HerpDigest.org: The Only Free Weekly Electronic Newsletter That Reports on The Latest News on Herpetological Conservation and Science Volume # 9 Issue #38 08/31/09 Publisher/Editor- Allen Salzberg __________________________________________________________________ TWO NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE AT HERPDIGST
FOLLOWING THE WATER: A HYDROMANCER'S NOTEBOOK New Book by MacArthur Genius Award winner David M. Caroll, author Of the now classics, The Year of the Turtles, Self-Portrait with Turtles, and Swampwalkers Journal (Limited number of Autographed Copies Will Be Available, Herpdigest has exclusive on autographed copies.) THE FROGS AND TOADS OF NORTH AMERICA is an amazing book. It contains: A CD of all 101 species found in US & Canada./Almost 400 great color photos 101 color location maps /In just 344 pages. Books this comprehensive usually go for at least $50.00.to &75.00. Or just $19.95 for the CD. But the publisher is offering it JUST FOR $19.95 Plus 7.50 S&H. (For more information on both books see below. Also for ordering information see below). ____________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents 1) Photo Gallery- Wonderful Colours Of Vietnamese Tree Frogs 2) New Book Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles Losos, Jonathan B. 2009 3) Sand Lizards Thriving In Dorset, U.K. 4) Latest Issue, Bibliography - Applied Herpetology 6(3) 5) Bizarre Newt Uses Ribs As Weapons 6) Launch For Amphibian 'Life Raft' -Conservationists Have Launched A New Initiative Aimed At Safeguarding The World's Amphibians From Extinction. 7) Snake Lobby, Animal Groups Clash Over Python Bills 8) The Frog Whisperer ___________________________________________________________________ Back To School Special TURTLES OF THE US & CANADA BY Carl Ernst and Jeffrey Lovich Originally $95.00 Now $75.00 plus $ 5 shipping media mail. ____________________________________________________________________ 1) Photo Gallery- Wonderful Colours Of Vietnamese Tree Frogs VietNamNet Bridge -8/22/08 Tree frog species are the most beautiful amphibians in Vietnam. Sixteen species of tree frogs have been discovered in the country at different heights, from 100 to 3000 m above sea level. Tree frogs live in well-protected forests only and they need to be protected. Tuoi Tre introduces the beauty of some tree frog species. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/photogal/2009/08/864738/ ______________________________________________________________________ 2) New Book Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles Losos, Jonathan B. 2009. University of California Press, Berkeley, xx, 508 p. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological diversity in the living world. One of the best-studied examples involves Caribbean Anolis lizards. With about 400 species, Anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral studies to understand evolutionary diversification. This major work, written by one of the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists. $75.00 Amazon is charging it the same price it is offered wholesale to other vendors. There is a group on Facebook for this book, join it. ________________________________________________________________ 3) Sand Lizards Thriving In Dorset 8/20/09, WildlifeExtra.com Forest restocking sites are providing golden opportunities for Britain's rarest lizards on the Forestry Commission estate in Dorset. Breaking up ground ready for replanting has proved to produce the creatures' ideal breeding areas. And since forest managers began clear felling small areas throughout the woodlands at Wareham they have created dozens of perfect habitats. Wildlife ranger Mark Warn, said: "The timber harvesting system breaks up the age structure of the forest. It becomes a mosaic of trees, heath and newly broken land. The sheltered glades and undulating tree lines create fantastic homes for a huge range of wildlife, including butterflies and nightjars. It was when we began monitoring the sand lizards that we realised it was perfect for them too. High densities of lizards "Once a section of trees is taken out the land is scarified' to make it ready for replanting. For a couple of years it gives the lizards an ideal habitat of half open sand gravel rocks and half vegetation into which they can run for shelter. These sites are now producing higher densities of sand lizards than any other part of Wareham Forest." Mark added that once new vegetation had crowded out the open areas the animals were able to move on to the next open site. His monitoring scheme has shown that the animals were capable of travelling up to 300 metres in search of new habitats. Sand lizards have also found breeding grounds and movement corridors along the woodland rides. Modern management calls for these forest tracks to have wide verges with scalloped tree lines running along them. This too creates small glades with their own sheltered and warm, micro-climates'. During the last century it looked as if Britain's sand lizards were being driven to extinction by habitat loss. But over the past 20 years the Forestry Commission in Hampshire and Dorset has been playing a key role in a species recovery scheme, led by the Herpetological Conservation Trust. ________________________________________________________________________ 4) Latest Issue, Bibliography - Applied Herpetology 6(3) To purchase copy of issue contact [email protected] Subalusky, Amanda L., Lora L. Smith and Lee A. Fitzgerald. 2009. Detection of American Alligators in isolated, seasonal wetlands. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 199-210. [[email protected]] Marsh, David. 2009. Evaluating methods for sampling stream salamanders across multiple observers and habitat types. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 211-226. [[email protected]] Loman, Jon and Björn Lardner. 2009. does landscape and habitat limit the frogs Rana arvalis and Rana temporaria in agricultural landscapes? A field experiment. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 227-236. [[email protected]] Harden, Leigh Anne, Shannon E. Pittman, J. Whitfield Gibbons and Michael E. Dorcus. 2009. Development of a rapid-assessment technique for Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) populations using head-count surveys. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 237-245. [[email protected]] Campbell, Todd S., Paul Irvin, Kkym Rouse Campbell, Kristine Hoffmann, Mark E. Dykes, Aaron J. Harding and Steve A. Johnson. 2009. Evaluation of a new technique for marking anurans. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 247-256. [[email protected]] Alves, Rômulo R. N., Nivaldo A. Léo Neto, Gindomar G. Santana, Washington L. S. Vieira and Waltécio O. Almeida. 2009. Reptiles used for medicinal and magic religious purposes in Brazil. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 257-274. [[email protected]] Hailey, Adrian, Victor C. Quesnel and Hans E. A. Boos. 2009. The persistence of Anolis trinitatis as a naturalized lizard in Trinidad against hybridization pressure with Anolis aeneus. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 275-294. [[email protected]] Roe, Andrew W. and Kristine L. Grayson. 2009. Repeated exposure to fluorescent powder does not affect survival or mass in Eastern Red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 295-299. [[email protected]] Smith, Annabel L., Aaron L. Fenner, C. Michael Bull and Michael G. Gardner. 2009. Genytopes and nematode infestations in an endangered lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis. Applied Herpetology. 6 (3): 300-305. [[email protected]] ______________________________________________________________________ 5) Bizarre Newt Uses Ribs As Weapons Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News, BBC 8/21/09 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8212000/8212623.stm For photos of salamander in action and skeleton One amphibian has evolved a bizarre and gruesome defence mechanism to protect itself against predators. When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes out its ribs until they pierce through its body, exposing a row of bones that act like poisonous barbs. The newt has to force its bones through its skin every time it is attacked, say scientists who have described the form and function of the barbs in detail. Yet this bizarre behaviour appears not to cause the newt any ill effects. The ability of the Spanish ribbed newt to expose its rib bones was first noticed by a natural historian in 1879. But scientists have now used modern photographic and X-ray imaging techniques to reveal just how the animal does it. And what they discovered is even more gruesome than they imagined. When the newt becomes agitated or perceives a threat, it swings its ribs forward, increasing their angle to the spine by up to 50 degrees. As it does this, the newt keeps the rest of its body still. "The forward movement of the ribs increases the body size and stretches the skin to the point of piercing it," says zoologist Egon Heiss of the University of Vienna in Austria. The tips of the newt's ribs then stick outside its body, like exposed spines. But there is more to the newt's defence, Heiss and his Vienna-based colleagues report in the Journal of Zoology. "When teased or attacked by a predator, [the newt] secretes a poisonous milky substance onto the body surface. The combination of the poisonous secretion and the ribs as 'stinging' tools is highly effective," says Heiss. The impact on any predator can be striking, particularly if they try to bite the newt or pick it up using their mouth. Then the poison in almost injected into the thin skin within the mouth, causing severe pain or possibly death to the attacker. As well as elucidating the spear-like shape of the ribs, and exactly how the ribs swing forward and protrude, the scientists have demonstrated that the bones must break through the newt's body wall every time the amphibian evokes the defence response. Initially, it was thought that the ribs may passively emerge through pores, rather than be actively driven through the body wall. Surprisingly, the newt, which is related to other newts and salamanders, appears to suffer no major ill effects, despite repeatedly puncturing its own body and exposing its rib bones. "Newts, and amphibians in general, are known to have an extraordinary ability to repair their skin," says Heiss. "Anyway, if this newt can avoid being eaten in some cases, this surely has a positive influence." It also seems that the newt is immune to its own poison, which is normally confined to glands in the newt's body. When the newt wounds itself by exposing its ribs, the poison can seep into its body tissue, again apparently with no ill effects. Heiss now hopes to investigate which compounds are in the poison. ____________________________________________________________________ 6) Launch For Amphibian 'Life Raft' -Conservationists Have Launched A New Initiative Aimed At Safeguarding The World's Amphibians From Extinction. By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News