USA: PUERTO RICO: MUNICIPALITY OF CABO ROJO: Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (17.978958°N, 67.170910oW; NAD 83). 10 November 2014. O. A. Diaz-Marrero. Verified by S. M. Boback. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM Herp Image 2838a, b; photo vouchers). First municipality record for this exotic species; all previous reports were restricted to the Municipality of Mayaguez, located ca. 25 km north of Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge. Reynolds et al. (2013. BioI. Invasions 15:953-959) concluded that Boa Constrictor introductions into Puerto Rico were likely related to the pet trade and that they genetically matched snakes belonging to the South American clade (B. constrictor), instead of B. imperator, the Mesoamerican species (Hynkova et al. 2009. Zool. Sci. 26:623-631). It also represents the first report of this species from a protected area in Puerto Rico

Berentsen, Are R.

Diaz-Marrero, Oscar A.

Diaz-Negron, Edna M.

Garcia-Cancel, Juan G.

Puente-Rolón, Alberto R.

Reed, Robert N.

VerCauteren, Kurt C.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff Publications U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2015 BOA CONSTRICTOR (Boa Constrictor) Are R. Berentsen USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center Juan G. Garcia-Cancel Auburn University Edna M. Diaz-Negron USDAIAPHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center Oscar A. Diaz-Marrero US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cabo Rojo and Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuges Alberto R. Puente-Rolón Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc  Part of the Life Sciences Commons Berentsen, Are R.; Garcia-Cancel, Juan G.; Diaz-Negron, Edna M.; Diaz-Marrero, Oscar A.; Puente-Rolón, Alberto R.; Reed, Robert N.; and VerCauteren, Kurt C., "BOA CONSTRICTOR (Boa Constrictor)" (2015). USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff Publications. 1863. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1863 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Authors Are R. Berentsen, Juan G. Garcia-Cancel, Edna M. Diaz-Negron, Oscar A. Diaz-Marrero, Alberto R. Puente-Rolón, Robert N. Reed, and Kurt C. VerCauteren This article is available at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1863 - , , , _ 4 , 572 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION _' ,~, ' , , " ,-' '. < ~ "c ~, L _ ~ BOA CONSTRICTOR (Boa Constrictor). USA: PUERTO RICO: MUNICIPALITY OF CABO ROJo: Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (17.978958°N, 67.170910oW; NAD 83). 10 November 2014. O. A. Diaz-Marrero. Verified by S. M. Boback. National Museum of Nat-ural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM Herp Image 2838a, b; photo vouchers). First municipality record for this exotic spe-cies; all previous reports were restricted to the Municipality of Mayaguez, located ca. 25 km north of Cabo l{ojo National Wild-life Refuge. Reynolds et al. (2013. BioI. Invasions 15:953-959) con-cluded that Boa Constrictor introductions into Puerto Rico were likely related to the pet trade and that they genetically matched snakes belonging to the South American clade (B. constrictor), instead of B. imperator, the Mesoamerican species (Hynkova et al. 2009. Zool. Sci. 26:623-631). It also represents the first report of this species from a protected area in Puerto Rico. An interesting feature relates to why the snake was detected in the first place. It was a direct result of USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services personnel tracking a radio-collared Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) as part of a rabies study. The collar was broadcasting a mortality signal that was tracked to the fairly large gravid female B. constrictor, which was captured, sacrificed, and later underwent a necropsy that revealed a fully digested mongoose and its functional intact radio collar. ARE R. "B,ERENTSEN, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA (e-mail: Are.R.Berentsen@aphis.usda.gov); JUAN G. GARCIA-CANCEL, USDA/ APHIS/Wildlife Services, 602 Duncan, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala-bama 36849, USA; EDNA M. DIAZ-NEGRON, USDAIAPHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA; OSCAR A. DIAZ-MARRERO, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cabo Rojo and Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuges, Boqueron, Puerto Rico, 00622; ALBERTO R. PUENTE-ROLON, Departmento de Ciencias y Tec-nologfa, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Arecibo, PO Box 4050, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 00614; ROBERT N. REED, U.s. Geo-logical Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525, USA; KURT C. VERCAUTEREN, USDA/APHIS/WS/ National Wildlife Research Center, 41 01 