahar Dubiner, Eran Levin, Shai Meiri
e21405
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Predation on an adult Gray Treefrog,
Hyla versicolor
(Hylidae) (LeConte 1825), by a predaceous diving beetle (
Cybister
sp. or
Dytiscus
sp.)
Joey Cannizzaro
e20040
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Notes on copulation in Banded Kraits,
Bungarus fasciatus
(Schneider 1801)
Prajjwal Ray, Suman Das, Sourav Mandal, Parta Dey
e21420
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Egg entanglement in a Mallorcan Midwife Toad (
Alytes muletensis
) causes amputation of the metatarsals and phalanges in a captive male
Caleb Leeke; Mario Shimbov, James Bonthron; Mark Goodman
e21707
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Anomalies and parasite infestation in the Canyon Tree Frog
Dryophytes arenicolor
Cope 1866 (Anura: Hylidae) from Mexico
Héctor Alexis Castro-Bastidas, Juan Carlos Herrera-Salazar, Marisol Magdalena Moreno-Chávez, David Aguillón
e20336
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Effects of hoop-net mouth opening on capture success of Rio Grande Cooters (
Pseudemys gorzugi
)
Sierra Shoemaker, Ivana Mali
e20963
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Predation on a gecko (
Hemidactylus
sp.) by a Common Treefrog (
Polypedates maculatus
) in Kataragama, Sri Lanka
Varun Taneja, Krunal Trivedi
e21288
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First confirmed record of the Brown-spotted Pitviper,
Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
(Cantor 1839), from Assam, India
Arijit Dutta, Sourav Gupta, Jayanta Kumar Roy, M Firoz Ahmed
e21385
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An attack on a Centipede Snake (
Tantilla
cf.
schistosa
) by soldier ants (
Eciton burchellii
) in Honduras
Alex M. Cubas Rodríguez, Andrea Rodríguez, Astrid Martínez, David Medina
e21390
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Notes on the natural history of two species of snakes from Panama: defensive behavior in an Ecuador Sipo,
Chironius grandisquamis
(Peters 1869), and fluorescence in Hoffmann’s Earthsnake,
Geophis hoffmanni
(Peters 1859)
Ángel Sosa-Bartuano, Edgardo Griffith, Macario González-Pinzón, Samuel Sucre, Rafael Lau
e21425
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First report of a prolonged bite by a Western Whip Snake,
Hierophis viridiflavus carbonarius
(Bonaparte 1833) (Serpentes, Colubridae), resulting in pronounced local oedema
Ignazio Avella, Fabio Savini, Matteo Di Nicola
e21448
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Twinning in a wild breeding population of Gharials (
Gavialis gangeticus
) in India
Shantanu Ugemuge, Akash Deep Badhawan, Pulkit Gupta, Gaurav Vashistha
e21619
PDF
Xanthism in three wild snakes in Colombia
Oscar A. Sierra-Serrano; Cristian J. Castillo-Peñarredonda, Juan David Jiménez-Bolaño
e21531
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First winter reproductive record of the Imbituba Lizard, Tropidurus Imbituba Kunz and Borges-Martins 2013, a critically endangered microendemic from Brazil
Diego dos Anjos Souza, Maricelma Simiano Jung, Rodrigo Ávila Mendonça
e21462
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Invasion history of the Moorish Gecko,
Tarentola mauritanica
(Squamata: Phyllodactylidae), in the USA, with new records of an established population in Texas
Drew Davis; Benjamin Genter, Travis LaDuc
e21502
PDF
Curassow at the street fair: Attempted consumption of
Amphisbaena alba
(Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) by
Crax fasciolata
(Galliformes: Cracidae)
Henrique Costa, Diego Santana
e21734
