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{"title":"Consumption of putrescent carrion by a free-ranging western Montpellier snake Malpolon monspessulanus","authors":"Grégory Deso, Xavier Bonnet","doi":"10.33256/hb165.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.45","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43389598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scarfing - a novel agonistic behaviour between a copulating and a competing male northern viper Vipera berus","authors":"Nigel Hand","doi":"10.33256/hb165.2930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.2930","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41437906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Captive breeding and ex-situ conservation of the Caucasian pit viper Gloydius caucasicus","authors":"Faezeh Fatemizadeh, Alireza Mohammadi, Mohsen Kaboli","doi":"10.33256/hb165.510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.510","url":null,"abstract":"The Caucasian pit viper Gloydius caucasicus is one of six snake species that is frequently reported as a cause of venomous snakebite in Iran. We present the results of successful captive breeding of 20 Caucasian pit vipers (10 males and 10 females) collected in August 2018 from the Lar National Park, northern Iran. Mating and copulatory behaviours were observed from mid-June to early July 2019. Five of the ten females gave birth with parturition occurring from 10 to 13 September, when 17 vipers were born in litter sizes ranging from 2 to 5. The present captive breeding programme has been successful and shows potential for both venom production and support for conservation by reducing the demand for wild caught specimens.","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43913697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dor beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus found within the flank of a live northern viper Vipera berus","authors":"Nigel Hand","doi":"10.33256/hb165.3738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.3738","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48427692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attempted predation of a cave olm Proteus anguinus by a dice water snake Natrix tessellata, in Bosnia and Herzegovina","authors":"Brian Lewarne, S. J. R. Allain","doi":"10.33256/hb165.3435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.3435","url":null,"abstract":"T blind European cave salamander or olm Proteus anguinus is a large and slender neotenous salamander, only found naturally in the western Balkans (Speybroeck et al., 2016). Their maximum length varies according to which river basin they inhabit but is typically 25–55 cm. They are characterised by their pinkish-white colouration, paddle-like tail, and reduced number of digits on all four limbs. The species inhabits both flowing and stagnant subterranean waterbodies in karstic limestone formations throughout their range, as long as these are chemically unpolluted waters, with a stable temperature range of 8–15 °C. Proteus anguinus are almost always observed in caves, for which they have a number of adaptations to allow them to survive such a challenging environment (Hervant et al., 2001; Issartel et al., 2009; Balázs et al., 2020). Due to their specialised adaptations to subterranean life, P. anguinus are particularly vulnerable to changes to the karst ecosystems they inhabit, such as contamination from anthropogenic sources (Kolar, 2019). The European cave salamander also has no known predators within its natural underground habitats. The dice snake Natrix tessellata is a semi-aquatic species that may grow to over a metre in length and is found throughout most of central and south-eastern Europe (Speybroeck et al., 2016). Natrix tessellata is typically olivegreen or brown in colour with four rows of square-like black blotches along the body, although not all individuals are marked in this way. The species feeds primarily on fish and amphibians (Hutinec & Mebert, 2011; Weiperth et al., 2014), and inhabits both freshwater and saltwater environments such as lakes and shorelines (Speybroeck et al., 2016). On 4 July 2021, a P. anguinus was observed near the town of Trebinje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) swimming in a small stream after inadvertently straying out of a nearby cave system (Fig. 1). While seeking shelter under nearby boulders, the P. anguinus was dislodged by a juvenile N. tessellata, which latched onto the tail (BHS video, 2023). The N. tessellata was far too small to be able to consume the P. anguinus, and may have mistaken the tail for a smaller prey item. Unfortunately, the P. anguinus later died as a likely consequence of being flushed into sub-optimal conditions in the strong flow of the adjacent Trebišnjica River. The individual was some 36 cm in length and so almost certainly a fully mature adult P. anguinus. The N. tessellata is gauged to be approximately 54 cm long. These body-length measurements were estimated against those of the easily recognisable rocks in the video recording, and were accurately measured at a later date. A few minutes after the start of the confrontation, both animals were washed out into the strong flow of the surface river, and not observed again. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, this iconic amphibian is endemic to certain parts of only five river basins, where they live in many cave ecosystems of the Dinaric Karst. ","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47045865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Treatment of dystocia in a captive false map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica","authors":"Scott Mcrobert, Julie Kleinot, Courtney Parks, Lora MENGLE DVM","doi":"10.33256/hb165.