IRCFREPTILES&HIBIANS•21(4):136–137•DEC2014
First Report of Cannibalism in the Saba Anole (Anolis sabanus), with a Review
of Cannibalism in West Indian AnolesRobert Powell1 and Adam Watkins2
1DepartmentofBiology,AvilaUniversity,KansasCity,Missouri64145,USA([email protected])2ChizzilalaVideoProductions,Saba([email protected])
136
IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • VOL15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 189TABLE OF CONTENTS
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
F E A T U R E A R T I C L E S
Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190
The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E S
The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida
.............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212
C O N S E R V A T I O N A L E R T
World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225
H U S B A N D R Y
Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226
P R O F I L E
Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234
C O M M E N T A R Y
The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238
B O O K R E V I E W
Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252
Front Cover. Shannon Plummer.Totat et velleseque audant mo estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque moditia erere nonsedis ma sectiatur ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos accullabo.
Back Cover. Michael KernTotat et velleseque audant mo
estibus inveliquo velique rerchil erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus
aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum fugiatis maionsequat eumque
moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia-tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as
IRC
F
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSC O N S E R V AT I O N A N D N AT U R A L H I S T O R Y
Copyright©2014.RobertPowell.Allrightsreserved.
WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNAL
Atmiddayon17October2014attheEcolodgeonSaba(17°37’47”N,63°13’52”W;elev.397m),weobserved
anadultmaleSabaAnole(Anolis sabanus)withaconspecificjuvenileinitsmouth(Fig.1).Whenfirstseen,thejuvenilewasstillalive,butitshowednosignsoflifeastheadultcar-rieditawayafterbeingdisturbedbyourpresence.Wedidnotobserveingestion.Thisisthefirstreportofcannibalisminthisspecies.CannibalismisnotuncommoninWestIndiananoles(Gerber1999,HendersonandPowell2009),with18(now19)speciesknowntoeatconspecifics(Table1).
Literature CitedBowersox,S.R.,S.Calderón,G.Cisper,R.S.Garcia,C.Huntington,A.Lathrop,L.
Lenart,J.S.Parmerlee,Jr.,R.Powell,A.Queral,D.D.Smith,S.P.Sowell,andK.C.Zippel.1994.MiscellaneousnaturalhistorynotesonamphibiansandreptilesfromtheDominicanRepublic.Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society29:54–55.
Breuil,M.2002.Histoirenaturelledesamphibiensetreptilesterrestresdel’ArchipelGuadeloupéen.Guadeloupe,Saint-Martin,Saint-Barthélemy.Patrimoines Naturels,Paris54:1–339.
Carr,D.K.,R.Powell,andJ.S.Parmerlee,Jr.1989.Anolis whitemani whitemani.Foodhabits.Herpetological Review20:49–53.
Cochran,P.A.1989.Anolis sagrei (BrownAnole).Behavior.Herpetological Review20:70.
Fitch,H.S.2003.Dewlapsandthelackthereof:Or,lizardstudiesintheNeotropics,pp.153–157.In:R.W.HendersonandR.Powell(eds.),Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies.ContributionstoHerpetology,vol.20.SocietyfortheStudyofAmphibiansandReptiles,Ithaca,NewYork.
Fitch,H.S.andR.W.Henderson.1987.EcologicalandethologicalparametersinAnolis bahorucoensis,aspecieshavingrudimentarydevelopmentofthedewlap.Amphibia-Reptilia8:69–80.
Fitch,H.S.,R.W.Henderson,andH.Guarisco.1989.Aspectsoftheecologyofanintroducedanole:Anolis cristatellus intheDominicanRepublic.Amphibia-Reptilia10:307–320.
Fläschendräger,A.andL.C.M.Wijffels.1996.Anolis.NaturundTier,Münster,Germany.
Fläschendräger,A.andL.C.M.Wijffels.2009.Anolis.2.vollständigüberarbeiteteunderweitereAuflage.NaturundTier,Münster,Germany.
Gerber,G.P.1999.AreviewofintraguildpredationandcannibalisminAnolis,pp.28–39.In:J.B.LososandM.Leal(eds.),AnolisNewsletterV.WashingtonUniversity,St.Louis,Missouri.
Gerber,G.P.andA.C.Echternacht.2000.Evidenceforasymmetricalintraguildpre-dationbetweennativeandintroducedAnolislizards.Oecologia124:599–607.
Henderson,R.W.andR.Powell.2009.Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians.UniversityPressofFlorida,Gainesville.
Hicks,R.A.andR.L.Trivers.1983.ThesocialbehaviorofAnolis valencienni,pp.570–595.In:A.G.J.RhodinandK.Miyata(eds.),Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams.MuseumofComparativeZoology,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts.