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Use of artificial habitat by the Imbricate Alligator Lizard,
Barisia imbricata
(Squamata: Anguidae), in Toluca, State of México, México
Laura Sonia Arzate-Garay, Erika Adriana Reyes-Velázquez, Josele Ricardo Flores-Santin, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos
e20956
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First record of Maskey's Burrowing Frog,
Sphaerotheca maskeyi
(Schleich and Anders 1998), from Bhutan
Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal; Chogyal Tashi, Sampa Chogyel
e19416
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Interspecific communal oviposition by a Colombian Lightbulb Lizard (
Riama columbiana
) and Eyelash Lizards (
Lepidoblepharis duolepis
) in Colombia
Daniel Enrique Espitia-Sanabria, Iván Camilo Pineda-Infante, Pamela Patiño Salazar
e21504
PDF
Death feigning behavior in the Ring-necked Coffee Snake,
Ninia diademata
Baird and Girard 1853
Dillon Jones, Mathieu Charette, Vanessa Kilburn
e21459
PDF
Mortality of a Common House Gecko,
Hemidactylus frenatus
(Duméril and Bibron1836) due to multiple Asian Honeybee (
Apis cerana
) stings in Balasore, Odisha, India
Shreya Pandey, Aurobindo Samal, Niladri Bhusan Kar
e21625
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Licuri (
Syagrus coronata
) consumption by
Salvator merianae
in the Caatinga seasonally dry forest: nutritional and ecological implications
Antonio Soares-Júnior, Míriam Plaza Pinto, Raone Beltrão-Mendes, Francis Luiz Santos Caldas
PDF
New records of the Yucatecan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake, (
Tantillita canula
) Cope 1875 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Southern Mexico
Pedro E. Nahuat Cervera, Daniel Jesús-Espinosa, Fernando M. Contreras-Moreno
e21813
PDF
Host-specific ectoparasitic isopod (
Nerocila loveni
) found on a Little Filesnake (
Acrochordus granulatus
) on Surwada Beach, Gujarat, India
Aadit Patil, Aurobindo Samal, Shreya Pandey
e20143
PDF
Notes on the diet of the Brown Wood Turtle,
Rhinoclemmys annulata
(Gray 1860), in the humid tropical rainforest of Costa Rica
Jonathan Vega
e21610
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A predation attempt by a Samar Cobra,
Naja samarensis
Peters 1861, on a Banded Bullfrog,
Kaloula pulchra
Gray 1831, on the Island of Mindanao, Philippines
Anne Krizzia Caasi, Dolens James Iñigo, Lief Erikson Gamalo
e21403
PDF
Ambush hunting in a Checkered Keelback (
Fowlea piscator
) on Nile Tilapia (
Oreochromis niloticus
) in Lalbagh Lake, Bengaluru, India
Chandan Gowda, U.B. Roy
e21697
PDF
A stationary defence strategy backfires: a Weasel Skink (
Saproscincus mustelinus
) becomes prey of a Lace Monitor (
Varanus varius
)
Matthew Mo
e21438
PDF
A Bangladesh Skittering Frog,
Euphlyctis adolfi
(Günther 1860) (Anura: Dicroglossidae), preying on a Common Mormon Butterfly,
Papilio polytes
Mohammad Quamruzzaman Babu, Prosenjit Debbaarma, Khurshed Alom, Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Sarker
e20084
PDF
Double take: Ingestion of two rats by a juvenile Burmese Python (
Python bivittatus
) in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, USA
Teah Evers, Andrea Currylow, Mark Sandfoss, Lisa McBride, Christina Romagosa, Wesley Boone, Jacquelyn Guzy, Gretchen Anderson; Kristen Hart; Matthew McCollister, Amy Yackel Adams
e21283
PDF
Predation of a Brahminy Blind Snake,
Indotyphlops braminus
(Daudin 1803) (Typhloidae), by a Bibron’s Coral Snake,
Calliophis bibroni
(Jan 1858) (Elapidae), from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India
Jafer Palot, K.P. Dinesh, A. Shabnam, Shyamkant S. Talmale, Basudev Tripathy
e21578
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Predation attempt by a Wandering Spider,