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA. CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA (Ornate Flying Snake). BANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI DIVISION: NAOGAON DISTRICT: Nazipur (25.024012°N, 88.445153°E; WGS 84), 25 m elev. 12 August 2013. Faysal Ahmad. Verified by Stephen Mahony. Zoology Museum, Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka (JnU /Zoo/M/Rep/ Pho/2015/0008, photo voucher; adult specimen unnumbered); Zoological Reference Collection, Lee Kong Chi an Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore (ZRC [IMG] 2.258, photo voucher). First record for Naogaon District, northwestern Bangladesh. Previously reported from Khulna, Chittagong and Syllhet Divisions (Hasan et al. 2014. Amphibians and Reptiles of Bangladesh-A Field Guide. Arannayk Foundation, Dhaka. 191 pp.). Adult collected in mid-canopy of Mangifera tree in human modified ecosystem; habitat includes primary forest, bush, and scattered forest close to human settlement. FAVSAL AHMAD (e-mail: faysal.nature@gmail.com) and SHAV-ER MAHMOOD IBNEY ALAM, Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka 1100, Bangladesh (e-mail: shayermia@hot-mail.com). COLUBER CONSTRICTOR (North American Racer). USA: AR-KANSAS: FRANKLIN Co.: offSt. Hwy. 23 at White Oak (35.552646°N, 93.861238°W; WGS 84). 5 July 2015. C. T. McAllister and H. W. Robison. Verified by S. E. Trauth. Arkansas State University Mu-seum of Zoology, Herpetological Collection (ASUMZ 33367). New county record completely filling a hiatus in northwest Ar-kansas among previous records for adjacent Crawford, Johnson, Logan, and Sebastian counties (Trauth et al. (2004. Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press, Fayette-ville. 421 pp.). This female, found DOR, contained 14 oviductal eggs. CHRIS T. McALLISTER, Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745, USA (e-mail: cmcallis-ter@se.edu); HENRY W. ROBISON, 9717 Wild Mountain Drive, Sherwood, Arkansas 72120, USA (e-mail: hwrobison@yahoo.com). CONIOPIIANES IMPBRIALIS (Regal Black-striped Snake). MEXICO: MEXICO: MUNICIPIO DEToNATICO: ElZapote (18.783028°N, 99.626722°W; WGS 84), 1662 m elev. 20 October 2014. Carlos A. Rangel-Patino, Oswaldo Hernandez-Gallegos, Maria de Lourdes Ruiz-G6mez, and Juan M. Carmen-Cristobal. Verified by Oscar Flores-Villela. Colecci6n Fotogrcifica de Herpetologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Aut6noma del Estado de Mexico, To-luca, Mexico (CFH 9-10, photo vouchers). First record for the state of Mexico (Aguilar-Miguel et al. 2009. Ciencia ergo sum 16:171-180), situated 239 km NE of the nearest reported local-ityat Cuetzalan del Progreso, Puebla (Canseco-Marquez and M. Gutierrez-Mayen 2006. In Ramirez-Bautista et al. [eds.], Inven-tarios Herpetofaunisticos de Mexico, Avances en el Conocimien-to de su Biodiversidad, pp. 180-196. Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana, Mexico, D.E). The snake was found beneath a rock near the edge of an agricultural field, in an area originally cov-ered by tropical deciduous forest. CARLOS ALEJANDRO RANGEl-PATINO (e-mail: crangelp395@pro-fesor.uaemex.mx), OSWALDO HERNANDEZ-GALLEGOS, MARIA DE LOURDES RUIZ-GOMEZ, and JUAN MANUEL CARMEN CRISTOBAL, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Aut6noma del Estado de Mexico, Insti-tuto Literario 100, Toluca Centro, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, c.P. 50000. CROTALUS VIRIDIS (Prairie Rattlesnake). USA: TEXAS: GAINES Co.: Found on property 4.8 km W of Co. line, just S of Hwy 180 (32.696902°N, 102.257978°W; WGS 84). 15 May 2007. N. Taylor. Verified by Toby Hibbits. SuI Ross State University (SRSU-D 25, digital photo voucher). New county record (Dixon 2013. Amphib-ians and Reptiles of Texas: with Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bib-liography, and Distribution Maps. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. 447 pp.). NATHAN CALEB TAYLOR (e-mail: ntay8638@sulross.edu) and SEAN P. GRAHAM, Department of Biology, Geology, and Physical Sciences, Sui Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 79830, USA (e-mail: sean.graham@ sulross.edu). BIlYK CONIC US (Common Sand Boa). BANGLADESH: RA-JSHAHI DIVISION: NAOGAON DISTRICT: Nazipur (25.025479°N, 88.450051 °E; WGS 84), 23 m elev. 26 October 2013. FaysalAhmad. Verified by Stephen Mahony. Zoology Museum, Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka (JnU/Zoo/M/ Rep / Pho/2015/0009, photo voucher; adult specimen unnumbered); Zoological Reference Collection, Lee Kong Chi an Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore (ZRC [IMG] 2.259a-b, photo voucher). First record for Naogaon District, NW Bangla-desh. Previously reported from Dhaka Division (Hasan et al. 2014. Amphibians and Reptiles of Bangladesh-A Field Guide. Arannayk Foundation, Dhaka. 191 pp.). Juvenile collected beside riverbank, within human modified ecosystem. Herpetological Review 46(4), 201.5 