Holanova,V.andJ.Hribal.2004.Dosanoliscubanos:Anolis bartschi yAnolis lucius.Reptilia(Spain)47:62–68.
Lister,B.C.1976.ThenatureofnicheexpansioninWestIndianAnolis lizards.I.Ecologicalconsequencesofreducedcompetition.Evolution30:659–676.
MacLean,W.P.1982.Reptiles and Amphibians of the Virgin Islands.MacMillanCaribbean,London.
MartínezReyes,M.andL.RodríguezSchettino.1987.CanibalismoenLeiocephalus carinatus (Gray)(Sauria:Iguanidae).Miscelanea Zoológica29:1–2.
Powell,R.,R.W.Henderson,andJ.S.Parmerlee,Jr.2005.Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten.St.EustatiusNationalParksFoundation,GallowsBay,St.Eustatius,NetherlandsAntilles.
Rand,A.S.1967.EcologyandsocialorganizationintheiguanidlizardAnolis linea-topus.Proceedings of the United States National Museum122:1–79.
RodríguezSchettino,L.1999a.Introduction,pp.1–16.In:L.RodríguezSchettino(ed.),The Iguanid Lizards of Cuba.UniversityPressofFlorida,Gainesville.
RodríguezSchettino,L.1999b.Systematicaccountsofthespecies,pp.104–380.
Fig. 1.AdultmaleSabaAnole(Anolis sabanus)preyingonaconspecificjuvenile.PhotographbyAdamWatkins.
137
In:L.RodríguezSchettino(ed.),The Iguanid Lizards of Cuba.UniversityPressofFlorida,Gainesville.
RodríguezSchettino,LandM.MartínezReyes.1994.CaracterísticastróficasdeunapoblacióndeAnolis lucius (Iguania:Polychridae)enlacostaseptentrionaldeCuba.Avicennia1:67–77.
Schmidt,K.P.1920.ContributiontotheherpetologyofPortoRico.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences28:167–200.
Schmidt,K.P.1928.AmphibiansandreptilesofPortoRico,withalistofthosereportedfromtheVirginIslands.New York Academy of Sciences10,Part1:1–160+platesI–IV.
Schoener,T.W.1967.Theecologicalsignificanceofsexualsizedimorphisminsizein the lizard Anolis conspersus.Science155:474–477.
Socarrás,A.A.,J.delaCruz,G.GarcésG.,andA.Ruiz.1988.SaurofagiaenAnolis (Sauria:Iguanidae).Miscelanea Zoológica38:4.
Stamps,J.A.1983.Therelationshipbetweenontogenetichabitatshifts,competi-tionandpredatoravoidanceinajuvenilelizard(Anolis aeneus).Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology12:19–33.
Wolcott,G.N.1923.ThefoodofPortoRicanlizards.Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico7:5–38.
IRCFREPTILES&HIBIANS•21(4):136–137•DEC2014POWELLANDWATKINS
Table 1.RecordsofcannibalismbyWestIndiananoles(Anolis).
Species and island(s) References
A. aeneus(Grenada) Stamps1983
A. bartschi(Cuba) HolanovaandHribal2004
A. bimaculatus(St.ChristopherBank) FläschendrägerandWijffels1996,2009;Powelletal.2005
A. chlorocyanus(Hispaniola) Bowersoxetal.1994
A. conspersus(GrandCayman) Schoener1967,GerberandEchternacht2000
A. cristatellus(PuertoRicoBank,Hispaniola) Wolcott1923,MacLean1982,Fitchetal.1989
A. cybotes(Hispaniola) FitchandHenderson1987,Fitch2003
A. evermanni(PuertoRico) Wolcott1923;Schmidt1920,1928
A. homolechis(Cuba) RodríguezSchettino1999b
A. imias(Cuba) RodríguezinMartínezReyesandRodríguezSchettino1987,GonzálezBermudez
inRodríguezSchettino1999a
A. lineatopus(Jamaica) Rand1967
A. lucius(Cuba) RodríguezSchettinoandMartínezReyes1994,RodríguezSchettino1999b
A. marmoratus(Guadeloupe) Breuil2002
A. porcatus(Cuba) AlayónGarcíainSocarrásetal.1988
A. roquet(Martinique) SchoenerandGorman1968
A. sabanus(Saba) thisreport
A. sagrei(Cuba,GrandCayman) Lister1976,Cochran1989,GerberandEchternacht2000
A. valencienni(Jamaica) HicksandTrivers1983
A. whitemani(Hispaniola) Carretal.1989
