Herpetologia Bonnensis II

Proceedings of the 13th Congress
of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica
27 September – 2 October 2005
Bonn, Germany

 edited by Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Thomas Ziegler & Wolfgang Böhme
Bonn, December 2006

 

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FOREWORD & CONTENTS

BAUER, A.M. & T. JACKMAN: Phylogeny and microendemism of the New Caledonian lizard fauna 9

BOGAERTS, S., PASMANS, F. & T. WOELTJES: Ecology and conservation aspects of Neurergus strauchii (Amphibia: Salamandridae) 15

BORCZYK, B.: The adductor mandibulae in Elaphe and related genera (Serpentes: Colubridae) 19

BOSMAN, W. & P. VAN DEN MUNCKHOF: Terrestrial habitat use of the common spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) in an agricultural environment and an old sanddune landscape 23

BRIZZI, R. & C. CORTI: Reproductive cycles of the European amphibians: A brief history of studies on the role of exogenous and endogenous factors 27

COGĂLNICEANU, D., HARTEL, T. & R. PLĂIAŞU: Establishing an amphibian monitoring program in two protected areas of Romania 31

DE LANG, R. & G. VOGEL: The snakes of Sulawesi 35

GOVERSE, E., SMIT, G. F.J., ZUIDERWIJK, A. & T. VAN DER MEIJ: The national amphibian monitoring program in the Netherlands and NATURA 2000 39

GRUBER, B. & K. HENLE: The effect of movement on survival – a new method with an application in the arboreal gecko Gehyra variegata 43

HARTEL, T., DEMETER, L., COGĂLNICEANU, D. & M. TULBURE : The influence of habitat characteristics on amphibian species richness in two river basins of Romania 47

KÖLPIN, T.: Experimental examination of the combat behaviour of the snake Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman, 1884) 51

KOTENKO, T.: Reptiles in the Red Data Book of Ukraine: a new species list, status categories, and problems arising from conservation legislation 55

KUKUSKIN, O.V. & O.I. ZINENKO: Morphological peculiarities and their possible bearing on the taxonomic status of the Crimean montane populations of the Steppe Viper, Vipera renardi Christoph, 1861 61

KUPRIYANOVA, L.A., MAYER, W. & W. BÖHME: Karyotype diversity of the Eurasian lizard Zootoca vivipara (Jacquin, 1787) from Central Europe and the evolution of viviparity 67

KURANOVA, V.N. & S.V. SAVELIEV: Reproductive cycles of the Siberian newt Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybowsky, 1870 73

KWET, A.: Bioacoustics in the genus Adenomera (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil 77

LEBBORONI, M. & C. CORTI: Road killing of lizards and traffic density in central Italy 81

LYAPKOV, S.M.: Geographical and within-population variation of larval life-history traits in Rana temporaria and R. arvalis 83

MORAVEC, J., FRANZEN, M. & W. BÖHME: Notes on the taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution of the Trachylepis (formerly Mabuya) aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) complex 89

MORONI, S., MATTIOLI, F., JESU, R. & A. ARILLO: Thermal behaviour of the Malagasy spider tortoise Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides (Bell, 1827) 95

MOSKVITIN, S. & V. KURANOVA: Amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Tomsk State University (Western Siberia, Russia) 99

ORTMANN, D., HACHTEL, M., SANDER, U., SCHMIDT, P., TARKHNISHVILI, D., WEDDELING, K. & W. BÖHME: Capture effectiveness of terrestrial drift fences and funnel traps for the Great Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus 103

PAGGETTI, E., BIAGGINI, M., CORTI, C., LEBBORONI, M. & R. BERTI: Amphibians and reptiles as indicators in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems: A preliminary study 107

PATRAKOV, S.V. & V.N. KURANOVA: Variation of moulting activity in Lacerta agilis and Zootoca vivipara (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) 111

RASTEGAR-POUYANI, N.: Conservation and distribution of Neurergus microspilotus (Caudata: Salamandridae) in the Zagros Mountains, Kermanshah Province, Western Iran 115

RASTEGAR-POUYANI, N.: Systematics of the genus Asaccus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) on the Zagros Mountains, Iran 117

RÖSLER, H. & W. BÖHME: Peculiarities of the hemipenes of the gekkonid lizard genera Aristelliger Cope, 1861 and Uroplatus Duméril, 1806 121

RÖSLER, H. & W. WRANIK: The reptiles of the Socotra archipelago with special remarks on the slender blind snakes (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops). 125

