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Solar Farm Development Impacts on Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) Home Ranges 太阳能发电场开发对东箱龟（Terrapene carolina）栖息地的影响

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 DOI: 10.1670/21-024

Ryan P. Dougherty, J. Higbie, T. Green, A. Arietta

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Do Home Range, Movement Patterns, and Habitat Use of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) Differ Among Age Classes? 龟龟的活动范围、活动模式和栖地使用在不同年龄的龟龟中有所不同吗?

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 DOI: 10.1670/21-005

Neil P. Bernstein, Rachel H Fendrich, S. A. McCollum

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Delayed Effects of Nutrients in the Larval Environment on Cope's Gray Treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) Exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis 幼虫环境中营养物质对树蜡虫感染Cope’s Gray Treefroggs（Hyla chrysoscelis）的延迟效应

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1670/21-058

Courtney Dvorsky, Jessica L. McQuigg, Faythe Lopez, M. Boone

{"title":"Delayed Effects of Nutrients in the Larval Environment on Cope's Gray Treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) Exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis","authors":"Courtney Dvorsky, Jessica L. McQuigg, Faythe Lopez, M. Boone","doi":"10.1670/21-058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1670/21-058","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Excess nutrient runoff can profoundly alter aquatic habitats and has been associated with changes in host–pathogen interactions. Floating macrophyte mats have been suggested as a management strategy to improve water quality for aquatic communities and, thus, may have the potential to protect hosts from some disease outbreaks. We assessed the impact of ammonium nitrate and sodium phosphate addition in the presence or absence of floating macrophyte mats (blue flag iris [Iris versicolor] and ice dance sedge [Carex morrowii]) on Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) metamorphosis to examine whether macrophyte management treatments improve outcomes for amphibians. At metamorphosis, we infected individuals with the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), to assess whether larval treatments resulted in differential susceptibility to this pathogen. We found that nutrient addition significantly increased time to metamorphosis without affecting mass at metamorphosis or survival. Additionally, Bd exposure decreased mass of juvenile treefrogs, regardless of earlier larval environment or condition at metamorphosis. Macrophyte addition had no direct impact on larval anurans, but the aquatic community was altered via fluctuations in aquatic nutrient concentrations. Overall, our study suggests that nutrient exposure and Bd infection individually affect anurans, and larval exposure to nutrients may have latent effects on metamorphosed anurans that could affect future fitness.","PeriodicalId":54821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herpetology","volume":"56 1","pages":"470 - 477"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45744563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of Putative Hybrid Hatchlings between Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Tortuguero, Costa Rica 哥斯达黎加Tortuguero地区玳瑁海龟(Eretmochelys brbricata)与绿海龟(Chelonia mydas)杂交幼龟的鉴定

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1670/21-017

J. Restrepo, Jimena Gutiérrez-Lince, R. Valverde

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Spatial Ecology and Movement Patterns of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus) on a University Campus in Southwest Florida 佛罗里达西南部大学校园东部菱形响尾蛇的空间生态与活动模式

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1670/21-034

Matthew F. Metcalf, Charles W. Gunnels, Forrest R. Wallace, Wendy Brosse, John E. Herman

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An Evaluation of Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) Survey and Capture Protocols 西方鸡甲鱼调查和捕获方案的评价

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1670/20-036

Brandon C. Bowers, D. Walkup, Toby J. Hibbitts, Paul S Crump, Wade A. Ryberg, C. Adams, R. Lopez

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Disentangling Morphological and Environmental Drivers of Foraging Activity in an Invasive Diurnal Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda 入侵日栖壁虎(Phelsuma laticauda)觅食活动的形态和环境驱动因素分析

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.1670/21-030

Jimmy W. Wehsener, Clay F. Noss

{"title":"Disentangling Morphological and Environmental Drivers of Foraging Activity in an Invasive Diurnal Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda","authors":"Jimmy W. Wehsener, Clay F. Noss","doi":"10.1670/21-030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1670/21-030","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. In recent years, substantial variation in foraging behavior has been documented in lizards, including within and between closely related species. However, the exceptionally variable Gekkota still suffers from low sampling effort and historical averaging of foraging mode values across taxonomic levels. Herein, we address the gap in foraging modes of geckos by parsing out environmental and morphological sources of variation in foraging mode within the diurnal arboreal gecko, Phelsuma laticauda. Foraging behavior was examined at two sites on the island of Mo'orea, French Polynesia. In fall 2018, we made observations for a maximum duration of 30 min on 31 individual geckos. We found that P. laticauda exhibits a sit-and-wait strategy and that its foraging behavior is influenced by several ecological and morphological correlates: sex, body size, temperature, and date of observation. Notably, we found a trend for more active foraging by females than by males, challenging the notion that only nocturnal geckos exhibit sexual foraging diergism. The amount of time spent pausing and the maximum single movement exhibited a negative relationship with the body size of an individual. At higher temperatures, the amount of head movements, likely pertaining to locating prey, increased. Several foraging metrics varied with date of observation. Our results emphasize the need to consider multiple ecological correlates when studying foraging behavior as well as the importance of measuring multiple behavioral metrics beyond the standard percent time moving and moves per minute.","PeriodicalId":54821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herpetology","volume":"56 1","pages":"386 - 395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43133479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Home Range and Habitat Use of Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene bauri) in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida 佛罗里达州万岛上佛罗里达箱龟(Terrapene bauri)的活动范围和栖息地利用