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BOA CONSTRICTOR (Boa Constrictor) 
Are R. Berentsen 
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Juan G. Garcia-Cancel 
Auburn University 
Edna M. Diaz-Negron 
USDAIAPHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center 
Oscar A. Diaz-Marrero 
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cabo Rojo and Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuges 
Alberto R. Puente-Rolón 
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico 
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- , , 
, _ 4 , 
572 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION _' ,~, ' , , " ,-' '. 
< ~ "c ~, L _ ~ 
BOA CONSTRICTOR (Boa Constrictor). USA: PUERTO RICO: 
MUNICIPALITY OF CABO ROJo: Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge 
(17.978958°N, 67.170910oW; NAD 83). 10 November 2014. O. A. 
Diaz-Marrero. Verified by S. M. Boback. National Museum of Nat-
ural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM Herp Image 2838a, 
b; photo vouchers). First municipality record for this exotic spe-
cies; all previous reports were restricted to the Municipality of 
Mayaguez, located ca. 25 km north of Cabo l{ojo National Wild-
life Refuge. Reynolds et al. (2013. BioI. Invasions 15:953-959) con-
cluded that Boa Constrictor introductions into Puerto Rico were 
likely related to the pet trade and that they genetically matched 
snakes belonging to the South American clade (B. constrictor), 
instead of B. imperator, the Mesoamerican species (Hynkova et 
al. 2009. Zool. Sci. 26:623-631). It also represents the first report 
of this species from a protected area in Puerto Rico. 
An interesting feature relates to why the snake was detected 
in the first place. It was a direct result of USDA/APHIS/Wildlife 
Services personnel tracking a radio-collared Mongoose 
(Herpestes auropunctatus) as part of a rabies study. The collar 
was broadcasting a mortality signal that was tracked to the fairly 
large gravid female B. constrictor, which was captured, sacrificed, 
and later underwent a necropsy that revealed a fully digested 
mongoose and its functional intact radio collar. 
ARE R. "B,ERENTSEN, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research 
Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA (e-mail: 
Are.R.Berentsen@aphis.usda.gov); JUAN G. GARCIA-CANCEL, USDA/ 
APHIS/Wildlife Services, 602 Duncan, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala-
bama 36849, USA; EDNA M. DIAZ-NEGRON, USDAIAPHIS/WS/National 
Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 
USA; OSCAR A. DIAZ-MARRERO, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cabo Rojo 
and Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuges, Boqueron, Puerto Rico, 
00622; ALBERTO R. PUENTE-ROLON, Departmento de Ciencias y Tec-
nologfa, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Arecibo, 
PO Box 4050, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 00614; ROBERT N. REED, U.s. Geo-
logical Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C, Fort 
Collins, Colorado 80525, USA; KURT C. VERCAUTEREN, USDA/APHIS/WS/ 
National Wildlife Research Center, 41 01 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 
80521, USA. 
CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA (Ornate Flying Snake). BANGLADESH: 
RAJSHAHI DIVISION: NAOGAON DISTRICT: Nazipur (25.024012°N, 
88.445153°E; WGS 84), 25 m elev. 12 August 2013. Faysal Ahmad. 
Verified by Stephen Mahony. Zoology Museum, Department 
of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka (JnU /Zoo/M/Rep/ 
Pho/2015/0008, photo voucher; adult specimen unnumbered); 
Zoological Reference Collection, Lee Kong Chi an Natural History 
Museum, National University of Singapore (ZRC [IMG] 2.258, 
photo voucher). First record for Naogaon District, northwestern 
Bangladesh. Previously reported from Khulna, Chittagong and 
Syllhet Divisions (Hasan et al. 2014. Amphibians and Reptiles of 
Bangladesh-A Field Guide. Arannayk Foundation, Dhaka. 191 
pp.). Adult collected in mid-canopy of Mangifera tree in human 
modified ecosystem; habitat includes primary forest, bush, and 