SALVIDIO, S.: Demographic variability in two populations of the European plethodontid salamander Speleomantes strinatii 129

SAVELIEV, S.V., BULAKHOVA N.A. & V.N. KURANOVA: Reproductive activity of Lacerta agilis and Zootoca vivipara (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in western Siberia 133

SCHMIDT, P., WEDDELING, K., THOMAS, M., ROTTSCHEIDT, R., TARKHNISHVILI, D. & M. HACHTEL: Dispersal of Triturus alpestris and T. vulgaris in agricultural landscapes – comparing estimates from allozyme markers and capture-mark-recapture analysis 139

SINSCH, U. & N. JURASKE: Advertisement calls of hemiphractine marsupial frogs: I. Gastrotheca marsupiata group 145

SINSCH, U. & N. JURASKE: Advertisement calls of hemiphractine marsupial frogs: II. Gastrotheca plumbea group 149

SINSCH, U. & N. JURASKE: Advertisement calls of hemiphractine marsupial frogs: III. Flectonotus spp. 153

SINSCH, U. & N. JURASKE: Advertisement calls of hemiphractine marsupial frogs: IV. Stefania spp. 159

SINSCH, U., SCHÄFER, R. & A. SINSCH: The homing behaviour of displaced smooth newts Triturus vulgaris 163

SMIT, G.F.J.: Urban development and the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) – implementation of the habitat directive in The Netherlands 167

SOLÍS, G., EEKHOUT, X. & R. MÁRQUEZ: “Fonoteca Zoologica (www.fonozoo.com)”: the web-based animal sound library of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid), a resource for the study of anuran sounds 171

SOUND, P., KOSUCH, J., VENCES, M., SEITZ, A. & M. VEITH: Preliminary molecular relationships of Comoran day geckos (Phelsuma) 175

STERIJOVSKI, B.: A new record of Vipera ursinii (Reptilia: Serpentes) from Macedonia 181

SUROVA, G.S.: Motor activity of amphibian larvae - from schools to shoals 183

VAN BREE, J.B., PLANTAZ, E.R. & A. ZUIDERWIJK: Dynamics in the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) population at Forteiland, IJmuiden, The Netherlands 187

VAN ROON, J., DICKE, I., BRINKS, R., ZUIDERWIJK, A. & I. JANSSEN: Capture and recapture of Grass snakes near Amsterdam 191

VENCES, M. & J. KÖHLER : The current status of genetic exploration in amphibians: taxonomic and geographical disparities 193

VERSHININ, A.L. : Significance of recessive and dominant mutations in adaptive processes of the genus Rana in the modern biosphere 197

YILMAZ, Z.C. & B. KUTRUP: Seasonal changes in the diet of Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 (Anura: Ranidae) from the Gorele River, Giresun, Turkey 201

ZINENKO, O.: Habitats of Vipera berus nikolskii in Ukraine 205

 

Workshop: Ophidian sensory biology
Coordinated by: G. Westhoff

 

DE HAAN, C.C. & A. CLUCHIER : Chemical marking behaviour in the psammophiine snakes Malpolon monspessulanus and Psammophis phillipsi 211

DE HAAN, C.C.: Sense-organ-like parietal pits, sporadically occurring, found in Psammophiinae (Serpentes, Colubridae) 213

EBERT, J., SCHMITZ, A. & G. WESTHOFF: Surface structure of the infrared sensitive pits of the boa Corallus hortulanus 215

SICHERT, A.B., FRIEDEL, P. & J.L. VAN HEMMEN: Modelling imaging performance of snake infrared sense 219

WESTHOFF, G., MORSCH, M. & J. EBERT: Infrared detection in the rattlesnake Crotalus atrox – from behavioural studies to midbrain recordings 225

YOUNG, B.A.: Auditory atavism and integrated pathways for hearing in snakes 229

 

Workshop: Herpetodiversity of Vietnam and adjacent countries
Coordinated by: T. Ziegler

 

NGUYEN, Q.T.: Herpetological collaboration in Vietnam 233

VOGEL, G. & P. DAVID: On the taxonomy of the Xenochrophis piscator complex (Serpentes, Natricidae) 241

ZIEGLER, T., OHLER, A., VU, N.T., LE, K.Q., NGUYEN, X.T., DINH, H.T. & N.T. BUI: Review of the amphibian and reptile diversity of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and adjacent areas, central Truong Son, Vietnam 247