Five new, short notes were recently published in Herpetological Review, most of which were written by student authors or have students as coauthors. Two of these notes were Natural History Notes documenting a new prey item and scavenging behavior in the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) (Davis and Davis 2024) and a new predator of the Plains Black-headed Snake (Tantilla nigriceps) (Summo Elias and Davis 2024). The other three notes were geographic distribution notes documenting the occurrence of three lizard species in three separate states. The first was a new county where Rough-tailed Geckos (Cyrtopodion scabrum) were found in Texas (Davis and Genter 2024), which only represents the second known county where this species occurs in the state (Davis and Genter 2024). Another note documented new distributional records of Common Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis) in Indiana, which is also the first time they have been recorded in the state back after they were believed to have been eradicated (Mirtl et al. 2024). The final note was a formal documentation of the widely distributed (and rapidly spreading) Wood Slave (Hemidactylus mabouia) in Orange County, Florida (Summo Elias et al. 2024).
Summo Elias SD, Davis DR. 2024. Tantilla nigriceps (plains black-headed snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 55:290–291. [PDF]
Mirtl JJ, Genter BW, Truelock Z, Sargent BA, Davis DR, Engbrecht NJ. 2024. Geographic distribution: Podarcis muralis (common wall lizard). Herpetological Review 55:219. [PDF]
Summo Elias SD, Cuevas-Hernandez J, Davis DR. 2024. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (wood slave). Herpetological Review 55:218–219. [PDF]
Davis DR, Genter BW. 2024. Geographic distribution: Cyrtopodion scabrum (rough-tailed gecko). Herpetological Review 55:218. [PDF]
Davis RL, Davis DR. 2024. Terrapene ornata (ornate box turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 55:88–89. [PDF]