Ancylometes bogotensis
(Aranae: Ctenidae), on a Western Basilisk,
Basiliscus galeritus
(Squamata: Corytophanidae)
José Santiago Pérez Galvis, Carolina Martinez-Vargas, Juan Gutierrez-Toro
e21806
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First record of a Yellow-green Catsnake,
Boiga flaviviridis
Vogel and Ganesh 2013 (Colubridae), from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
Thalavaipandi Subbaiah, P. Maria Antony
e21446
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Oviposition by an Indian Ratsnake (
Ptyas mucosa
) in the shell of an Indian Black Turtle (
Melanochelys trijuga
)
Dikansh Parmar, Dr. Bernard Rodrigues
e21367
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The post-feeding activity of an Indian Rock Python,
Python molurus
(Linnaeus 1758), in the Moyar River Valley, southern India
C.S. Vishnu, Chinnasamy Ramesh, Vedagiri Thirumurugan, Krishnamorthy Ashokan, Abhijit Das, Gautam Talukdar
e20100
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Unusual clutch size and new prey items for a Western Ribbon Snake,
Thamnophis proximus
(Say 1823), from Hidalgo, Mexico
Luis Fernando Hidalgo Licona, Ángel L. Ayala-Leyva, Monserrat Cardoso-Aguilar, Gustavo Campillo-García
e21520
PDF
First confirmed record of Spectacled Caiman,
Caiman crocodilus
Linnaeus 1758, in the Department of Pando, Bolivia
Natalio Roque, Brandon Gross, Andrés L. Rodriguez-Cordero, Sergio A. Balaguera-Reina, Llewellyn D. Densmore III
e21738
PDF
Leucism in a paedomorphic Smooth Newt (
Lissotriton vulgaris
) in a garden pond in Essex, United Kingdom
Matthew Hulse, James D. Bonthron
e22241
PDF
An observation of polydactyly associated with tail injury in the Great Crested Newt (
Triturus cristatus
Laurenti 1768)
Lana J. Deaton ; James D. Bonthron
e21878
PDF
A new item in the diet of the Black-and-White Tegu,
Salvator merianae
(Squamata: Teiidae)
Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Catalina do Nascimento Lopez, Alexandre de Assis Hudson
e21634
PDF
First record of Salazar’s Pitviper,
Trimeresurus salazar
(Mirza, Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, and Patel 2020) from Tripura, India
Antara Choudhury, Arnab Deb, Jayaditya Purkayastha
e20654
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Introduced Species
Regional records and reproductive potential of the non-indigenous Central Asian Tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii Gray 1844 (Testudinidae) in southwestern Florida
Jordan Donini
e20927
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Multiple records of the introduced parthenogenetic Smooth-scaled Tegulet,
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
Grant 1958, in Puerto Rico
Danielle Rivera, Jan P. Zegarra, Alberto R. Puente-Rolón, Nahíra Arocho-Hernandez, Nathan J. Hostetter, Jaime A. Collazo, Rayna C. Bell
e21466
PDF
Geographic expansion of the Common House Gecko,
Hemidactylus frenatus
(Squamata, Gekkonidae), in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Jorge Heriberto Valdez-Villavicencio, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, Clark R. Mahrdt, Melissa A. Stepek, Patricia Galina-Tessaro
e20262
PDF
New evidence of Red-eared Slider,
Trachemys scripta
(Wied-Neuwied 1839), reproduction in Galicia (Spain)
Cesar Ayres, Miguel Dominguez-Costas
e21524
PDF
Flooding-induced failure of an invasive Burmese Python nest in southern Florida
Mark Sandfoss, Lisa McBride, Gretchen Anderson, Amanda Kissel, Matthew McCollister, Christina Romagosa, Amy Yackel Adams
e21384
PDF
Book Reviews
Book Review : Tadpole Hunter
Steven Allain
e21657
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