website 8/26/09 The Amphibian Survival Alliance will bring together existing projects and organisations, improving co-ordination, scientific research and fund-raising. About a third of amphibian species are threatened with extinctions. A two-day summit held last week in London identified the two main threats as destruction of habitat and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. "The world's amphibians are facing an uphill battle for survival," said James Collins, co-chair of the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) co-ordinated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). If we want to stop the amphibian extinction crisis, we have to protect the areas where amphibians are threatened by habitat destruction Claude Gascon, ASG "By far the worst threats are infectious disease and habitat destruction, so the Alliance will focus on these issues first." Last week's meeting, held at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), declared that research into possible treatments for the chytrid fungus should be a top priority. Identified only a decade ago, the fungus now infects amphibians in the Americas, Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa. How it originated and how it kills are matters of ongoing research. But in practical terms, finding something that can stop it in open country rather than the laboratory is the big challenge. Researchers have found that some amphibian species carry chemicals on their skin that provide a natural defence. The idea is to see whether these chemicals can be turned into something that can attack the fungus in the wild, providing a defence for species that currently have none. The new Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) sees this line of research as an urgent priority. More difficult to tackle will be the ongoing destruction of habitat that is a concern in most continents, but especially in parts of Asia that are seeing rapid expansion of cities, industry and infrastructure. "If we want to stop the amphibian extinction crisis, we have to protect the areas where amphibians are threatened by habitat destruction," said Claude Gascon, the Amphibian Specialist Group's other co-chair. "One of the reasons amphibians are in such dire straits is because many species are only found in single sites and are therefore much more susceptible to habitat loss." As a group, amphibians are considerably more threatened than birds, mammals, fish or reptiles. Apart from habitat loss and chytrid, issues of concern are: · unsustainable hunting for food, medicine and the pet trade · chemical pollution · climatic change · introduced species · other infectious diseases The formation of the ASA was proposed in 2006 but adequate financial and institutional backing did not materialise. At that stage scientists were divided over how money and resources should be split between conservation in the wild and captive breeding. Now there is general agreement that both strategies are necessary. Initial backing emerged at the ZSL meeting in the form of a $200,000 pledge that will fund the ASA co-ordinator's post for two years. ____________________________________________________________________ 7) Snake Lobby, Animal Groups Clash Over Python Bills Aug. 16, 2009, By Geof Koss, Roll Call, CongressNow Staff The exotic pet industry is feeling the squeeze from Florida lawmakers and animal welfare groups seeking to ban the importation of pythons into the United States. The industry's lobbyists are scrambling to win changes to legislation advancing in the House and Senate that would add pythons to a federal list of "injurious" species - a designation that would bar future imports and interstate transport. The bills, sponsored by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), take aim at the tens of thousands of Burmese pythons that have invaded the Florida Everglades in recent years. The snakes, which can measure 25 feet in length and weigh as much as 250 pounds, are thought by some to have escaped from pet shops during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. They've since flourished, wreaking havoc with the delicate Everglades ecosystem and raising public safety concerns. "Lord forbid, a visitor in the Everglades ever encounters one," Nelson wrote to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in July. The fears were exacerbated when a 12-foot pet albino Burmese python escaped its aquarium and suffocated a central Florida toddler last month. But industry officials say the bills overreach while doing nothing about the Everglades infestation. "An import ban does not address the real issue," said Marshall Meyers, CEO and general counsel of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, which says federal efforts should mirror stringent state regulations for large reptiles. With anti-python momentum growing, PIJAC and the United States Association of Reptile Keepers are working behind the scenes to soften the blow of the bill before it comes to the House floor after the August recess. During last month's House Judiciary Committee markup, the groups were successful in adding language to the bill (H.R. 2811) that restricts the ban to two species: the Burmese and African Rock pythons. That allows the continued importation and sale of the Ball python, a smaller African species that is "by far the most popular within the pet trade," Meyers said. But animal welfare groups want the scope of the bills broadened, not narrowed. Beth Preiss, director of the