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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The crocodile-breeding center of the Neyyar sanctuary in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala has a brand new name. During Wildlife Week celebrations in October, the facility was dedicated to Steve Irwin, the Australian conservationist and naturalist.
Irwin, who died in a tragic stingray attack, received the honor because of his contributions to wildlife conservation. Crocodile preservation efforts began in Kerala in the 1970s, when conservation agencies discovered the state’s estuarine crocs were locally extinct and mugger crocs were occurring in low numbers.
Beginning a captive-rearing program with only 12 yearling mugger crocs, the Neyyar breeding center now has a surplus population of 192.
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Sunday, September 26th, 2010
After battling pancreatic cancer, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences Margaret “Meg” Stewart died on August 2, 2006. Stewart dedicated her life to science; to the University at Albany, State University of New York; and to biological conservation. An outstanding teacher who lectured in many different courses, she was particularly interested in mentoring female students, and her graduate trainees are distinguished scientists and academics.
Known internationally for her studies of amphibians, turtles and other reptiles, Stewart joined the University biology faculty in 1956. Although she officially retired in 1997, she remained an active presence on campus as founding director of the Graduate Program in Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy.
Stewart received many honors throughout her life. In 1997, The Nature Conservancy gave her the Oak Leaf Award. She wrote the landmark text Amphibians of Malawi. Stewart’s Puddle frog (Phyrnobatrachus stewartae), an African species, was named after her, and she was the first female elected president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Survivors include her husband, George E. Martin, a University at Albany mathematics professor, and brother John M. Stewart, a peptide chemist at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver.
(University at Albany, State University of New York press release)
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Several Vietnam War veterans in Perth, Australia, are engaging in combat against a new enemy: the cane toad (Bufo marinus), a prolific breeder with poison glands.
Answering an appeal from the organizers of the Great Toad Muster, the veterans, most in their late 50s, are headed for a small town on the border between the Northern Territory and Western Australia to stop cane toads from entering Western Australia. The war veterans are valued for their experience with the local environment.
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
I’m not a herp guy myself, but my neighbor has kept herps for years. I’m writing on his behalf to maintain his anonymity. A few days ago, he showed me a bizarre creature that blew me away. It’s a Mexican worm lizard (Bipes biporus). He caught it in Baja California over four years ago and has kept it ever since. Now comes the really interesting part and a unique dilemma.
I’ve known about his other lizards for years, but I never knew about that unusual animal. I asked why he kept it secret, and he explained that due to the lizard’s protected status (because all herps are protected in Mexico), he can’t share the information of his new discovery for fear of having the animal illegally. He wishes he could report what he claims might be a new discovery: they eat fruits and grains. The books say they’re only known to eat termites and ants.
He normally feeds the lizard earthworms and small mealworms. To keep the worms healthy, he gives them food like grated apple. he also occasionally soaks a piece of lab rat food in water and puts a dish of the softened grain in the soil for the worms. He’s seen the worm lizard eat both the apple and the grain, and I witnessed it gulping mouthfuls of the grain over and over again. He let me photograph it in action.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Herpers record their animals’ origins to trace bloodlines. Worm lizards will eat fruits and grains.
Locality Defined
What is the special herp meaning of “locality” when used to describe snakes for sale?
The term “locality” refers to wild-caught herps (or their descendants) that were collected in specific, known places. This is important to many breeders and enthusiasts because of the individual genetic heritage and looks that tend to vary across animals’ ranges in nature. Breeders and hobbyists keep careful track of such data almost as a form of pedigree.
The species that best fits this category is the highly variable gray-banded kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna). Since the 1970, aficionados have faithfully trekked to western Texas annually in hopes of capturing examples from locations with definable coordinates. The dedication to knowing and maintaining precise origin history is to keep bloodlines pure so captive-bred offspring represent variants that might have occurred naturally.
Some alterna buffs deem it important not to breed “mutts” because they think there’s enough of that going on with the dozens of other popular colubrids bred each season. They believe that their exhaustive efforts at obtaining their stock would be rendered a waste by indiscriminately mixing and matching colors and patterns just to see if anything unusual comes out. Hardcore gray band collectors still enjoy the hunt and regard random crossing of morphs as bastardizing their pursuits at relating various morphs to where they evolved.