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.1670/20-071

Christina M. Demetrio, Lisabeth L. Willey, Michael T. Jones, Mark W. Danaher, J. Franklin

{"title":"Home Range and Habitat Use of Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene bauri) in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida","authors":"Christina M. Demetrio, Lisabeth L. Willey, Michael T. Jones, Mark W. Danaher, J. Franklin","doi":"10.1670/20-071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1670/20-071","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. For taxa with dispersal limitations, such as freshwater turtles, an understanding of their habitat and spatial needs can elucidate their risk to expected environmental and climatic changes. Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene bauri), a species of greatest conservation need, occurs in a diverse range of subtropical habitats on the Florida peninsula, including low-lying coastal areas subject to threats from climate change and sea level rise. We used radiotelemetry to assess the home range size and habitat use of Florida Box Turtles on a 37-ha anthropogenic, shell work island in southwestern Florida at the margin of its climatic niche. Home range calculated as 100% minimum convex polygons ranged from 0.29–1.52 ha with an average of 0.81 ha, which is consistent with, but smaller than, other parts of their range, and annual survivorship was estimated to be 0.875 (95% confidence interval = 0.67–1). Florida Box Turtles were most commonly located in tropical hardwood hammock forests (50.9%); other habitat use included shrub-scrub-cactus (29.6%), mangrove forest (13.4%) and shell barren (6.0%). Additional information on reproductive output, growth, temporal variation in survival, and response to disturbance such as hurricanes, storm overwash, and sea level rise is necessary to assess the long-term persistence of this population in the face of anticipated transitions of Florida's habitats because of global climate change.","PeriodicalId":54821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herpetology","volume":"56 1","pages":"376 - 385"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44582511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Size and Cycle in Dusky Salamanders 黄昏蝾螈的体型和周期

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.1670/22-022

R. Bruce

{"title":"Size and Cycle in Dusky Salamanders","authors":"R. Bruce","doi":"10.1670/22-022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1670/22-022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The equal fitness paradigm (EFP) is a life-history model in which the currency of fitness is usable energy rather than individuals, and the principal trade-off is between survival, evaluated as generation time, and productivity, evaluated as growth and reproductive rates. In the current study I examined variation in generation time, age at first reproduction, productivity, and mortality in salamanders of the genus Desmognathus within the framework of the EFP. Desmognathus salamanders are restricted to eastern North America, with a center of distribution in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The data sources of the present report are published studies of life histories and demographics of five species of Desmognathus that include the smallest and largest members of the genus. The analysis showed that Desmognathus salamanders have greater ages at first reproduction, lengthier generation times, lower productivities, and lower mortality rates than are predicted by the scaling functions of the EFP for vertebrates of equivalent sizes. The differences among species in these parameters are correlated with variation in adult body size and the association between body size and habitat utilization in the genus, wherein the largest species are aquatic in mountain streams and the smallest are terrestrial in mesic forests. Streamside species of intermediate size exploit a broader range of habitats and are more widely distributed than the stream- and forest-dwelling forms. It is likely that the streamside mode of life in Desmognathus represents an adaptation promoting dispersal. Adaptive radiation in the genus is expressed in extreme life-history and body-size diversification mediated through variation in age at first reproduction and generation time.","PeriodicalId":54821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herpetology","volume":"56 1","pages":"444 - 453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44502351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Redescription of the Tadpoles of Gabohyla pauloalvini (Bokermann, 1973) and Sphaenorhynchus prasinus (Bokermann, 1973) (Hylidae: Sphaenorhynchini) 对Gabohyla pauloalvini（Bokermann，1973）和Sphaenorhynchus prasinus（Bokerman，1973）蝌蚪的重新描述

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Journal of Herpetology Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.1670/21-086

Edvaldo Moreira DA SILVA NETO, Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira, I. R. Dias, Camila Souza Batista, Daniela Pareja-Mejía, M. Solé, C. V. de Mira-Mendes

{"title":"Redescription of the Tadpoles of Gabohyla pauloalvini (Bokermann, 1973) and Sphaenorhynchus prasinus (Bokermann, 1973) (Hylidae: Sphaenorhynchini)","authors":"Edvaldo Moreira DA SILVA NETO, Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira, I. R. Dias, Camila Souza Batista, Daniela Pareja-Mejía, M. Solé, C. V. de Mira-Mendes","doi":"10.1670/21-086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1670/21-086","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The Neotropical tribe Sphaenorhynchini includes 15 recognized species, 14 of which are allocated to the genus Sphaenorhynchus and 1 in the genus Gabohyla. Here, we redescribe the external larval morphology and include novel information on the lateral line system of G. pauloalvini and S. prasinus from the type localities. In addition, we include comments on the oviposition site and larval development of G. pauloalvini. The tadpoles of G. pauloalvini differentiate from all described larvae of Sphaenorhynchus by having a unique combination of stripes in the coloration: three lateral dark stripes (canthal, oblique, and ventrolateral) on the body and a single ventral dark stripe on the tail. The tadpoles of S. prasinus distinguish from those of G. pauloalvini and from all other larvae of Sphaenorhynchus by having a single, median, dark stripe on the tail musculature, among other characters. Tadpoles of G. pauloalvini and S. prasinus are nektonic and found swimming in the middle of the water column or in deeper regions of ponds. Adults of G. pauloalvini were observed sitting next to spawns, reinforcing the possibility of parental care in this species.","PeriodicalId":54821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Herpetology","volume":"56 1","pages":"422 - 433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45019828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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