Exotic Pets Campaign of the Humane Society of the United States, said the limited ban in the amended House bill will lead to increased imports of other large constrictor snakes including reticulated pythons and anacondas - both of which have reproductive habits similar to the Burmese python and grow even bigger. The two sides are also at odds over how the bill should apply to the tens of thousands of existing snakes that would be covered under the law. Species labeled injurious under the federal Lacey Act, which regulates wildlife commerce, are prohibited from interstate transport. That could be a fatal strike for snake breeders, who want a grandfather clause added to the bill that would allow interstate sales to continue. "The way the bills are written now, they would essentially destroy a $3 billion a year captive/bred industry," said USARK President Andrew Wyatt, who noted that a single snake can fetch as much as $10,000. The transport issue could also raise complications for owners who relocate to a new state. "Some people may just turn them loose," Meyers said. But opponents said any sort of grandfather clause would undercut the intent of the bill. "That's really just ludicrous if you think about it," said Peter Jenkins, the director of international conservation for Defenders of Wildlife. "These species will invade whether they've been captive, bred or imported. They're still the same animal." Regardless, a House Democratic staffer suggested the bill is unlikely to see major revisions before the floor, saying the changes sought by both sides would likely threaten its chances of passage. That leaves the best prospects for changes in the Senate, where the Environment and Public Works Committee is expected to mark up the bill later this year. Nelson spokesman Bryan Gulley said the Senator is listening to interest groups' concerns about the bill and willing to entertain changes to improve it. "The bottom line is we've got to get the python problem under control," he said. ____________________________________________________________________ 8) The Frog Whisperer By Teresa Masterson, NBCPhiladelphia.com Sun., Aug 9, 2009 Jamie Robinson loves frogs. Their croaking voices remind him of childhood nights on the farm where he grew up. So when he was walking past the long-time empty house three doors down from his in Penn Valley a month ago, an unexpected chorus of polliwogs naturally lured him into the backyard. There he found thousands of frogs stranded in the dilapidated in-ground pool, trying to cling to a half-fallen tarp. Knowing that most of the frogs that couldnt reach the tarp were in danger because the amphibians cannot survive in water with no access to land, Robinson ran home and returned with a frog saver, also known as his pool net. Call me the Frog Whisperer, said Robinson, laughing. I dont know-- I just love frogs. They eat bugs, they're cute, they dont hurt anyone. Saving about 30 frogs that day and freeing them by Mill Creek, Robinson was determined to come back and check on the little Kermits as soon as he came back from a trip. He kept his promise, only to find that there are frog killers in the neighborhood. Last Sunday Robinson strolled back to the house on Summit Road to find that the house that's been empty for three years has been sold and someone constructed an intricate frog-killing device over the pool. The pool was sealed tightly by a tarp and on top of the tarp was metal caging and a grid of two-by-fours nailed together, making it impossible for the thousands of peepers to escape. I was furious. Someone wanted to exterminate them and then deal with it later, said Robinson, 44, of Penn Valley, Pa. The frogs would have cooked in there and died. Although he knew it could be considered an act of vandalism, Robinson stormed home with a damn the torpedoes! attitude and returned with a claw hammer, his three children and two nieces. He wanted the kids to see that its good to save living things, even if the letter of the law may not approve. I told them, This is whats right and Ill face the consequences later, said Robinson. His act of civil disobedience included breaking apart some of the two-by-fours and tearing off most of the tarp. While saving the creatures from an immediate death sentence simply by giving them air, he fished out as many as he could and brought them to Mill Creek. You shouldnt be able to mass exterminate thousands of frogs, said Robinson. Since Sunday, Robinson has alerted his area commissioner, Mark Taylor, of the environmental problem three doors down. He has also spoken to top management of the PSPCA, who agreed that this was a terrible thing to do. Robinson hopes alerting these authorities will help bring all of the little guys to permanent safety. Director of PSPCA Law Enforcement George Bengal said Wednesday that he has in fact assigned an officer to the case, and he will be investigating the property Thursday morning. Bengal said that it may be a case where the offenders do not realize that harming wildlife still constitutes as animal cruelty. "We'll talk to the owner and try to solve the problem together," said Bengal. "If they refuse, they could be facing animal cruelty charges." The homeowners better shape up. Otherwise they may get an even worse Plague, like boils and blood. ________________________________________________________________________ HerpDigest Inc. is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3), corporation that publishes the electronic weekly newsletter called HerpDigest and runs the website under the URL www.herpdigest.org The editor reserves all rights to decide what should be included in these publications. 