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.31","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47243835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A water snake uses the tail and body to scan for fish prey in tide pools","authors":"L. M. Botelho, Alexandro Kenor DA SILVA, Iberê Farina Machado, Ivan Sazima, E. Muscat","doi":"10.33256/hb165.3940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.3940","url":null,"abstract":"S snake species use the tail as a lure to attract potential prey within striking distance. Caudal luring is mostly recorded for the Boidae, Colubridae, Dipsadidae, Elapidae, and Viperidae (Murphy et al., 1978; Sazima & Puorto, 1993; Sazima, 2006; Hagmant et al., 2008; Andrade et al., 2010). An extreme example of elaborate caudal luring displayed to attract birds is that of the viperid Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, whose tail tip bears an extraordinary resemblance to a spider (Fathinia et al., 2015). One or two snake species use the tail to flush potential prey from their shelters and cause them to move. The movement attracts the attention of the snake, which attempts to catch the fleeing prey. This poking behaviour is recorded for the dipsadid Hydrodynastes gigas (Strüssmann & Sazima, 1990) and is suggested for the dipsadid Echinanthera undulata (Gomes & Marques, 2012). We describe here another hunting tactic scanning with the use of tail and body to flush fish prey from crevices in tide pools, displayed by the dipsadid water snake Erythrolamprus miliaris. Tail poking differs from scanning by the use of tail only (Strüssmann & Sazima, 1990). This water snake has a wide distribution in South America, recorded from Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay (Giraudo, 2006). It dwells in different habitats including lakes, rivers, swamps, mangroves, and occasionally tide pools and beaches (Sazima & Haddad, 1992; Marques & Souza, 1993; Duarte et al., 2014, Rocha-Lima et al., 2018; Van der Burg, 2020). Erythrolamprus miliaris is an opportunistic and generalist feeder, preying on fish, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals (Van der Burg, 2020; Eisfeld et al., 2021), and even scavenges on roadkill frogs smashed to pieces (Gomes et al., 2017). We recorded an E. miliaris individual on 30 October 2022, at 12:25 h at the Pontinha beach (25° 33’47.2” S, 48° 19’06.5” W, WGS84, 9 m a.s.l.), in the Ilha do Mel, Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. It searched for prey in a tide pool and displayed a hunting tactic we are calling ‘tail and body scanning’. The sequence of events can be viewed on the video we made of its behaviour (BHS video, 2023). The snake had its head out of the water (Fig. 1A) when it began to make waving movements with the tail and part of the body to scan the tide pool. This scanning flushed out a frillfin goby Bathygobius soporator, which was previously undetected by the snake (Fig. 1B). The scanning repeatedly disturbed the fish, which swam from one spot to another of the tide pool looking for a safe place. At one moment of the scanning, the goby swam towards a higher point of the pool, being quickly detected by the snake and was caught (Fig. 1C). The snake held the prey and carried it to a rock out of the water (Fig. 1D), where it was swallowed tail first. From our first sighting of the snake in the tide pool, the above-described event lasted about 1 min 15 s. This is the first report of tail and body scanning behaviour for E. mil","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44157888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Husbandry and first record of captive breeding of the Asian giant river toad Phrynoidis asper","authors":"Adam W. Bland, Matthew Cook, J. Redbond, Ellie J. Mclaren, Sonny Welsh, Charlie Frelon, Matthew Swatman","doi":"10.33256/hb165.1620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.1620","url":null,"abstract":"The Asian giant river toad Phrynoidis asper is a large species of bufonid from south-east Asia that is apparently obtained by the international exotic-pet trade from wild populations. Captive breeding of this species seems not to have been documented. The donation to Chester Zoo in October 2021 of an adult group of five males and one female of this toad species provided an opportunity to study captive breeding. The specimens were maintained separated by sex until signs of reproductive condition were apparent and then they were placed together in a large breeding enclosure. This had three distinct environmental zones simulating a riverbank. Six days after mixing the sexes a large spawn mass was laid. On hatching, the tadpoles were transferred to a rearing aquarium and then, after reaching Gosner stage 42, the developing toads were transferred to terrestrial vivaria to complete development. Captive breeding of this species could replace collection from the wild.","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42612955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mass bathing in the slow worm Anguis fragilis","authors":"Beate Strøm Johansen, Geir Inge Høines","doi":"10.33256/hb165.2426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb165.2426","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43583672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First account of armadillo burrow use by Caiman yacare in Brazil","authors":"Sean Keuroghlian-Eaton, João Emílio DE ALMEIDA-JÚNIOR, T. Sinani, Ana Alice Cabral, Kelvin Yuiti Mori, Lauany Lima Serafim, D. Santana","doi":"10.33256/hb164.3940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33256/hb164.3940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35972,"journal":{"name":"Herpetological Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42012394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}