More recently, certain GTP (green tree python) fans have adopted a similar loyalty to their animals’ origins as many distinct morphs are associated with specific islands. Although few of them have collected their own specimens and can be 100 percent sure of their origins, they honor importers’ claims backed by the established descriptions of specimens hailing from various locales. They also understand the value in not diluting island races both for preserving their distinguishing appearances and the sales values associated with them.
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
So why are they protected? Mexico hasn’t yet had the money or academic manpower to study its diverse herpetofauna at length to ascertain their wild conservation statuses. They simply don’t know if many species are rare or common, and opt with blanket protection to cover their resources in the meantime.
No doubt Mexican herpetologists know that the Bipes species are in no danger from over collecting by herp enthusiasts. But don’t expect them to petition the government to single out worm lizards for legal hunting licenses as game animals. There probably wouldn’t be enough license applicants in all of Mexico to fill a Tijuana taxi. Nonresident U.S. hobbyists might swell the numbers to a few dozen – still small potatoes and not enough to matter. So, they remain protected by Mexican Law, and thus also by U.S. law because bringing one across the border is a violation of the Lacey Act.
While I’m not advocating that people collect them illegally, I suspect no one in Mexico could care less about a turista taking home a pet like that. They probably use them as fish bait when they aren’t killing them for fear of them crawling up their rectums (a popular belief about Bipes south of the border).
The few Mexican and U.S. zoos or institutions that tried to work with living specimens failed to keep them alive for very long. Inability to provide a consistent supply of proper food may have been a factor because ants and termites are the prey most often found in dissected adults. The basic fact that you’re friend’s pet has thrived for four years in captivity on earthworms and mealworms, much less grains and fruit, may be significant news that allows future specimens to survive longer in captivity.
Reporting and photo-documenting an interesting piece of information like this puts me in the odd moral quandary of wanting to applaud your friend’s contribution while slapping his wrist because he broke the law by taking the creature home in the first place. Now I’ll worry that divulging this dietary info about Bipes will launch a stampede of outlaw herpers heading south, eager to find ajolotes of their own.
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Very clear; I took it through dirty glass. How can he report the information without having to admit to having the animal? You may print the picture for no charge if you wish. If it gets printed, we’d both consider it a freebie for science.
Very interesting dilemma. Consider that the world has now been notified in writing of this potentially unique herpetocultural observation. I think I feel the earth shaking already about the revelation.
Seriously, it may take a while for this insight to trickle down to the people in science who study amphisbaenians, the lizard subgrouping to which they belong. When they do, they will be naturally skeptical and wish to verify your claims with independent research. Therein lies a problem. Of the 3600-plus specimens of Bipes collected by U.S. researchers during the 1970s, not one of them can contribute to testing your claim. That’s due to the fact that they all now reside in formallin-filled museum jars.
I checked every literature source I could tap and found only references to worm lizards’ carnivorous depredations. As you stated, they’re seemingly only known to eat live arthropods hunted in their networks of subterranean tunnels. Nothing even hints at any vegetative aspects to their diets. I’d say it’s entirely possible your friend stumbled onto something not previously known by science.
Mexican worm lizards (aka ajolotes) are apparently not rare in their native haunts. The type your pal has inhabits the lower half of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. Two very similar species live on the west coast of mainland Mexico. Lee Grismer sums it up nicely in his masterpiece Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California (2002). In it he describes Bipes (the genus containing all three species) as “probably the most numerous lizards in the areas where they are found, but because of their fossorial lifestyle they are seldom seen.”
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Water temperature might best be kept at approximately 80F (27C). The addition of live aquatic plants is recommended. Small fishes that are temperature compatible and lizard compatible might be added; the addition of piranhas in this situation would have to be considered a mistake.
Although the inclusion of a sizable volume of water is essential for certain species of tropical lizards, i.e., water dragons, their environment must allow an adequate portion of dry terrain that enables the lizards to climb and crawl freely. Branches that overhang the water are a necessity. Easy access both in and out of the water must be provided.
A waterfall can be incorporated into the aqua terrarium. A submersible water pump of the type used in small goldfish ponds might be applicable to this situation. The pump must be positioned in a location that is inaccessible to the lizards both above and below the waterline. If placed in the bottom rear corner of the aqua-terrarium, an extension tube can be attached to the outflow port of the pump.
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