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Caroll, (author of the now classics, The Year of the Turtles, Self-Portrait with Turtles, and Swampwalkers Journal (Author And Illustrator)Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, 208 pages, HerpDigest will have available a limited number of autographed copies. Only $24.00 plus &7.50 for S&H within the U.S. Synopsis The writer, naturalist, and artist David Carroll illuminates the ecology and life histories the tree frogs, hawks, foxes, and the increasingly rare wood and spotted turtles he has been tracking for decades with the precision and passion that won him a 2006 MacArthur "genius" award. Following the Water is the intensely observed chronicle of Carrolls annual March-to-November wetlands immersionfrom the joy of the first turtle sighting in March to the gorgeously described, vibrant trilling of tree frogs ("lichen with eyes") in late May to the ancient sense of love and loss Carroll experiences each autumn when it is time once again to part with open water. Illustrated with the authors fine pen-and-ink drawings, Following theWater is a gorgeous evocation of nature, an utterly unique "admission ticket to a secret corner of the world" (Bill McKibben). REVIEW >From Publishers Weekly In this sensuous nature journal, MacArthur genius award winner Carroll (The Year of the Turtle) follows the inhabitants of his local New Hampshire wetlands through a season of turtle life from March thaw, when the turtles wake from hibernation, to November, when ice puts them back to sleep, along the way celebrating such personal holy days as the Return of the Red-winged Blackbird. Wearing camouflage and waders, he meets wildlife on its own terms. At the sudden appearance of a red doe, he wonders, to have those senseswould I trade my thinking, dreaming, imagining mind for them for one full day... would I ever want to come back? He watches a thirsty turtle hatchling encountering water for the first time: he extends his neck full length, immerses his head, closes his eyes and drinks for 21 minutes. Accompanied by Carroll's own exquisite drawings, this poetic recording of his season of loving observation is subdued by Carroll's dread of habitat destruction and nostalgia for a boyhood when I entered waters that, if not alive themselves, were so filled with light and life that my binding with them was as much metaphysical as physical. Biography DAVID M. CARROLL is the author of The Year of the Turtle, Trout Reflections, Self-Portrait with Turtles, and Swampwalkers Journal, which won the prestigious John Burroughs Medal. In 2006 he won a MacArthur "genius" award for his work as a writer, artist, and naturalist. Carroll has been featured on Today (where he reached down into swampy water, miraculously pulled up a turtle he knew, and told her history), in numerous newspapers and magazines, and in the most popular documentary in the history of New Hampshire public television. He is an active lecturer and consultant to conservation institutions throughout New England. AND THE FROGS AND TOADS OF NORTH AMERICA Just How Good A Frogger Are You? For Just $19.95 - This CD & Book & Youll Be An Expert When It Comes To N. American Frogs And Toads. Its an amazing book. tt contains: A CD of all 101 species found in US & Canada. Almost 400 great color photos 101 color location maps In just 344 pages. Books this comprehensive usually go for at least $50.00.to &75.00. Or just $19.95 for the CD. But the publisher is offering it JUST FOR $19.95 Plus 7.50 S&H. Want to qualify for Spring Frog Counts? ID frogs from hundreds of yards while field herping? Or just show off Ever play Name That Tune? With this book you and your fellow frog lovers will be soon playing Name That Frog. This book belongs in every herpetologists, no, naturalists bookshelf. Not convinced? Well here is what Booklist has to say on The Frogs and Toads of North America..: The title says it all for this beautiful field guide to all 101 species of frogs and toads found in the U.S. and Canada. Elliott has produced a masterpiece of photographs and particulars of all our native and introduced toads and frogs. Each species is covered in a minimum two-page spread, with common and Latin names, a range map, and a short discussion of appearance, range and habitat, behavior, and voice. All species accounts are illustrated with exquisite close-up photos, many of which show calling males, while others illustrate the various color morphs some species exhibit. The major strength of this book, and one that almost demands its purchase, is the accompanying CD featuring recordings of the calls of every species (with the exception of the two that never vocalize). A lengthy descriptive list of the calls appends the text. The combination of spectacular photography, conversational text, and clear sound recordings make this one an absolute winner. --Nancy Bent-Booklist Act now. Dont wait for spring. The frogs are out there now. And by Spring you will be able to know what they are. Know a friend who is a frogger, this is the perfect gift? (Yes even for the holidays-really beat the crowds.) (IF YOU ARE OVERSEAS WHICH INCLUDES CANADA AND MEXICO-EMAIL US FIRST FOR SHIPPING COSTS.). ********************************************************************* TO ORDER: 1) Send a check to Herpdigest/Allen Salzberg/67-87 Booth Street -5B/Forest Hills, NY 11375. 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