scattered forest close to human settlement. 
FAVSAL AHMAD (e-mail: faysal.nature@gmail.com) and SHAV-
ER MAHMOOD IBNEY ALAM, Department of Zoology, Jagannath 
University, Dhaka 1100, Bangladesh (e-mail: shayermia@hot-
mail.com). 
COLUBER CONSTRICTOR (North American Racer). USA: AR-
KANSAS: FRANKLIN Co.: offSt. Hwy. 23 at White Oak (35.552646°N, 
93.861238°W; WGS 84). 5 July 2015. C. T. McAllister and H. W. 
Robison. Verified by S. E. Trauth. Arkansas State University Mu-
seum of Zoology, Herpetological Collection (ASUMZ 33367). 
New county record completely filling a hiatus in northwest Ar-
kansas among previous records for adjacent Crawford, Johnson, 
Logan, and Sebastian counties (Trauth et al. (2004. Amphibians 
and Reptiles of Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press, Fayette-
ville. 421 pp.). This female, found DOR, contained 14 oviductal 
eggs. 
CHRIS T. McALLISTER, Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern 
Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745, USA (e-mail: cmcallis-
ter@se.edu); HENRY W. ROBISON, 9717 Wild Mountain Drive, Sherwood, 
Arkansas 72120, USA (e-mail: hwrobison@yahoo.com). 
CONIOPIIANES IMPBRIALIS (Regal Black-striped Snake). 
MEXICO: MEXICO: MUNICIPIO DEToNATICO: ElZapote (18.783028°N, 
99.626722°W; WGS 84), 1662 m elev. 20 October 2014. Carlos A. 
Rangel-Patino, Oswaldo Hernandez-Gallegos, Maria de Lourdes 
Ruiz-G6mez, and Juan M. Carmen-Cristobal. Verified by Oscar 
Flores-Villela. Colecci6n Fotogrcifica de Herpetologia, Facultad 
de Ciencias, Universidad Aut6noma del Estado de Mexico, To-
luca, Mexico (CFH 9-10, photo vouchers). First record for the 
state of Mexico (Aguilar-Miguel et al. 2009. Ciencia ergo sum 
16:171-180), situated 239 km NE of the nearest reported local-
ityat Cuetzalan del Progreso, Puebla (Canseco-Marquez and M. 
Gutierrez-Mayen 2006. In Ramirez-Bautista et al. [eds.], Inven-
tarios Herpetofaunisticos de Mexico, Avances en el Conocimien-
to de su Biodiversidad, pp. 180-196. Sociedad Herpetologica 
Mexicana, Mexico, D.E). The snake was found beneath a rock 
near the edge of an agricultural field, in an area originally cov-
ered by tropical deciduous forest. 
CARLOS ALEJANDRO RANGEl-PATINO (e-mail: crangelp395@pro-
fesor.uaemex.mx), OSWALDO HERNANDEZ-GALLEGOS, MARIA DE 
LOURDES RUIZ-GOMEZ, and JUAN MANUEL CARMEN CRISTOBAL, 
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Aut6noma del Estado de Mexico, Insti-
tuto Literario 100, Toluca Centro, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, c.P. 50000. 
CROTALUS VIRIDIS (Prairie Rattlesnake). USA: TEXAS: GAINES 
Co.: Found on property 4.8 km W of Co. line, just S of Hwy 180 
(32.696902°N, 102.257978°W; WGS 84). 15 May 2007. N. Taylor. 
Verified by Toby Hibbits. SuI Ross State University (SRSU-D 25, 
digital photo voucher). New county record (Dixon 2013. Amphib-
ians and Reptiles of Texas: with Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bib-
liography, and Distribution Maps. Texas A&M University Press, 
College Station, Texas. 447 pp.). 
NATHAN CALEB TAYLOR (e-mail: ntay8638@sulross.edu) and SEAN 
P. GRAHAM, Department of Biology, Geology, and Physical Sciences, Sui 
Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 79830, USA (e-mail: sean.graham@ 
sulross.edu). 
BIlYK CONIC US (Common Sand Boa). BANGLADESH: RA-
JSHAHI DIVISION: NAOGAON DISTRICT: Nazipur (25.025479°N, 
88.450051 °E; WGS 84), 23 m elev. 26 October 2013. FaysalAhmad. 
Verified by Stephen Mahony. Zoology Museum, Department 
of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka (JnU/Zoo/M/ Rep / 
Pho/2015/0009, photo voucher; adult specimen unnumbered); 
Zoological Reference Collection, Lee Kong Chi an Natural History 
Museum, National University of Singapore (ZRC [IMG] 2.259a-b, 
photo voucher). First record for Naogaon District, NW Bangla-
desh. Previously reported from Dhaka Division (Hasan et al. 
2014. Amphibians and Reptiles of Bangladesh-A Field Guide. 
Arannayk Foundation, Dhaka. 191 pp.). Juvenile collected beside 
riverbank, within human modified ecosystem. 
Herpetological Review 46(4), 201.5 


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